Irish Youth Sailing News. Regattas, Juniors, Training, Courses, Skills
![Eve McMahon Powering to a race win - Howth youth Eve McMahon takes her first ever race win at a Laser European Championships in Bulgaria today](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000XjtVZoFk9rU/s/767/I0000XjtVZoFk9rU.jpg)
Irish Youth Sailor Eve McMahon Wins Race at European Championships in Bulgaria
8th October 2021 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Irish youth sailor Eve McMahon from Howth took a well-earned win in a breezy race eight of the 2021 Women's ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) Senior European Championships & Open European Trophy in Varna, Bulgaria today. After nine races sailed, McMahon, who…
![RYA Northern Ireland's Youth Forum Enthusiastic young sailors at the first meeting of RYA Northern Ireland's Youth Forum at Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_HE1Ugo5Mug/s/767/I0000_HE1Ugo5Mug.jpg)
Young Sailors Participate in RYA Northern Ireland's Youth Forum
1st October 2021 RYA Northern Ireland
A group of enthusiastic young sailors have come together for the first meeting of RYA Northern Ireland's Youth Forum at Ballyholme Yacht Club. RYA Northern Ireland identified youth engagement as a key area for the organisation, and this strand of…
![Rocco Wright Rocco Wright gets himself into a race lead in the Optimist Worlds 2021](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000jvpTkncu0Zs/s/767/I0000jvpTkncu0Zs.jpg)
Rocco Wright of Howth is Sailor of the Month (Junior) for September
1st October 2021 Sailor of the Month
Turning 15 can be a difficult development stage for a young sailor. But Howth's Rocco Wright has been managing it with aplomb as he turned in some impressive race-winning performances at the mega-fleet Optimist Worlds on Lake Garda, shaped up…
![Charlie Cullen](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00000fM23DIxmLs/s/767/I00000fM23DIxmLs.jpg)
Charlie Cullen of Dun Laoghaire Harbour is "Sailor of the Month (Inshore)" for September
1st October 2021 Sailor of the Month
A veteran of foil sailing at just 19, Charlie Cullen of the Royal St George YC has been cutting an increasingly impressive furrow through Waszp racing in 2021 as the national and international programme resumes. In mid-September, he reached new…
![Grace O'Malley - A 164ft Tradewind schooner Grace O'Malley - A 164ft Tradewind schooner has been identified as a 'successor' to Asgard II, according to the Atlantic Youth Trust](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000aUZJ7VKiN8w/s/767/I0000aUZJ7VKiN8w.jpg)
Tall Ship Youth Training Vessel Requires Urgent Reinstatement of State Funding - Atlantic Youth Trust
30th September 2021 Tall Ships
Youth development, education and cultural charity the Atlantic Youth Trust have made a direct appeal to An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD and Minister Simon Harris TD, to reinstate the €950,000 which came from the National Lottery to support the operational…
![Rocco Wright of Howth Close finish at Schull - new All-Ireland Junior Champion Rocco Wright of Howth (left) and his crew Nathan van Steenberge](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000YKrttNqP.eM/s/767/I0000YKrttNqP.eM.jpg)
Howth’s Rocco Wright Takes National Junior Title 2021 after Cliff-Hanger Finish at Schull
27th September 2021 Youth Sailing
Fresh back from being the youngest participant in the NYYC Invitationals racing ILC 37s at Newport, Rhode Island, 15-year-old Rocco Wright of Howth reactivated his well-proven dinghy-racing skills in jig time to emerge as the 2021 Junior All-Ireland Sailing Champion…
![Galway Bay SC 420 racing The increased pace in Galway Bay SC 420 racing is indicated by their growing dominance of the Mixed Class in Junior Training at the GBSC base at Renville near Oranmore](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000dpagbkP.i80/s/767/I0000dpagbkP.i80.jpg)
All Young Dinghy Sailors Welcome at Galway Bay SC’s Junior Regatta on Sunday September 26th
19th September 2021 Galway Harbour
While good placings in the recent 420 Nationals showed that the Galway Bay SC juniors are a growing force in this demanding class, junior-sailed boats of all kinds are welcome at the GBSC Open Junior Regatta at Renville on Sunday,…
![Charlie Cullen Charlie Cullen of Dun Laoghaire's Royal St. George Yacht Club competing at the Saint Tropez SailGP Waszp event](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GCEo_lRDx8Y/s/767/I0000GCEo_lRDx8Y.jpg)
Royal St George Waszp Sailor Charlie Cullen Finishes Second at SailGP in Saint Tropez
17th September 2021 SailGP
