Shannon One Design Sailing Dinghy News
Further tributes are being paid to renowned Shannon boatbuilder Jimmy Furey as the centenary of his birth is marked this week, with new reflections highlighting the enduring legacy of his craftsmanship. A recent contribution by National Museum curator Noel Campbell,…
Jimmy Furey: Celebrating the Irish Boatbuilder Whose Craft Shaped Generations of Wooden Boats
16th March 2026 Shannon One Design
For more than half a century in a modest boatshed at Mount Plunkett on the banks of the Shannon, master boatbuilder Jimmy Furey quietly shaped wood into vessels that carried generations of sailors and fishermen across Irish waters. Working largely…
March 2026 will mark the centenary of legendary Irish boatbuilder Jimmy Furey’s birth in Mount Plunkett, Roscommon. Mr Furey’s estate is now in the process of commemorating this landmark by establishing a permanent home for his boatbuilding papers at Roscommon…
David Dickson Dominates Shannon One Designs at Lough Derg Yacht Club Regatta 2025
18th August 2025 Shannon One Design
The Sun Gods banished the wind on Lough Derg during the LDYC regatta from August 11- 17, 2025. John Leech, serving as the Race Officer, and his team of volunteers managed to find sources of wind to create courses even…
If you sail a classic wooden One Design in Ireland, there's a good chance it originated from the drawing board of one of the great Scottish yacht designers, geniuses who flourished internationally from 1870 onwards for almost a century as…
Ireland's Local Sailing Classics Come Through 2024 With Good Sport And In Strong Heart
26th November 2024 Historic Boats
When the intriguingly varied fleet of the Old Gaffers Association visited Dublin Bay in 2013 during their Golden Jubilee Cruise-in-Company Round Britain and Ireland, an interesting cultural divide emerged when they interacted with the 1887-founded Water Wags in Dun Laoghaire,…
The Lough Ree Yacht Club Annual Regatta took place from Saturday, 3rd of August to Friday, 9th of August reports LRYC Commodore Donie Heraghty. It was Lough Ree's turn to host the 1922-vintage Shannon One Designs' National Championships, as it…
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UK Sailmakers Ireland New Shannon One Design Sails Are Ready for Action
18th April 2024 UK Sailmakers Ireland
We developed a new design for the Shannon One design class at our Cork sail loft. Once we were all happy with the design which we sent to top guys in the class so they could review it in real…
Shannon One Design Wolf Regatta Celebrates its 50th Anniversary at Lough Derg Yacht Club
15th November 2023 Shannon One Design
The Shannon One Design (SOD) Wolf Regatta celebrated its 50th anniversary following last year’s Centenary of the class, previously reported in Afloat. 50 years ago, in 1973, Donal Gleeson, with his wife Renée, planned an end-of-year regatta, ‘the Wolf regatta’…
New Life For Ireland’s Ancient Local Classes As Top Sailors Learn to Value Neighbourhood Sport
16th September 2023 W M Nixon
They’ve been part of our sailing furniture for so long that you could be forgiven for thinking Ireland’s historic local classes might just quietly fade away through being barely noticed. But you’d be very much mistaken. 2023 has been a…
Dickson is Lough Ree Yacht Club Shannon One Design Weekend Series Winner
10th August 2023 Shannon One Design
With four race wins, David Dickson finished top on a 32-boat Shannon One Design fleet to win the Lough Ree Yacht Club Weekend Series at Athlone in County Westmeath. After six races sailed, Dickson was nine points clear of Andrew Mannion on 15…
Classic Clinker Classes Have Enduring Backbone But Occasionally Need New Ribs
15th March 2023 Historic Boats
Classic clinker-built wooden dinghies can mean a lot of maintenance work as they mature. Betty Armstrong's recent stories on Afloat.ie of restoration projects on some of the almost-forgotten 14ft Ballyholme Insects in the North, will have been an evocative reminder…
Philip Mayne and Naomi Algeo are Sailors of the Month (Services to Sailing) for December
31st December 2022 Sailor of the Month
The unique and Centenary-celebrating una-rigged 18ft Shannon One Designs and their Association were already recognised in their special achievement by being co-winners (with Lough Ree YC) of the MG Motor “Club of the Year” award for 2022. But while it…
Sailing In Ireland Had “Bounce-Back Year” in 2022, What Will 2023 Bring?
26th November 2022 W M Nixon
Did we really manage it? Did we really cram all those major special and routine regular sailing events into the one season of 2022? And all that despite its three main months afloat experiencing decidedly mixed weather? And also despite…
Frank Guy of the Shannon One Designs is “Sailor of the Month (Inland)” for July
2nd August 2022 Sailor of the Month
For most of their hundred years, the unique 18-foot Shannon One Designs have kept themselves to themselves in their secret world of Ireland’s great lakes. But in July 2022, they went unprecedently public with their Centenary celebrated in two special…
Shannon One Designs Emerge Refreshed From Their Action-Packed Twin Centenary Regattas
30th July 2022 W M Nixon
The unique 18ft Shannon One-Designs have lived through some decidedly mixed times in Ireland during their hundred years of setting the sailing pace on the great lakes of our lordly river. And the two special Centenary Regattas at their main…
