Water Wag Dinghy News & Regatta Results

The Water Wag Royal Irish Yacht Club regatta race prize was won on Wednesday night by the club's Bairbre Stewart and Pam McKay in light airs in Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The prize was presented by club Commodore Jerry Dowling to…

Royal St. George's Sean and Heather Craig are National Yacht Club Water Wag Regatta Winners
15th June 2022 Water Wag
Royal St. George's Sean and Heather Craig were first race winners in Wednesday's Dublin Bay Sailing Club Water Wag Race at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, a result that also put them in the frame for overall NYC Water Wag Regatta honours. Race…

Wednesday DBSC Water Wag Racing Cancelled at Dun Laoghaire Due to Strong Winds
8th June 2022 Water Wag
This evening’s Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Water Wag dinghy racing at Dun Laoghaire Harbour is cancelled due to the forecast of winds gusting up to 30 knots until 9 pm. Live Dublin Bay webcams on this link here

When the weather patterns conspire to provide wet or rugged sailing on Ireland’s sea coasts, the shrewd mariner heads for the inland sea that is Lough Ree, which has been geographically measured with some elegant 19th Century science as being…

There was a fine turnout of 27 Dublin Bay Water Wag dinghies for Wednesday evening racing inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour. DBSC Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly ran two races, each had two rounds (three beats) in a light souther-easterly breeze of 5-11 knots.…

The Water Wag dinghy class had one Dublin Bay Sailing Club race on Wednesday evening in a blustery Dun Laoghaire Harbour. So blustery in fact, Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly went out in advance a DBSC RIB to review the conditions…

John O’Driscoll's 'Moosmie' Wins Blustery DBSC Water Wag Race at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
12th May 2022 Water Wag
John O’Driscoll at the helm of No. 15 Moosmie was the winner of Wednesday's single DBSC Water Wag dinghy race in Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly ran racing over three rounds in a westerly breeze with gusts of…

Laser ace Sean Craig of the Royal St. George Yacht Club took the gun in his first DBSC Water Wag Race at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Wednesday night. With a turnout of 25 boats and a course of four rounds set…

Barbara Wins as 22 Water Wags Start the DBSC Summer Season at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
28th April 2022 Water Wag
There was a strong turnout of 22 Water Wags for the first race of the AIB DBSC Summer season at Dun Laoghaire Harbour last night. In a force three easterly breeze, Howth Yacht Club's Ian Malcolm at the helm of…

Lough Ree Clinkerfest To Celebrate Our Classic Boat-building Heritage With Sailing Sport
12th March 2022 W M Nixon
While the sailing programme during the past two years has managed to be played out afloat in a truncated form whenever changing regulations permitted, anything which involved a significant shoreside element of socialising was either cancelled completely, or else moth-balled…

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Dublin Bay sailors can walk very tall indeed. Their selections over the years of various One Design concepts have spread worldwide among discerning owners, who appreciated that the Dublin Bay sailors’…

Ireland’s Clinker-Built Boats Lead The Way In New UNESCO Heritage Status
21st December 2021 Historic Boats
Now hear this, all you sailors or rowers of Greencastle Yawls, Dublin Bay Water Wags, Foyle Punts, International 12s, Shannon One Designs, Castlehaven Ettes, Strangford Lough Clippers, Coastal Hobbler Rowing Skiffs, Dublin Bay Mermaids, Mayfly-Fishing Lakeboats, IDRA 14s, Ballyholme Insects,…

Water Wag Shindilla Wins Last Race of the AIB DBSC Season in Dun Laoghaire Harbour
23rd September 2021 Water Wag
22 boats competed in the last Water Wag race of the AIB DBSC season in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Wednesday evening. The race was won by boat number 19 Shindilla, sailed by Ali and Zoe Kissane. Number 15 (John O’Driscoll)…

Guy Kilroy Wins DBSC Water Wag Captain's Prize Race at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
2nd September 2021 Water Wag
Royal Irish Yacht Club sailor Guy Kilroy was the winner of Wednesday's DBSC Water Wag Captain's Prize Race at Dun Laoghaire that attracted a fine turnout of 31 Wag dinghies for the annual in-harbour race. Second was the National Yacht…

Wind Dies on Bumper Water Wag DBSC Fleet at Dun Laoghaire Harbour as New Dinghy Shindilla is Welcomed to the National Yacht Club
23rd June 2021 Water Wag
Another fine fleet of vintage Water Wag dinghies raced in light winds inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour as part of the class's regular Dublin Bay Sailing Club Wednesday night series. 27 turned out for racing eclipsing the fleets own Bloomsday high…

26 Water Wag dinghies turned out last night for two Bloomsday races inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay. Dublin Bay Sailing Club Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly ran two races for the fleet that included an on the water tribute…