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![The stage is set for the 2023 Youth Sailing World Championships in Armação dos Buzios, Brazil, where a strong Irish team competes The stage is set for the 2023 Youth Sailing World Championships in Armação dos Buzios, Brazil, where a strong Irish team competes](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000IOpK6zH.HIo/s/767/I0000IOpK6zH.HIo.jpg)
Six Irish Sailors Prepare for Battle at Youth World Sailing Championships in Brazil
10th December 2023 World Sailing
A strong Cork-Dublin youth sailing team will represent Ireland in four classes in Monday's Youth World Sailing Championships in Brazil, with a total of four Irish boats and six sailors competing in Armação dos Buzios. Racing in the 52nd edition of the event sees…
![ILCA6 U21 World Champion Eve McMahon of Howth is Shortlisted for RTÉ Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year ILCA6 U21 World Champion Eve McMahon of Howth is Shortlisted for RTÉ Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000dYNCBm6ae1Y/s/767/I0000dYNCBm6ae1Y.jpg)
World Champion Sailor Eve McMahon is Shortlisted for RTÉ Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year
9th December 2023 Eve McMahon
Irish Sailor of the Year Eve McMahon is on the six-strong shortlist for the RTÉ Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year. The 2023 nominees include a Munster number eight, a Premier League star, two medal winners at the European U20…
![Racing at the 2023 International Youth Match Racing Championship in Australia Racing at the 2023 International Youth Match Racing Championship in Australia](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000enBUvMfSkHM/s/635/I0000enBUvMfSkHM.jpg)
Royal St. George Crew Finish Fifth at International Youth Match Racing Championship
8th December 2023 Match Racing
Ireland's Tom Higgins, Jamie McMahon, Fiona Ferguson, Xavier McLachlan and Riley Evans from Dun Laoghaire's Royal St. George Yacht Club have finished fifth overall at the Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship in Australia. In a thrilling final between Ben Tylecote from…
![Ballyholme Yacht Club on the east side of Bangor in North Down has been chosen to host the European ILCA 6 Youth Championships in 2024 Ballyholme Yacht Club on the east side of Bangor in North Down has been chosen to host the European ILCA 6 Youth Championships in 2024](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000kwMo_SuGOW4/s/500/I0000kwMo_SuGOW4.jpg)
2024 European ILCA 6 Youth Championships For Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough
8th December 2023 Laser
The European ILCA 6 Youth Championships 2024 will be sailed at Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough next season. “This is a very significant championship for Europe’s youth sailors and hosting the event is a feather in the cap for…
![Fireball dinghy numbers in the Cork area have risen from 1 last year to 11, with nine in Monkstown Bay alone, the recent Fireball AGM heard Fireball dinghy numbers in the Cork area have risen from 1 last year to 11, with nine in Monkstown Bay alone, the recent Fireball AGM heard](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000lc7TG_s.Iqs/s/767/I0000lc7TG_s.Iqs.jpg')
The recent Irish Fireball Association agm was a lively affair as the class discussed two thorny issues and reconfirmed its commitment to younger sailors. First, the thorny stuff - there was a lively, sometimes heated discussion around the decision not…
![Light airs dominated for the morning – which meant that the busy Shanahan Cup schedule of races was under great pressure at Dun Laoghaire Harbour Light airs dominated for the morning – which meant that the busy Shanahan Cup schedule of races was under great pressure at Dun Laoghaire Harbour](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000TWY0D7YGEJI/s/767/I0000TWY0D7YGEJI.jpg)
The Shanahan Cup returned for the 2023 and 2024 academic year again on Wednesday, 29th November. Gonzaga College and the Irish National Sailing and Powerboat School hosted 16 teams from 12 schools, with over 100 sailors racing in RS Fevas…
![Pictured at the RCYC Junior Prizegiving were Eddie Kingston, Royal Cork's ILCA Class Captain, Kieran O Pictured at the RCYC Junior Prizegiving were Eddie Kingston, Royal Cork's ILCA Class Captain, Kieran O](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000NmfWOPKGuOQ/s/767/I0000NmfWOPKGuOQ.jpg)
Royal Cork Yacht Club's Annual Junior Laying Up 2023 was held this weekend at Crosshaven, and the club's annual celebration of dinghy sailing was held in conjunction with its Frostbites Series prizegiving. With a European title won by Ben O'Shaughnessy…
![National Yacht Club Vice Commodore Rosemary Cadogan with its highly successful 29er squad at the club's 2023 junior prizegiving. The group includes world champion Clementine van Steenberge (front row left) National Yacht Club Vice Commodore Rosemary Cadogan with its highly successful 29er squad at the club's 2023 junior prizegiving. The group includes world champion Clementine van Steenberge (front row left)](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GY66VJkHF0s/s/767/I0000GY66VJkHF0s.jpg)
National Yacht Club Juniors Celebrate 2023's Achievements Including 29er World Championship Win
26th November 2023 National YC
National Yacht Club Vice Commodore Rosemary Cadogan led the 2023 junior summer sailing achievement celebrations at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Friday night. The junior and youth sailors produced results at home and abroad in a variety of classes, including Optimist…
![After receiving over 20 applications from teams to compete, the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Newport, NSW, had a tough decision to select the final 10 teams that includes Ireland's Tom Higgins from Dun Laoghaire After receiving over 20 applications from teams to compete, the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Newport, NSW, had a tough decision to select the final 10 teams that includes Ireland's Tom Higgins from Dun Laoghaire](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000XQ8DYCh.ASg/s/767/I0000XQ8DYCh.ASg.jpg)
