Roll on the 'Epic' ILCA Dublin Bay Summer Sailing Season as 48 Boats Enter DBSC
31st March 2023 Laser
The ILCA/Laser class has responded in 'massive' numbers to the Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) call for early entries to their summer race series. At the last count, a staggering 48 entries were listed from clubs across the Dun Laoghaire…
Howth Yacht Club again hosted the annual Irish Universities Sailing Association Keelboat Student Nationals in the Club J80s in its traditional time slot of the last weekend in March. The weather provided a bit of everything on Saturday, but we…
Seven Straight Wins for Royal Irish's Tim Goodbody at OK Dinghy Regatta in Palma
29th March 2023 Royal Irish Yacht Club
2008 Irish Finn Olympian Tim Goodbody, a member of the Royal Irish Yacht Club, has been putting his sailing skills to good use on both sides of the Atlantic this month with a win in the Caribbean on the 33-metre…
Royal Cork Yacht Club Encouraging Boat Ownership as Mixed Dinghies Make Return
26th March 2023 Royal Cork YC
The Mixed dinghy fleet will be returning to the water at the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Crosshaven, Cork Harbour, in April. The club wants to encourage boat ownership, and “this fleet is all about fun while learning to sail with…
National Yacht Club is Preparing for Summer Racing Season at Dun Laoghaire
24th March 2023 National YC
National Yacht Club Winter sailing programmes have been full throttle in the various classes supported by the club, preparing actively for the beginning of the racing season. The Flying 15 winter training has led the way with an early launch…
A Howth Yacht Club crew were part of the 156 Etchells sailors that visited Biscayne Bay for The Coral Reef Cup in Miami, Florida, last weekend. This three-day regatta, March 17-19th, served not only as the class' 2023 North American…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) have 17 plus entries for their new Tuesday women on the water series and is now looking to expand this to include two more classes. As regular Afloat readers know, the country's biggest yacht racing…
UK Sailmakers 'Optimising Performance' Talk This Thursday at the Royal Irish Yacht Club
21st March 2023 UK Sailmakers Ireland
Irish Laser ace Liam Glynn will be in Royal Irish Yacht Club on Thursday evening when he and offshore sailor Kenny Rumball, along with UK Sailmakers Ireland manager Barry Hayes deliver a lecture at the country's biggest IRC club. The open talk is titled; 'Optimising…
Poolbeg Peninsula Project 'Vital to Deliver Capacity Required for Dublin Port by 2040' - Public Consultation Opens on 3FM Project
21st March 2023 Dublin Port
Dublin Port Company has today commenced formal public consultation on the 3FM Project, the third and final Masterplan project needed to complete the development of Dublin Port and bring it to its ultimate and final capacity by 2040. The 3FM…
Glynn, Rumball and Hayes Join Forces for Howth Yacht Club Tactics Talk This Wednesday
20th March 2023 UK Sailmakers Ireland
Irish Laser ace Liam Glynn will be in Howth Yacht Club on Wednesday evening when he and offshore sailor Kenny Rumball along with UK Sailmakers Ireland manager Barry Hayes deliver a lecture at the country's biggest yacht club. The talk, which is open to…
National Yacht Club Flying Fifteen Duo Lying in Top Ten of Fremantle Worlds
20th March 2023 Flying Fifteen
After six races sailed and five to count, Ireland's John Lavery and Alan Green are in the top ten of the Flying 15 World Championships at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Australia. Steady sailing from Dublin Bay's Lavery and Green saw…
Eve McMahon rounded off her regatta in the ILCA 6 Women's European Championship in 16th position in Andora, Italy, today. The 19-year-old is in her first full season at senior level and making steady progress after her triple Gold medal…
Ireland's top hope for Paris 2024, Finn Lynch, worked back from disappointments on Thursday to finish tenth European and 13th overall in ILCA7 European Championships in Andora, Italy today. Although Lynch will rue mistakes made in gear failure and rules…
Defending title-holder Rocco Wright of Ireland faces a two-race challenge in the ILCA6 Men's European Championships climax in Andora, Italy. The Howth Yacht Club star has work to do to regain his overall lead but, at the same time, has…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon, Ireland's sole female Paris 2024 sailing campaigner, lies 18th overall in her 56-boat ILCA 6 Women's European Championships in Andora, Italy. Shifty light to medium winds and good swell marked the fifth day. The Gold…
Viking Marine Leinster Schools Team Racing Championships at National Yacht Club was an Outstanding Success
16th March 2023 Team Racing
The latest update regarding Schools team racing is that the Leinster Schools Team Racing Championships, which took place on Sunday the 12th of March in the National Yacht Club was an outstanding success considering some challenging wind shifts and speed, writes Eunice…
