Irish Sailing and Yacht Club News. Regattas, Race Reports & Results
With just over six hours until first gun, the weather looks favourable for day one of Ireland's biggest sailing event in Dun Laoghaire. The Dun Laoghaire harbour weather station is showing nine knots in the harbour, with gusts of up…
The Irish Times publishes this morning, with front page billing, the entire 450 boat entry list for this afternoon's Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta . The entry list over an entire page, appears on page 27 as part of an article…
Dun Laoghaire sailor Annalise Murphy has become the first Irish sailor to win a Europa Cup laser event in 13 years. Murphy, the longest-standing member of the ISA Academy, topped out a 76-boat Radial fleet in the Netherland venue of…
We all know at this stage that the Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta's 450 boats will be crammed into one venue, but what about the bigger numbers for the event? Like the 9109 results calculated, or the kilometres of chain that…
Ireland's biggest sailing regatta in Ireland less than 24 hours from first gun, with entrants moored and ready and an onshore army of volunteers primed to provide one of the biggest marine spectacles in the country this year. A vast…
Sailmaker Des McWilliam of One Sails and Prof O’Connell of North Sails have been in touch about arrangements for sail repairs over the course of the VDL Regatta .
Everything tightens up in Irish SB3 fleet in run up to Nationals
8th July 2009 News From the Afloat.ie Archive
In the end, any one of three teams could have taken the SB3 Ireland Eastern Championships (hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club on the 4th and 5th July) and all three have a story to tell.
After the frustration of light winds for the opening day of the ICRA Championships on Thursday, resulting in a five hour wait for wind, and with just one race completed, yesterday turned out to be a much better day writes…
With regard to the Shannon Navigation, River Suck/Coreen Ford, Marine Notice No 62 of 2009 is now withdrawn.
Irish rowing chief Executive Martin McElroy tells Liam Gorman in the Irish Times this morning that the sport needs to get more athletes to the top.The major feature on the back page of the sports section of the newspaper is…
One-hundred and fifty enthusiastic Optimist sailors from the four corners of Ireland arrived at Kinsale Yacht Club on Saturday to take part in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Munster Optimist Championships. Gold, Silver and Regatta fleet racing was scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.…
It might be the week the Volvo Ocean Race comes to town but there are many other events going on around the country too. In fact, we're spoiled for choice at this time of the year, with so many happenings…
It might be the week the Volvo Ocean Race comes to town but there are many other events going on around the country too. In fact, we're spoiled for choice at this time of the year, with so many happenings…
Royal Alfred Baily Bowl results: Squibs - 3 Races 1st Vincent Delaney, Femme Fatale RSGYC 3 wins. 2nd Wyatt Wright Fat Boat Slim RNYC second third and second placings. 3rd Frank Whelan, Deadly Buzz RSGYC third, second and fourth placings.…
Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat launched following a request from Valentia Coast Guard to go the assistance of eight persons on board a 42ft cruiser on rocks at the Goat Road. The RNLI lifeboat with helm, Eleanor Hooker, Colin Knight and…
Fireball Ulster Championships at Lough Neagh Sailing Club Gold Fleet: 1. El Ray Del Fuego - T.Gillard and F.Rowan (SVSC) 2. Zara - N.Bulter and S. Moore (DMYC) 3. No Name - A.Pearse and H.Butler (RstGYC) Silver Fleet: 1. Incubus…
Racing under the shadow of a gale warning, Royal Alfed YC staged its annual two day Baily Bowl competition with the racing cut to only one race on Sunday for the SB3s and Dragon classes. Winning SB3 crew Sharkbait has…
Portora Regatta, Enniskillen, Saturday Men, Eight – Junior 15: 1 Portora, 2 CAI, 3 Methodist, Belfast ½ canvas. Four – Junior 18, coxed: 1 Athlone, 2 Portora 1. Sculling, Quadruple – Novice: 1 Bann, 2 Neptune, three feet. Junior 16:…
All four Irish crews were placed in finals at the Huegelregatta in Essen today. Sean Casey finished fifth in the single scull; the pair of Martin Walsh and Cormac Folan were fourth; Dave Heffernan was eighth in the lightweight single…
After a short postponement the last open ocean leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 got underway today, starting right off the race village at Fan Pier, Downtown Boston. There was some confusion around the time of the postponement which…