Royal St. George's Tom Higgins to Compete at International Youth Match Racing Championship in Australia
23rd November 2023 Match Racing
Royal St. George's Tom Higgins will compete this December at the 2023 International Youth Match Racing Championship in Australia. It has been an action-packed season for the ILCA ace from UCD that saw him compete at the USA's Governor's Cup…
![Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Service Commodore Michael Malone at the 2023 Sea Scouting conference in Wexford with Chief Scout Jill Pitcher-Farrell Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Service Commodore Michael Malone at the 2023 Sea Scouting conference in Wexford with Chief Scout Jill Pitcher-Farrell](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000lgtV_ytAACg/s/767/I0000lgtV_ytAACg.jpg)
100 Sea Scouts Gather in Wexford with Focus on Adventure and Leadership
23rd November 2023 Youth Sailing
Over 100 delegates gathered at the Talbot Hotel for the Sea Scouting conference on 11/12 November. Adults and young people from across the country joined workshops and activities on the key themes of sustainability, adventure, inclusion, leadership and safety. As…
![Jack Fahy, Liam Glynn, Tom Higgins and crews Kathy Kelly, Emilly Hill & Cian Lynch are presented with their 75th Anniversary Irish Team Racing Association trophy by outgoing Secretary Eunice Kennedy at the Royal St. George Yacht Club Jack Fahy, Liam Glynn, Tom Higgins and crews Kathy Kelly, Emilly Hill & Cian Lynch are presented with their 75th Anniversary Irish Team Racing Association trophy by outgoing Secretary Eunice Kennedy at the Royal St. George Yacht Club](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007cM8orxJ_p8/s/767/I00007cM8orxJ_p8.jpg)
Favourites Emerge to Duke it Out at Royal St. George Hosted Irish Team Racing Finals
21st November 2023 Team Racing
The Irish Team Racing Association’s 75th National Championships concluded Saturday in the Royal St George Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The round-robin event was truncated to a day’s racing as the forecast showed winds gusting to 30 knots Sunday…
![Teams from Queens Belfast in the north to Baltimore SC in the south will be taking part in the Firefly dinghy-based ITRA 75 Team Racing National Championships at the Royal St George Yacht Club Teams from Queens Belfast in the north to Baltimore SC in the south will be taking part in the Firefly dinghy-based ITRA 75 Team Racing National Championships at the Royal St George Yacht Club](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Qf0cRTEcnpg/s/767/I0000Qf0cRTEcnpg.jpg)
18 Teams to Contest ITRA 75 Team Racing National Championships at the Royal St George YC
15th November 2023 Team Racing
Eighteen teams are lined up to contest the 75th Team Racing National Championships in the Royal St George YC in Fireflies this weekend, supported by a team of 35 volunteers on and off the water under the watchful eyes of…
![2023 Shanahan Cup winners St. Michaels College are presented with the trophy by Ruth Shanahan and pictured with Glyn Williams of the INSS. St. Michaels College Team Leader Max Cantwell holds the trophy and is accompanied by team members Christian Ennis, Rory McMullan, Peadar Doyle, Michael Byrne and Alex Deasy
2023 Shanahan Cup winners St. Michaels College are presented with the trophy by Ruth Shanahan and pictured with Glyn Williams of the INSS. St. Michaels College Team Leader Max Cantwell holds the trophy and is accompanied by team members Christian Ennis, Rory McMullan, Peadar Doyle, Michael Byrne and Alex Deasy](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000aDYjg82Ag4c/s/767/I0000aDYjg82Ag4c.jpg)
The Shanahan team racing Cup returns for the 2023/24 season in a new format at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Hosted by the Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School in conjunction with Gonzaga College SJ, the event will be run over three…
![ILCA 7 sailor Ewan McMahon is aiming to win a place at the Paris Olympics in an Irish trials selection to be held in early 2024 ILCA 7 sailor Ewan McMahon is aiming to win a place at the Paris Olympics in an Irish trials selection to be held in early 2024](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000JNMV4FHgG94/s/767/I0000JNMV4FHgG94.jpg)
Ewan McMahon Launches Green Rebel 'Independent' Paris Olympic Bid After 'Contract Concludes' With Irish Sailing
8th November 2023 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Howth Yacht Club sailor Ewan McMahon has launched an independent campaign to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Offshore survey company Green Rebel, headquartered in Cork Harbour, is supporting the Dubliner's bid. The 24-year-old sailor will compete in…
![The start of 'La Solitaire Optimist' at Royal Cork's National Optimist Training Week The start of 'La Solitaire Optimist' at Royal Cork's National Optimist Training Week](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000XqHHBtkd64M/s/767/I0000XqHHBtkd64M.jpg)
'La Solitaire Optimist' Kept Sailors On Their Toes at Royal Cork's National Training Week
6th November 2023 Optimist
We were promised a storm! The only storm that materialised was the arrival of 130 Optimist sailors and their families in Crosshaven for the Annual National Training Week, as Afloat reports here. After two days of training, dodging big gusts…
![Storm? What storm? While the rest of the country was bracing itself for a close encounter with Storm Ciaran, Schull was busy with a double-bill week of events racing the TR 3.6 fleet Storm? What storm? While the rest of the country was bracing itself for a close encounter with Storm Ciaran, Schull was busy with a double-bill week of events racing the TR 3.6 fleet](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000026t3pu4D2Rw/s/635/I000026t3pu4D2Rw.jpg)
Russell Bolger Of Dun Laoghaire Clear Winner At Junior National Championship At Schull
5th November 2023 Youth Sailing
A busy week of Team Racing focus with the Fastnet Marine & Outdoor Education Centre’s TR 3.6s - with much input from Schull Community College - concluded on Friday (November 3rd) after successfully handling a decidedly mixed bag of weather.…