The Rankin dinghy revival has positively impacted Cove Sailing Club and is a source of satisfaction to those who have made great efforts over the past few years to restore this historic fleet in Cork Harbour. Two of the stalwarts…
Fionan de Barra & Hal Sisk of Dun Laoghaire are "Sailors of the Month (Services to Sailing)" for July
1st August 2021 Sailor of the Month
The restoration of all seven original Dublin Bay 21ft One-Designs (the oldest of them date from 1903) is still work in progress. But a major milestone in the process - the Cape Horn of a unique voyage – was safely…
It says everything about Eve McMahon's big-fleet sailing skills that she emerged as the clear winner of the Laser Radial Youth Worlds Girls Division on Lake Garda on Saturday, July 31st with a generally consistent scoreline which would have done…
Young's Albin Express North Star Takes Royal Cork July League in Both IRC & ECHO
1st August 2021 Royal Cork YC
Fiona Young and crew, sailing the Albin Express North Star, won the Thursday evening July league at the Royal Cork in both spinnaker divisions – IRC and ECHO in Cork Harbour. Kieran O'Brien's Magnet MG 335 won white sails in…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon is Crowned Radial Youth World Champion on Lake Garda
1st August 2021 Eve McMahon
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon (17) has won the Laser Radial (ILCA 6) Youth World Championships in a stunning performance on Lake Garda this afternoon. As Afloat reported yesterday, the Paris 2024 campaigner has been in a podium position at…
Rodney and Keith Martin's Beneteau 44.7 Lively Lady from the Royal Irish Yach Club was the winner of Saturday's light wind DBSC race on Dublin Bay for Cruisers Zero on both IRC and ECHO handicaps. The top three was a…
Dun Laoghaire Sees its Harbour in a New Light with the Return of the Dublin Bay 21s
31st July 2021 W M Nixon
There's something about the way that Steve Morris and his boat-building team in Kilrush are restoring the 1903-vintage Dublin Bay 21s that speaks to people with only a vague notion of the sea and sailing. The class association circled around…
Howth's Eve McMahon Leads ILCA 6 Youth Worlds into the Final Day on Lake Garda
30th July 2021 Eve McMahon
Classic Lake Garda conditions returned for the penultimate day of the 2021 ILCA 6 Youth Worlds that saw Howth's Eve McMahon back on top of the leaderboard. Results are tight and the forecast is good for the final day of…
Restored Dublin Bay 21s Arrive Home to Dun Laoghaire Harbour - Photo Gallery
30th July 2021 Dublin Bay 21
Photographer Michael Chester documented the arrival home of the first three restored Dublin Bay 21’s Number 3 Estelle, 4 Garavogue and 6 Naneen that sailed from Arklow yesterday (Friday 30th) July arriving at Dun Laoghaire at 17.00 where they were met by…
The Dublin Bay Twenty-Ones Are Coming Home: 30 July 2021, Dun Laoghaire Harbour 1700hrs
30th July 2021 Dublin Bay 21
The Dublin Bay 21 Footers are the oldest class of racing yachts of their kind in the world - the World’s Oldest Cruiser Racer Class. Designed in 1902 by the leading yacht designer, Alfred Mylne of Glasgow, for Dublin Bay…
Eve McMahon Stays in Podium Places Despite Missing Race in Laser Youth Worlds
29th July 2021 Eve McMahon
Howth’s Eve McMahon managed to stay in second overall after Thursday’s first two finals races in the Laser Youth Worlds on Lake Garda even with missing out on the first race with a DNC. She came back with a third…
Royal Cork in 2022 is the 5o5 Focus Now as 2021 Worlds is Cancelled in Bermuda
29th July 2021 Royal Cork YC
With the news that this October's 5o5 World Championships have been cancelled in Bermuda, extra focus is now on Royal Cork's staging of the event in 2022 when the Five-Os come to Cork Harbour. Michael Quirk, President of the International…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon Fighting Off 108 Other Competitors to Hold Her Lead in the Laser Youth Worlds
28th July 2021 Eve McMahon
Volatile weather in northern Italy is adding to the drama in the huge fleet racing the current Laser/ILCA Youth Worlds on Lake Garda. The threat of sudden and violent winds making if difficult for competitors and organisers alike to keep…
Royal St. George's O'Connor on Top as SB20s Hit the Heat in Northerns at Carlingford
28th July 2021 SB20
"We'd an amazing weekend at Carlingford Marina for the SB20 Ireland Northern Championships", reports Irish SB20 President John Malone of Lough Ree YC Conditions were perfect on the very beautiful Carlingford Lough. There was wall-to-wall sunshine and a good enough…
Royal Irish's Saskia Tidey Consolidates Lead for Team GB in 49erFX with Charlotte Dobson
28th July 2021 Tokyo 2020
Dun Laoghaire's Saskia Tidey and Scotland's Charlotte Dobson consolidated their top position in the 49er FX with three top-five finishes in today's racing at the Olympic Regatta in Tokyo. There was sun, plenty of breeze and waves with 14 knots…
Day two of the 49er event at the 2020 Olympic Games regatta proved a bit less successful for the Irish pairing of Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove after taking the first race in what was a dream debut. Sailed in a…