National Yacht Club Commodore Thanks Dun Laoghaire Harbour Clubs For Support of Sesquicentennial Race Day
5th September 2020 National YC
National Yacht Club Commodore Martin McCarthy yesterday presented a special flag to each of four neighbouring Clubs as a mark of Solidarity and to thank them for helping his Club hold a Raceday to celebrate the Club's 150th anniversary. Commodore…
After 36 Years, Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Pansy Blooms Again in National Yacht Club 150th Anniversary
4th September 2020 Water Wag
The 1906-built Dublin Bay Water Wag Pansy has been in the ownership of the Delany family since 1939. But while she has won many trophies, the absence of medals as prizes in local One Design racing has meant that winning…
The National Yacht Club's David Mulvin and Ronan Beirne sailing the Flying 15 Ignis Caput were the winners of tonight's DBSC race from Alan Green and Chris Doorly in Frequent Flyer. Third was FFuZZy (Neil Colin & Margaret Casey). 107…
International 12 Dinghies To Celebrate New Arrival at Revived Royal St.George Yacht Club Championships
2nd September 2020 Historic Boats
As the International 12-foot class prepares to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its revived championships next week in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, the historic dinghy class is also welcoming a new arrival. A new clinker-built 12 has recently been completed by…
Royal St. George's Sean Craig Wins DBSC Tuesday Race With an Excellent Turnout
2nd September 2020 DBSC
Royal St. George's Sean Craig was the Laser Radial division in last night's winner of Dublin Bay Sailing Club Laser Radial division race. I McNamara was second to the former Irish Masters champion with Rian Geraghty-McDonnell in third place. An excellent turnout of…
Barry, Rimmington & Leonard Triumph at National 18 Southerns in Cork Harbour (Photo Gallery)
1st September 2020 National 18
Alex Barry, Sandy Rimmington and Richard Leonard sailing Aquadisiacs were the overall winners of an 11-boat National 18 Southern Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club last weekend. The Royal Cork/Monkstown Bay trio won by a margin of three points over…
The Royal Cork Yacht Club has launched a new drive encouraging its members to ‘skill up’ this September. Are you interested in going on the water with your sailor? Are you interested in getting trained up for mark laying, safety…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Defence Simon Coveney TD marked the Royal Cork Yacht Club's 300th birthday at a small ceremony on Haulbowline island this weekend (Saturday 29 Aug), the Irish Naval Headquarters and home of the original 'Water…
Ben Mulligan's brand new Flying Fifteen 'Enfant de Marie' was launched from the DMYC in time for today's first DBSC Saturday Race and was rewarded with a maiden voyage victory. A fleet of 121 boats across all the DBSC classes…
Dun Laoghaire's NYC 150th Regatta Now A One-Day Event Due To Covid-19 Restrictions
29th August 2020 National YC
The National Yacht Club’s planned two-day race weekend for its own 150th anniversary has been scaled down to a single-day event now known as the Sesquicentennial Race Day. The decision was reached earlier this week following the latest Government announcements…
Cruiser 0 IRC: 1. Rockabill VI, 2. Tsunami, 3. Lively Lady Cruiser 0 Echo: 1. Tsunami, 2. Lively Lady, 3. Rockabill VI Cruiser 1 IRC: 1. White Mischief, 2. Jalapeno, 3. Juggerknot 2 Cruiser 1 Echo: 1. Indecision, 2. Raptor,…
Howth Yacht Club Flag Kept Flying in Cork by Simon Knowles & His Indian Braves in Fastnet 450
26th August 2020 Fastnet 450 Race
Ireland's sports organisations are taking a battering during the pandemic, and the operating model of sailing clubs, in particular, makes them especially vulnerable to a downturn in all activities afloat and ashore. Afloat.ie's W M Nixon wrote this piece yesterday…
Royal Cork Yacht Club Reschedules Big Weekend of Celebrations for 300th Birthday to 2021
24th August 2020 Cork300
The Royal Cork Yacht Club has rescheduled the biggest weekend of its Cork300 tricentenary celebrations, planned for 28-30 August, in light of new government restrictions on outdoor and sporting events announced last week. Many of the events, which included a…
Andrew Craig's J109 Chimaera was the IRC and ECHO DBSC Cruisers One winner in a breezy afternoon of racing on Dublin Bay. Green Fleet racing was cancelled and dinghies managed one race. DBSC Results for 22/08/2020 Cruiser 0 IRC: 1.…
Fastnet 450 Race Has Come to Mean So Much for Frustrated Irish Sailing in 2020
22nd August 2020 W M Nixon
The Fastnet 450 starts today (Saturday) at 1300hrs in Dublin Bay, and sends the fleet on a 270-mile course southward, taking them all the way to the Fastnet Rock before finishing back at the entrance to Cork Harbour, clear of…
Royal St George Yacht Club Cancels Elmo Trophy Team Racing Event at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
21st August 2020 Team Racing
The 2020 Elmo trophy for team racing at Dun Laoghaire Harbour has been cancelled. With the current measures in place to halt the spread of the coronavirus event organisers RStGYC have made the difficult decision to cancel the event for…