Irish Sailing and Yacht Club News. Regattas, Race Reports & Results
Howth Yacht Club sailor Sienna Wright has won silver at the ILCA 6 Youth World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, after an impressive campaign that included four race victories. Wright established herself among the championship leaders early in the series and…
ORC Ireland has pointed to results from this month's Calves Week in Schull as evidence of growing interest in the rating system among Irish cruiser-racers, after 80% of IRC entries across five classes also raced under ORC. The four-day West…
Ireland’s Sienna Wright remains firmly in contention for the women’s title at the 2026 ILCA 6 Youth World Championships after claiming another race victory as the Final Series began in strong winds on Aarhus Bay. Two races were completed for…
Maeve Donagh of the Royal St George Yacht Club and Lough Derg Yacht Club has won the Senior title at the 2026 IODAI Optimist National and Open Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club. Donagh completed the Cork Harbour championship with…
George Radley’s Cove Sailing Club Sun Fast 32 Tuco took both IRC and ECHO honours in the spinnaker cruiser division at Cobh People’s Regatta on Sunday (August 16th). The cruiser racing followed Saturday’s dinghy programme at Cove Sailing Club, with…
Maeve Donagh of the Royal St George Yacht Club and Lough Derg Yacht Club has extended her lead in the Senior fleet of the Irish Optimist National and Open Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club after two more races on…
John Horgan won the Rankin Brothers Cup at Cobh People's Regatta on Saturday (15 August), producing two second places in light airs to take the overall prize in the traditional Cork Harbour clinker-built fleet. Horgan, sailing TR2, counted a pair…
Chris Power Smith's J/122 2.3 GP Aurelia led the Cruiser Zero results as Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Saturday Series B continued in an easterly breeze on Dublin Bay on 15 August. The cruiser courses were sailed in around nine knots…
Royal St George Yacht Club and Lough Derg Yacht Club sailor Maeve Donagh has taken a one-point lead in the Senior fleet at the Irish Optimist National and Open Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club after three races in a…
Alan Green and Caroline Hanniffy produced a runaway victory in Thursday evening’s Flying Fifteen DBSC Summer Series race on Dublin Bay, converting an early tactical call into a commanding win over the 16-boat fleet. Another evening of light winds presented…
Dún Laoghaire sailor Frank Cassidy has completed a 2,500-mile homecoming voyage from the Canary Islands aboard his Pacific Seacraft 40 Ocean Blue, bringing to a close a three-and-a-half-year Atlantic island odyssey covering almost 10,000 miles. The National Yacht Club's Cassidy…
A generally light easterly breeze produced close racing across Dublin Bay on Thursday evening (August 13), with Valentina, Riders on the Storm and Windjammer heading the principal cruiser results in the AIB Dublin Bay Sailing Club Summer Series. Conditions appeared…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) has confirmed that its Saturday racing programme will continue during the ILCA World Championships in Dún Laoghaire, with some changes to starting arrangements on two Saturdays. The ILCA World Championships run in Dún Laoghaire from…
The history of Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s burgee goes back much further than the club's founding in June of 1970. As far back as 1872, members of the public who visit the club this Saturday, when it opens its doors as…
Ireland's eight-strong squad for the World Sailing Team Racing World Championship brings together sailors with backgrounds ranging from Olympic classes and team racing to match racing, keelboats and offshore competition. The championship begins in Stockholm on Wednesday (12 August), with…
Howth Yacht Club’s annual double-handed race attracted a record entry across three classes on Sunday, 9 August, as crews tested their shorthanded boat-handling skills in 10-14 knots and August sunshine. The fleet was divided between Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker and Puppeteer classes, bringing…
Ireland has set its sights on a semi-final place at the Team Racing World Championship in Stockholm, where racing gets underway this week. Team captain Jamie McMahon says the eight-strong Irish squad is "quietly confident" after a summer of J/80…
At most gatherings of classic yachts, it would be thought quite an achievement to muster a dozen boats setting proper two-yard jackyard topsails. But as in everything they do, the 1898-vintage Howth 17s are different. They simply have to signal…
Great Britain's Saskia Tidey, a member of Dun Laoghaire's Royal Irish Yacht Club and helm Freya Black claimed the bronze medal in the 49erFX fleet as the San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta concluded on the waters that will stage the…
Wild Cards claimed the 2026 Elmo Trophy after edging Demons 3-2 in a dramatic best-of-five final that went to a deciding race following a marathon weekend of team racing. The 11th edition of the event produced 173 races before the…
