Irish Sailing and Regatta Race Results and News
Hot on the heels of last month’s Dublin Match Racing Open the Royal St George host to the Helly Hansen Leinster Match Racing Championships this weekend. Brian Reilly and Andrew Deakin will sit out this round due to their other…
Update from Legally Brunette Skipper Paul Egan: "And then last night the winds died. A group of boats "enjoyed" some sailing through the heavy tides around Portland Bill, including ourselves. Having been stalled by the flooding tide we were whipped…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Mermaid Week 2009 concluded today at Sligo Yacht Club, with the final race being abandoned due to lack of wind. Paddy Dillon, Johnny Dillon and Rory Grimes sailing No. 131 Wild Wind are the new National Champions. This is Paddy’s…
This Sunday ICAP Leopard, the 100ft super-maxi racing yacht owned by Helical Bar PLC chief executive Mike Slade, will set sail in the prestigious Rolex Fastnet race. This biennial race is famous for fierce conditions, however forecasters are predicting a…
Paddy Dillon, sailing No. 131 Wild Wind (formerly Paula) is now certain to win the Mermaid Trophy. With a first, three seconds and a third in the first five races, Paddy and his crew Johnny Dillon and Rory Grimes don’t…
A record entry of 300 boats will each carry an OC Tracker for the 2009 Rolex Fastnet Race, which starts from Cowes on Sunday, 9th August. The Fastnet Race is a 608 nautical mile offshore classic which sees boats ranging…
Royal Cork's Cian McCarthy will not start in this weekend's Fastnet race because his brand new Class 40 yacht 'Cinnamon Girl ' is still to hit the water. The solo sailor is focused instead on October 18th, the date for…
James O’Callaghan, High Performance Director of the ISA reported Wednesday evening (5th August) from Lake Garda, where he was supervising and helping with the loading of equipment following the conclusion of the 420 World Championships which was attended by a…
PRO Gus Henry shortened Race 4 at the 40th Mermaid National Championship in Sligo due to squally conditions. Championship leader Roger Bannon sailing Endeavour suffered a broken boom and now lies in seventh place overall. Once the discard applies after…
Team Pindar has confirmed its entry in the 2009 Rolex Fastnet Race which begins on Sunday August 9th. Former ISAF World Sailor of the Year and TEAMORIGIN Team Director, Mike Sanderson will skipper the crew alongside a 300-strong fleet, as…
After two races in the Star Worlds Ireland lie sixth and 18th in an 86–boat fleet on the Swedish west coast at Varberg. Peter O'Leary and Tim Goodbody lie sixth just five points behind former World Champions Hamish Pepper and…
