Irish Sailing and Yacht Club News. Regattas, Race Reports & Results
Ronan Kenneally leads Class 1 of Monkstown Bay Sailing Club's October League after three races, sailing his Laser 7 to third, second and first places for a total of six points. Ewen Barry and Sandy Rimmington are second in their…
The Howth Autumn League started in the midst of a period of “Indian Summer” weather on Saturday 12th September (though opening day itself was brisk enough), and concluded on Saturday October 17th with a clear but decidedly crisp and undoubtedly…
Optimist champion Emily Donagh and ILCA 6 youth sailor Rory Brennan-Hobbs claimed class victories as the National Yacht Club hosted the final ILCA Ireland Sprint of 2026 on Dublin Bay on Sunday, 18 October. Emily Donagh won the ILCA 4…
St Andrew’s College Wins Fifth Successive Leinster Schools Team Racing Title
19th October 2026 Team Racing
St Andrew’s College continued its dominance in Leinster schools team racing on Sunday, 18th of October, securing its fifth successive provincial championship at the Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) on Dublin Bay. Sixteen teams took part in the 2026 Irish Schools Team Racing…
Artful Dodger Extends Royal Cork Autumn League Lead With Two More Wins
18th October 2026 Royal Cork YC
Finbarr and Colm O'Regan's Kinsale Yacht Club J109 maintained its winning form as two more races were completed in the Royal Cork Yacht Club Autumn League on Sunday (October 18), with close contests developing in the smaller spinnaker and white-sail…
The Royal Cork Yacht Club (RCYC) will host its 2026 Dinghy Frostbite Series in Cork Harbour over four racing days in November, with competition open to a range of junior and adult dinghy classes. Racing at Crosshaven is scheduled for…
Howth May Continue To Be Weather-Lucky With Final Races of Autumn League This Saturday
14th October 2026 Howth YC
Being “lucky” with Autumnal weather in Ireland is a very relative matter. Last Saturday (October 10th) the varied fleet in the Howth Autumn League had been anticipating Indian Summer conditions with an approaching ridge of high pressure. But the peak…
Keelboat racing continues into the winter at Howth Yacht Club with the Brass Monkey Series, sponsored by Brass Monkey Restaurant and Tadg Riordan Motors, running from 8th November to 12th December. The series welcomes everyone from novice crews looking to…
Portimão Plans International Para Sailing Centre After Inclusion Worlds
13th October 2026 Sailability
Portimão is preparing to establish a year-round international training centre for Para and Inclusive sailing after the 2026 World Sailing Inclusion Championships conclude in the Portuguese coastal city. The new facility at Portimão Marina is scheduled to open in November…
The AIB Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Turkey Shoot Series returns on Sunday, 1 November 2026, with seven consecutive Sunday morning races scheduled through to 13 December. The popular end-of-season series welcomes keelboats, cruisers, one-designs and cruising boats, including boats…
Polish Double Gold and British Multihull Victory Close Inclusion Worlds
11th October 2026 Sailability
Poland's Piotr Cichocki claimed two world titles, while Britain's James Coxon completed his return to international sailing with multihull gold as the 2026 World Sailing Inclusion Championships concluded in Portimão, Portugal, on Saturday, 10th of October. The six-day championship attracted…
Strong south-easterly winds reaching 30mph restricted the Royal Cork Yacht Club Autumn League to a single race on Sunday (October 11), with the fleet racing inside Cork Harbour for the third Sunday of the series. The decision to race within…
Kinsale Yacht Club's Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin has won the 2026 Irish Sailing Keelboat Champions Cup at the Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dún Laoghaire, defeating defending champion Cillian Dickson by a single point in Sunday's (11 October) four-race final. Representing…
John Driscoll of the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club and Michael O'Connor of the Royal St George Yacht Club lead their respective fleets after the opening day of the Irish Sailing Keelboat Champion's Cup on Dublin Bay on Saturday…
Poland's Piotr Cichocki is within reach of two gold medals at the 2026 World Sailing Inclusion Championships in Portimão, Portugal, after taking the lead in both the one-person and two-person keelboat events ahead of Saturday's, October 10th, final races. The…
Winter Yacht Lift-Out Underway at Dún Laoghaire Harbour
10th October 2026 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
The annual winter lift-out of sailing cruisers is underway at Dún Laoghaire Harbour today (Saturday, 10 October), with two large mobile cranes operating in a brisk north-westerly wind of 15 to 20 mph. Boats are being lifted ashore at the…
Howth Heads Into Fifth Weekend Of 2026 Autumn League With A Final Result Already In The Can If Needed
9th October 2026 Howth YC
Ever since it started in 1982, Howth’s Autumn League has from time to time experienced blustery late-season weather which has seen the race officers and competitors hanging on until the very last possible race in order to have enough results…
A former Dublin Bay Sailing Club racing buoy, donated to Mullaghmore Sailing Club in County Sligo several years ago, has turned up beside a rural road in landlocked County Laois. A large yellow racing buoy originally used by Dublin Bay…
Britain’s James Coxon has taken the lead in the Para Inclusive One Person Multihull competition at the World Sailing Inclusion Championships in Portimão, Portugal, after adding two race wins on Wednesday. The former British Laser squad sailor, who later set…
Philip Mayne Will Tell All About Saving Dublin’s Tugboat Rosbeg To DBOGA
9th October 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
There are few, if any, sailors in Ireland with the breadth and depth of experience accumulated by Philip Mayne of Lough Ree. A cradle sailor with the Shannon One Designs, he was Class Chairman of the SODs in 2022 when…
