Irish Sailing and Yacht Club News. Regattas, Race Reports & Results
Barry and Remmington Emerge as 2026 Fireball Munster Champions
9th September 2026 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
On 05 – 06 September 2026, the rescheduled Fireball Munster Championship took place in Monkstown after being postponed due to significant Nationwide fuel protests and blockades in April. Ewen Barry and Sandy Remmington (15183) were decisive winners of the event,…
Aurelia, White Mischief and Windjammer each completed IRC and ORC doubles in Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Saturday Series on September 5, as a south-easterly breeze provided racing across the cruiser divisions. The main DBSC fleet raced in generally light conditions,…
Ross McDonald and his Howth Yacht Club crew on Atara have won the 2026 1720 European Championship at Lough Derg Yacht Club, finishing nine points clear after a ten-race series. McDonald, sailing with Julian Hughes, Robbie English, Paddy Good and Rory O’Sullivan,…
Resolute, Don't Dilly Dally, Obsession, Big Mac and Four Seas took IRC class wins in the Cobh-to-Blackrock Race as the 2026 Hibernia Line Triple Crown opened in Cork Harbour on Saturday (5 September). Two of the IRC divisions were decided…
Howth Yacht Club’s Darren Wright and his Adrenaline crew have finished eighth overall at the 2026 Melges 24 European Championship in Tønsberg, Norway, completing their campaign with seventh place in the ninth and final race. The Irish entry finished the…
Howth Yacht Club’s Darren Wright and his Adrenaline crew are eighth overall going into the final race of the Melges 24 European Championship in Tønsberg, Norway. The Irish-flagged GBR 822 has 63 points after nine races and one discard, with…
Olympic Medallist Kontides Says Irish Sailing Culture Is a Model for Cyprus
3rd September 2026 ILCA Worlds 2026
Cypriot Olympic medallist Pavlos Kontides says the sailing culture he witnessed in Dún Laoghaire during the ILCA 7 World Championships is something he dreams of developing in his home country. Writing on LinkedIn after the championships concluded on Sunday, Kontides…
Howth Yacht Club’s Adrenaline, skippered by Darren Wright, is seventh overall after six races at the Melges 24 European Championship in Tønsberg, Norway, following a demanding four-race programme in winds reaching 36 knots. Wright is sailing with Hannah Morris, Jack…
Following the death of Johnny Hooper, sailing historian Vincent Delany recalls the remarkable career of the double Olympian and National Yacht Club and Royal Irish Yacht Club sailor, whose achievements stretched across several decades of Irish sailing. Johnny was born…
Sienna Wright of Howth is “Sailor of the Month (Youth Worlds)” for August
1st September 2026 Howth YC
With something like 429 young sailors from 45 nations in all categories taking part in August’s huge ILCA 6 Youth Worlds at Aarhus in Denmark, getting anywhere near the podium was a remarkable achievement. Yet in her fleet races for…
Finn Lynch of Carlow is “Sailor of the Month (Olympic)” for August
1st September 2026 Sailor of the Month
Finn Lynch may have been disappointed that his home ILCA 7 World Championship on Dublin Bay did not produce the medal he wanted, but eighth overall in the 141-boat fleet was another remarkable demonstration of his consistency at the very…
Johnny Swan of Howth is “Sailor of the Month (International Offshore)” for August
1st September 2026 Sailor of the Month
While sailors at home in Ireland basked in the heat of high summer, in mid-August away to the north at highly scenic Hangko in Norway, the weather was sometimes decidedly rugged for the international fleet of 42 Classic Half Tonners…
We regret to record the death of Johnny Hooper of the National Yacht Club and Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dún Laoghaire, who for many decades was in the forefront of Irish sailing performance and boat class development. The son…
ILCA Worlds Put Dún Laoghaire's Watersports Campus Plans to the Test
31st August 2026 ILCA Worlds 2026
“Probably the biggest collection of top sailors ever to have raced in Ireland” is how International Laser Class Association (ILCA) president Mark Lyttle describes the activity in Dublin Bay over the past week. Since the ILCA Men’s World Championships opened…
The Rankin ‘Worlds’ Championships were called off for the second time at the weekend as strong winds again prevented the Cork Harbour fleet from racing. The Cobh-built dinghies had been due to race on Saturday and Sunday from the Royal…
Royal Irish's Chimaera Wins BJ Marine Taste of Greystones Class One and ORC Double
30th August 2026 Greystones Harbour
Barry Cunningham’s J/109 Chimaera of the Royal Irish Yacht Club rounded out a successful 2026 season with a Class One and ORC 1 double at the BJ Marine Taste of Greystones Regatta on Sunday, adding another victory after her Cork Week…
Ciara McMahon of Howth Dominates New SOD Under-30 Regatta at Lough Ree
30th August 2026 Shannon One Design
With the men's ILCA 7 Worlds in Dublin Bay put to bed with the trophy gone abroad, attention swings to the women's ILCA 6 Worlds at the same venue in a week's time, and Ireland's hopes inevitably focusing to a…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Saturday fleet headed south on coastal courses in a light northerly on August 29th, with Aurelia, Something Else and Windjammer all completing IRC and ORC wins in Cruisers Zero, One and Two respectively. It was a…
Longtime Laser sailor Dave O’Connell has won Class 1 in Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s August Dinghy League after the eight-race Cork Harbour series concluded on Friday evening. O’Connell went into the final night leading Colin Johns by three points and…
The current star-studded ILCA 7 Worlds in Dublin Bay, featuring a remarkable 142-boat 43-nation championship project co-hosted by the Royal St George YC and the National YC, has further focused international sailing’s attention on a venue which is already well-lodged…
