Irish Sailing and Yacht Club News. Regattas, Race Reports & Results
Royal Irish's Searcher 2 Takes Third at Les Voiles as Goodbody Calls Tactics on SPIIP
30th September 2026 Royal Irish Yacht Club
Pete Smyth’s Royal Irish Yacht Club Ker 46 Searcher 2 took third place in IRC1 at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez on Tuesday (September 29), while fellow RIYC sailor and former Irish Olympian Tim Goodbody was calling tactics aboard the Swan…
The long hot summer may have given sailors an exceptional level of experience in racing in easterly breezes, but in Howth the westerlies of autumn have come in bang on cue for the first three Saturdays of the 2026 Autumn…
Royal Irish Ker 46 Searcher 2 Lines Up for Les Voiles Saint-Tropez
28th September 2026 Royal Irish Yacht Club
Pete Smyth’s Irish Ker 46 Searcher 2 returns to the Gulf of Saint-Tropez on Monday (September 28) as racing begins at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2026, one of the Mediterranean’s largest end-of-season sailing gatherings. The Royal Irish Yacht Club campaign…
A 41-boat fleet racing across 15 classifications opened the Royal Cork Yacht Club Autumn League on Sunday (September 27), with two races completed outside Cork Harbour in long rolling seas. Kinsale Yacht Club’s Finbarr and Colm O’Regan made the strongest…
Foucher Wins Dublin Match Cup As Ireland's Finnegan Claims Best Tour Result
26th September 2026 Match Racing
French sailor Tom Foucher has won the 2026 Dublin Match Cup at the National Yacht Club, with event organiser Ruairi Finnegan taking second place on home waters for his best World Match Race Tour result. The Dún Laoghaire event was…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club’s final Saturday racing of the AIB 2026 summer season brought a lively finish on 26 September, with fleets racing in south-westerly winds and an ebb tide before the breeze strengthened for the afternoon programme. The final…
Judy Moynihan and Therese Loesberg claimed Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s September Dinghy League Class 1 after a close final race in Cork Harbour. The Laser II pairing secured overall victory with a final race win on Friday night, 25th of…
Roger Craig Wins ILCA 7 Master European Title in La Baule Royal St George Yacht Club sailor Roger Craig has won the ILCA 7 Master European Championship title in La Baule, France, adding another major international Masters success to Ireland’s…
The French dominated the second day of the WMRT Dublin Match Cup on Dublin Bay, with four skippers from France advancing to the quarter-finals after the Round Robin stages concluded at the National Yacht Club. With the fresher opening-day breeze…
Three skippers share the lead after a testing opening day of the 2026 Dublin Match Cup, as changing conditions forced World Match Racing Tour racing from Dublin Bay into the shelter of Dún Laoghaire Harbour. Fourteen teams from eight nations…
George Jesters have won the 2026 Irish Team Racing Association National Championships at the Royal St George Yacht Club in Dún Laoghaire, defeating Pourquoi Papa 3–0 in the championship final. The winning six of Liam Glynn, Rosa Lyden, Jack Fahy,…
Rick Tomlinson Brings ‘High Latitudes’ to RIYC for Sailability
25th September 2026 Royal Irish Yacht Club
World-renowned yachting, marine and wildlife photographer Rick Tomlinson will bring his ‘High Latitudes’ presentation to the Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) in Dún Laoghaire on Thursday, 5 November, in aid of Sailability. Tomlinson’s photography regularly features on Afloat.ie, particularly his…
![Medal Dash: The Melges 15 fleet will bring a two-race Medal Series finale to Dublin Bay for its final class championship of the 2026 season. Photo: [CREDIT]](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000q27CmGCmwHo/s/848/I0000q27CmGCmwHo.jpg "Medal Dash: The Melges 15 fleet will bring a two-race Medal Series finale to Dublin Bay for its final class championship of the 2026 season. Photo: Afloat")
The Irish Melges 15 class will borrow from the format used at this summer’s ILCA World Championships on Dublin Bay when its fifth and final class event of the 2026 season concludes with a two-race Medal Series at the Royal…
O’Connell Leads Tight Monkstown Bay Finale as Club Honours Youth
24th September 2026 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Davy O’Connell takes a one-point Class 1 lead into the final race of Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s September league, as the Cork Harbour club also celebrates its young sailors’ success at the Optimist Connacht Championships. Davy O’Connell in his Laser…
Royal Cork Yacht Club’s Autumn League gets underway at Crosshaven this Sunday, September 27, with racing continuing each Sunday through October. The Autumn League starts at the Royal Cork in Crosshaven this Sunday, formerly known as the ‘October League’ but…
Royal St George Yacht Club sailor Roger Craig has moved into second place in the ILCA 7 Master category at the 2026 ILCA Master European Championships in La Baule, France, after a difficult third day of racing. Craig is on…
Royal St George Yacht Club sailor Roger Craig lies fourth in the ILCA 7 Master fleet at the 2026 ILCA Master European Championships in La Baule, France, less than a month after competing in the ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship…
Afloat has previously highlighted the revival of smaller cruiser-racers and Quarter Tonners in Cork Harbour, where affordability, smaller crews and close handicap racing have attracted owners. Now professional sailor Mark Mansfield makes the case for another option — lightweight planing…
David Johnston skippered Nimon to a convincing victory in the 2026 Puppeteer 22 National Championships at Howth Yacht Club, winning four of the six races sailed. Johnston, representing RIYC/HYC, finished the championship on six nett points, six clear of Alan…
National Yacht Club sailor Chris Johnston has won the 2026 Beneteau 31.7 Irish National Championships on Dublin Bay after a dominant four race wins from five starts in Prospect. Johnston finished the five-race championship on four nett points after discarding…
