Irish Sailing and Yacht Club News. Regattas, Race Reports & Results
Day 2 update: After a tricky first night at sea, the mid-fleet in the Rolex Fastnet Race have experienced a rainy grey day at sea as they slog upwind westward along the English south coast. As expected the big boats…
The weekend statement from the Dept of Defence: The Minister for Defence approved a recommendation from the Board of Coiste an Asgard not to proceed with the salvage operation and instead to commence planning for a replacement vessel. The €3.8…
The third leg of the 40th Anniversary edition of La Solitaire du Figaro got under way as scheduled at 13h00 this afternoon, a complex 485 mile passage between St. Gilles Croix-de-Vie in France’s Vendée region across to Dingle on the…
On Inland Waterway news. The first shipment of whiskey in over five decades to travel on the Royal Canal will mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the commercial usage of the canal, writes Eoghan MacConnell in the Irish…
Rolex Fastnet Race : Update 1 - Monday 10th August 2009 Overnight conditions in the Rolex Fastnet Race have ranged from tricky to impossible. While this morning at the 0600 update, Mike Slade’s ICAP Leopard was approaching Lizard Point, the…
Courtown sailor Philip Doran has won the U17 section of the Radial Youth World Championships in Karatsu, Japan with Oliver Loughead in second place giving Ireland a ‘one, two’ on the podium at U17 level. Philip finished 9th overall in…
Get your waterproofs on and check out what’s happening along the coast or on the waterways this week. Lots of sailing, from Lough Derg to Dingle, and Cobh to Blessington. If you’re up for some wild water, the Lower Liffey…
1900 Sunday Dun Laoghaire's Paul Egan, co-skipper of Legally Brunette, one of six Irish entries in the Fastnet race, reports from onboard: "We're off Swanage, looking at Portland Bill, 5kts of wind, 1.2 of tide behind us and 2 kts…
As we reported yesterday, Henri Lloyd have launched several new lines – all of which are being put through their paces by one or all of the following: Shirley Robertson (double Olympic gold medallist), Ben Ainslie (triple Olympic gold medallist),…
Morning dockside rumours of delays and divisions of boats having to kedge on the start line were roundly proven wrong as the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet, as well as spectators along the Cowes shoreline, enjoyed a magnificent, colourful spinnaker start.…
25 people from Ireland, UK, and Germany arrived in Cork in advance of the biggest challenge of their lives. They will sail onboard the Cork Clipper boat in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race which starts in Hull…
Milford Haven Coastguard launched a major search for two anglers in the early hours of Saturday morning but it was discovered to be a hoax. As the search continued it became clear that the boat was not in the location…
George Szabo and Rick Peters (USA) won the 2009 Star World Championship with a third place finish in the final race of the series. Lars Grael and Ronald Seifert (BRA) won the race by a country mile and the Junior…
La Solitaire du Figaro - France’s Top Single Handed Yacht Race arrives to Dingle, Co. Kerry next Thursday 13th August. The fishing town welcomes the race for its 40th Anniversary and the fourth time back to Dingle. The 53-boat fleet…
When the wind finally arrived it was only to usher the Dublin Bay Sailing Club fleet back in to Dun Laoghaire harbour. It was another frustrating day sailing as the 200–boat fleet struggled with fickle westerly winds for the Saturday…
17 FOOTER CHAMPS (O'ALL) at Howth Yacht Club 08/08/2009 17 footer SCRATCH: 1, Hera J & M Duffy (8.00); 2, Aura I Malcolm (10.00); 3, Oona P Courtney (11.00); 4, Deilginis M Toomey (22.00); 5, Sheila D Bothwell (22.00); 17…
Since it was first run in 1925, the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s biennial Rolex Fastnet Race has earned a reputation for being one of the toughest events in the international yacht racing calendar. This has come about from the brutal…
Laura D’Urso and Lisa Dilleen finished fourth in the final of the women’s double scull at the World Junior Championship in Brive in France today. The Ireland crew were the only ones to stay in touch with dominant Germany early…
On the eve of the international Tall Ships race festival in Belfast – in which Asgard II had been a regular participant – the Department of Defence has said that it is considering postponing plans for a replacement of Ireland's…
Inland Waterway news. Two new Red (Port) navigation markers have been established downstream of Meelick Quay on the Shannon Navigation (Marine Notice No. 83 of 2009). Please see charlet overleaf. The new Red (Port) navigation marks on on the Shannon…
