Team Racing Sailing News
University College Dublin (UCD) Sailing Club's first team have had a very successful two weeks on UK waters at team racing events. First, they travelled to Southampton for the Wessex Winter Warmer, an event where only university first teams and…
Entries have opened for the RYA and BUSA Women’s Team Racing Championships, which will take place at Budworth Sailing Club over the weekend of 19/20 February 2022. Budworth SC in the heart of Cheshire is looking forward to welcoming teams…
Technological University Dublin Crowned Irish Team Racing Champions 2021
26th November 2021 Team Racing
At the Irish Team Racing Championships 2021, organised by the Royal Cork Yacht Club, the Technological University Dublin won the Championship for the first time. 108 Sailors forming 18 teams vied for the title and trophy of the Irish Team…
When 144 sailors descend on a club like the hospitable but relatively small (numerically-speaking) Carlingford Sailing Club for a festival of team racing, the pressure is on, both afloat and ashore. That pressure is in no way lessened by the…
Royal St. George Team Racers Win Millennium Trophy at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
1st November 2021 Team Racing
The Royal St. George Yacht Club were the convincing winner after 24 races of the J/80 Millennium Bowl Team Racing event at Dun Laoghaire Harbour at the weekend. Saturday saw Dublin Bay Race Officer Barry O'Neill complete 18 races that…
UCD Are Platinum Winners at IUSA Eastern Team Racing Championship 2021 Hosted by Carlingford Sailing Club
28th October 2021 Team Racing
Carlingford Sailing Club, in conjunction with Dublin University Sailing Club, hosted the IUSA Eastern Team Racing Championship on the weekend of 23rd/24th of October, with 24 teams from nine universities, 144 competitors in total fighting it out to see who…
Eric Twiname Team Racing Championships Set for Welcome Return in Oxford
6th October 2021 Team Racing
More than 40 teams of young sailors are set for battle this weekend as the 2021 Eric Twiname Team Racing Championships returns. Around 240 junior and youth sailors from across the country will descend on Oxford’s Farmoor Reservoir to compete…
"The Books Stops Here" for Royal Cork's Successful Senior & Junior Teams
7th September 2021 Team Racing
It has been a frenetically busy weekend on Cork Harbour with crowded classic events such as the Cobh-Blackrock Race and other fixtures of various levels of association with the 75th Anniversary of the Naval Service. Yet somehow the time and…
Royal St. George Yacht Club 'Sea Buoys' Win Sixth Elmo Team Racing Trophy
29th August 2021 Team Racing
After a staggering 137 races sailed over the weekend and a stirring comeback on the Sunday morning, RStGYC Sea Buoys won the sixth Elmo team racing trophy with a convincing 2-0 victory in the final. Gentle breezes were the order…
Royal Cork Team Racers Lead Elmo Trophy After 72 Races Sailed at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
29th August 2021 Team Racing
The 108 team racers came ashore on Saturday after champagne sailing conditions saw the Royal Cork team emerge unbeaten after Day one of the Elmo Trophy at the Royal St. George Yacht Club. Race officer Conal Casey and his team completed…
The full lineup of 18 teams will be ready to battle in Dun Laoghaire Harbour this weekend for the sixth Elmo Trophy. This youth sailing team racing event will see teams of six sailors representing their clubs or classes race…
Royal St. George Yacht Club to Stage Sixth Elmo Trophy Team Racing At End of August
7th August 2021 Team Racing
The Royal Saint George Yacht Club welcomes youth team racers from around the country for its Elmo Trophy competition on August 28th and 29th in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay. The event will be sailed in three flights of…
Every sport sees it happen. Young enthusiastic kids who can't get enough training, competing, fitness, drills, and dreams of making it big writes Paul O'Hare of Rush Sailing Club. Many then drift away from the sport they loved as they…
Top women sailors from around the country are en route to Rhode Island for the New York Yacht Club's inaugural Women's 2v2 Team Race, which will be sailed out of the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court this coming Saturday…
Dublin based broker Leinster Boats are selling a fleet of six Rondar Firefly dinghies ideal for team racing for €9,500. Broker Ronan Beirne of Leinster boats say the GRP hulls require attention but that's to be expected with a 2004-built…
One of Dublin Bay's great sailing characters Jimmy Fitzpatrick of the Royal Irish Yacht Club has sadly passed away. A true corinthian of sailing Jimmy Fitz was very well known both here and abroad. While he sailed out of the…
