Irish Squib One Design Sailing & Regatta Results
The weather came in and the Bandon Co-op Squib Nationals fleet left the harbour to embark on a three-race day, the gentle breeze turned southerly and the first race today was race four of the Championships, a nice 10 knots…
The third day of the Bandon co-op Squib National Championships at Kinsale Yacht Club gave the competitors the chance to do boat repairs and check out the settings of the competition as the race officer, Peter Crowley, was forced to…
'Ric O Shea' Leads Squib Nationals on Day Two at Kinsale Yacht Club (Photo Gallery)
20th June 2022 Squib
Sunshine and sunscreen were both needed today in the Squib National Championships after Sunday's freezing cold conditions. Day Two had two races scheduled and the combined fleets ran out of Kinsale harbour this morning with their colourful mace sails and…
Burnham Squibs Lead after Day One of Kinsale National Championships (Photo Gallery Here)
19th June 2022 Squib
Day one of the Bandon Co-op Squib National championships in Kinsale started in a strong 16kt northern breeze with significant gusts. The Traditional Practice race gave visitors a good beat and run across the racecourse before Race 1 officially got…
The Bandon Co-Op-sponsored week-long British & Irish Squib Nationals getting underway this weekend in Kinsale - with the first racing on Sunday, June 19th - is an eloquent example of the imaginative thinking that is needed to get sailing back…
Mayor of County Cork Launches 2022 Squib National Championships at Kinsale Yacht Club
31st May 2022 Kinsale
The Squib National Championships scheduled for Kinsale Harbour in West Cork next month got a boost on Tuesday when the Mayor of County Cork launched the one design championships that is expected to attract 120 sailors from across Ireland and…
Gordon Patterson and Ross Nolan Take Squib Northern Victory at Killyleagh Yacht Club
20th May 2022 Squib
Killyleagh Yacht Club on the western shore of Strangford Lough recently hosted the Squib Northerns and a fleet of 18 enjoyed five races under Race Officer Scott Rogers and his team in challenging conditions over the two days. Overall winners…
The Robotic Mowers Cork One-Design Keelboat Regatta is on Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd May 2022 in Kinsale Yacht Club. The regatta is open to Squib and Dragon keelboats. It is an open event and KYC is looking forward to…
Travers and O'Riordan Are Squib Frostbite Winners at Kinsale Yacht Club (Photo Gallery)
13th March 2022 Squib
The Squib Outlaw sailed by Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan were the overall winners of the Custom Rigging Frostbites at Kinsale Yacht Club yesterday in a mix of conditions that included some heavy squalls. After 12 races sailed, and with a…
The Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Squib fleet had their annual prizegiving at the National Yacht Club on 25 February 2022. The two-man keelboat fleet say they expect to increase the number of boats competing in Dublin Bay for 2022…
Squibs Get Match Practice as Kinsale Yacht Club League Gets Underway (Photo Gallery)
13th February 2022 Kinsale
Race Officers John and Valerie Stallard and Michele Kennelly got the first races of the Custom Rigging Kinsale Yacht Club League off to a gentle start in a patchy 10-knots on Sunday. The first day of scheduled racing was last Sunday…
It’s a long way for crew and boats to travel from Belfast Lough and Strangford Lough to Kinsale but eight from the northern-based Squib class will be making that 300 mile trip in June for the eight-race Bandon Co-Op Squib…
Squib Majors At Kinsale In June Provide Ideal Launching Pad For Ireland’s Reviving International Sailing Scene In 2022
15th January 2022 W M Nixon
When the Irish Squib Class signed off their 2021 season with boats from all parts of the country taking part in the successful though socially-distanced Freshwater Regatta for four national keelboat classes at Dromineer on Lough Derg in October, the…
Kinsale Yacht Club's Squib Nationals Has 42 Early Bird Entries for June Event
6th January 2022 Kinsale
Preparations at Kinsale Yacht Club for the Bandon Co-op Squib National Championships 2022 are off to a fabulous start with 42 teams entered to date from the UK and Ireland. Entries thus far availed of an attractive early bird entry…
Lough Derg Yacht Club Serves Up Full Set of Results For Four Keelboat Classes
21st October 2021 Inland Waterways
The annual October Freshwater Keelboat Regatta at Dromineer, (hosted by Lough Derg Yacht Club and staged last weekend) has been no stranger to hyper-strong winds in times past. But in 2021's unusually gentle Autumn, it provided two to three days…
The first-ever UK and Irish Squib National Championships featuring combined fleets will take place next year in Kinsale. The rescheduled Squib National Championships incorporating the Irish Squib National Championships will sail from Kinsale Yacht Club from 19th to 24th June 2022.…
