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Title Triumph – Irish Squib National champions Ian Travers and Keith O’Riordan of Kinsale Yacht Club receive their prizes after reclaiming the title with Atomic at Killyleagh Yacht Club
Five boats from Kinsale Yacht Club’s growing Squib fleet travelled to Killyleagh Yacht Club on Strangford Lough for the Irish Squib National Championships, where Ian Travers and Keith O’Riordan reclaimed the national title in Atomic. As Afloat reported, the six-race…
Squibs racing in close company
Vincent Delany and Joe O’Byrne’s Femme Fatale remains at the top of the unofficial Irish Squib Ladder following the Irish National Championships at Killyleagh Yacht Club. The latest ranking, compiled by Delany following the 14-16 August championship on Strangford Lough,…
Squib fleet start at the 2026 Irish National Championship on Strangford Lough
Kinsale Yacht Club’s Ian Travers and Keith O’Riordan have won the Mash Direct-sponsored Squib Irish National Championship at Killyleagh Yacht Club on Strangford Lough. The *Atomic* pairing emerged seven points clear after six races sailed from Friday, 14 August to…
Ladder Leaders: The Squib fleet races under spinnaker at the Royal Irish Yacht Club East Coasts, where the latest results reshaped Vincent Delany’s Unofficial Squib Ladder. Photo: Afloat.ie
Vincent Delany and Fiona O’Byrne continue to lead the Unofficial Irish Squib Ladder following the East Coast Championship at the Royal Irish Yacht Club. The pair finished sixth in Femme Fatale at the shortened Dún Laoghaire event but retained a…
Champions Crowned – Royal Irish Yacht Club Rear Commodore Sailing Michael Tyrrell presents Sean Murphy and Paul Murphy of Crackers with the Squib East Coast Championship trophy after strong winds cancelled Sunday's racing. Photo: Afloat.ie.
The 2026 Squib East Coast Championship concluded ashore on Sunday after strong winds forced the abandonment of the final day's racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club. The decision mirrored that taken earlier for the Grant Thornton ILCA Irish National…
Leading Light – Sean Murphy and Paul Murphy's Crackers leads the Squib East Coast Championship after the opening three races sailed in challenging conditions off the Royal Irish Yacht Club on Dublin Bay. File photo: Bob Bateman.
Sean Murphy and Paul Murphy's Crackers lead the Squib East Coast Championship after three hard-fought races in Scotsman's Bay on Dublin Bay. Racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club was held in the same fresh and shifty westerly conditions that…
Women at the Helm — Boats race off Howth during last year's Women at the Helm regatta at Howth Yacht Club. The all-female helm event returns on July 3 with three races, visiting competitors and the Baltic Gold Trophy at stake.
Howth Yacht Club's Women at the Helm regatta returns on Friday, July 3, with organisers expecting another strong turnout for the all-female helm event. Now in its second year, the regatta will again put women at the forefront of racing…
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Kinsale Yacht Club has launched its Squib summer racing season with new sponsorship support from Arachas Corporate Brokers and Craftinsure Ireland. The fleet welcomed representatives from Arachas Craftinsure to the clubhouse during the season launch in bright sunshine on Cork…
Banshee leads KYC Frostbites after nine races
Banshee remains in pole position in the Kinsale Yacht Club Frostbites Squib Fleet following nine races. Helmed by Matthias Hellstern with crew Alex Goggin, Banshee has recorded consistent results and sits at the top with a nett score of 13.…
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Banshee, sailed by Matthias Hellstern and Alex Goggin, currently leads the interim rankings in the Kinsale Yacht Club Frostbites Squib fleet series after a light airs outing on Sunday, Feb 1st. Seventeen boats are competing in the winter series. After…
Squib keelboats racing off Kinsale during KYC Frostbites in light north-westerly winds
Banshee leads the standings after three races in the ongoing Kinsale Yacht Club Squib Frostbites series. Seventeen boats raced in light north-westerly winds, with a strong ebb tide shaping tactics throughout the afternoon. The fleet initially worked the western shore…
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After the Squib Eastern Championships were blown out in early September, the opportunity arose to stage a condensed re-run of the event as part of the Freshwater Keelboat Regatta hosted by Lough Derg Yacht Club (LDYC) this past weekend. The…
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The 'unofficial' Irish Squib ladder produced by sailor Vincent Delany has been updated following the results from all 2025 regional and national Squib events. A total of 69 boats participated in regional competitions, marking a record for the class in…
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Overall results from the Craft Insure Freshwater Keelboat Regatta at Lough Derg Yacht Club this weekend (October 12th) show a shortened programme of races due to light winds on the lake for the four competing one-design keelboat classes.  In the…
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Following the recent Irish East Coast Squib Championships, where no racing took place due to high winds and 1.7-metre waves, Vincent Delany's 'unofficial' Squib ladder has been updated to reflect the last four championship results from: Easterns in Royal St…
Squib ladder leaders Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan from Kinsale pictured above competing at the Squib Southern Championship at Kinsale
Following the Frank Clark Ltd. Squib Southern Championship at Kinsale on Sunday, July 20th, Vincent Delany's unofficial Squib ladder has been updated and is showing many changes. Despite Kinsale's Sean Murphy and Jack O'Sullivan in Crackers winning the Southern Championships, their non-attendance at…