Dun Laoghaire Harbour's 2021 Waszp European Slalom & U20 Champion Charlie Cullen was one of 16 young sailors, consisting of multiple World and European Champions from various classes, who were selected to race in last week’s SailGP event in the Saint Tropez,…
![2021 RYA NI Youth Sailing All the prizewinners from the 2021 RYA NI Youth Sailing Championships at Carrickfergus](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007LpyKAZVhKY/s/767/I00007LpyKAZVhKY.jpg)
137 Dinghy Sailors Contest RYA NI Youth Sailing Championships at Carrickfergus
13th September 2021 RYA Northern Ireland
A huge fleet of 121 dinghies took to the waters of Belfast Lough from Carrickfergus Sailing Club on the north shore on Saturday and Sunday (11th and 12th) for the Royal Yachting Association NI Youth Championships. The 137 youth sailors…
![WIORA-winning Tribal “Sailing School With a Difference” - the WIORA-winning Tribal Youth Initiative at Fenit on Tralee Bay with (left to right) David Carberry, Cormac Donnelly, Justin Mitchel Ward, Jack Nolan, Liam Burke (Skipper), Ronan Shepard and Olivia Cure.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GiXK9lzd7.s/s/767/I0000GiXK9lzd7.s.jpg)
When Liam Burke’s interesting Farr 31 Tribal from Galway Bay SC became the new West of Ireland champion in racing the WIORA series with Tralee Bay SC at Fenit recently, it marked the latest successful stage in the Tribal Youth…
![James Dwyer and Chris Bateman Royal Cork Yacht Club's James Dwyer and Chris Bateman were 15th from 193 starts at the 29er World Cup in Spain](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000IV2zinh1L14/s/767/I0000IV2zinh1L14.jpg)
Dwyer & Bateman Take a Top 15 at 29er Worlds as Spain Fills the Podium in Valencia
1st September 2021 29er
Royal Cork Yacht Club's James Dwyer and Chris Bateman have finished in the top 15 of 193 sailors from 24 countries at the 29er World Cup in Valencia. The six days of skiff sailing competition saw eight Irish youth boats in…
![Eve McMahon In her Olympic campaign for Paris 2024, Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon (17) won the Laser Radial (ILCA 6) Youth World Championships in July.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000N4pONJ5CgkU/s/767/I0000N4pONJ5CgkU.jpg)
It's almost a month since the last sailing race of the Tokyo Olympics. In most sports, the end of each Olympic Quad (in this case a Quinq) is the traditional time for reflection on the previous campaign and consideration of…
![Jonathan O'Shaughnessy Royal Cork's Jonathan O'Shaughnessy is the new leader in the Laser Radial National Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00009_kjaBD7Vdc/s/767/I00009_kjaBD7Vdc.jpg)
Walsh & Wright Continue to Lead Laser Divisions at Royal Cork Championships But O'Shaughnessy Now on Top in Radials
22nd August 2021 Laser
Friday's fleet leaders continue at the top in two of three divisions of the AIB sponsored Laser National Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club, going into the final day of competition in Cork Harbour. After eight races sailed, 99 boats compete across the…
![Tom Coulter Tom Coulter racing at Plymouth in the ILCA RYA Youth Nationals](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Izr5ijUWYw8/s/767/I0000Izr5ijUWYw8.jpg)
It has been a busy August for several young Laser sailors from Northern Ireland clubs who have competed at a high level in the RYA Youth Nationals at Plymouth, the UK Laser Association Nationals at Weymouth and the World Laser…
![Charlie Cullen Royal St George sailor, Charlie Cullen 19, is Waszp European Slalom Champion and Junior (U20) European Champion](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ZhNPL608aG8/s/767I0000ZhNPL608aG8.jpg)
Royal St. George Waszp Sailor Charlie Cullen Wins Ireland's First Ever European Waszp Title
20th August 2021 Moth
Royal St George sailor, Charlie Cullen, 19, is Waszp European Slalom Champion and Junior (U20) European Champion following this year's Waszp European Games in Lake Garda Italy. Held in beautiful Circolo vela Arco, a competitive and experienced 87 boat fleet…
![Laser/ILCA 4.7 Youth World Championships The Laser/ILCA 4.7 Youth World Championships are underway at Dun Laoghaire Harbour](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000lnxdXq9NIVM/s/767/I0000lnxdXq9NIVM.jpg)
Irish Youth Sailors Competing in First Races of Laser/ILCA 4.7 World Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
9th August 2021 Laser
Dun Laoghaire Harbour is filled with sails this week as 229 boys and girls compete at the Laser/ILCA 4.7 Youth World Championships hosted jointly by the harbour's National Yacht Club and Royal St. George Yacht Clubs. Youth competitors from 31…