Waszp
Bob Espey Dominates at Northern Irish Waszp Championships in Harsh Weather Conditions
17th April 2024 Waszp
Despite the Yellow Weather warning for County Down last weekend, six Waszp dinghies did turn up at Ballyholme Yacht Club for the first ever Northern Irish championships section of the Four Nations Cup. But with little respite from the North…
Now that the Six Nations Rugby is over, the Waszp class is embarking on its Four Nations Cup. For the first time in Northern Ireland, one of the fixtures will be at Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough. The others…
Two Irish Waszp Sailors Compete at the Foil International Academy Trophy in Italy
24th December 2023 Waszp
Irish Waszp sailors competed at an intense week at the Foil International Academy Trophy in Italy. The event gathered over 40 athletes from 10 nations in the waters of Cagliari, at Su Siccu. In the Waszp discipline, Swedish Hanno Seifert…
Royal St. George's Charlie Cullen Defends Irish Waszp Dinghy Title with Four Straight Wins on Dublin Bay
20th August 2023 Waszp
With four straight wins on Sunday, foiling sailor Charlie Cullen successfully defended his Irish Waszp dinghy title on Dublin Bay. After a cut-short programme on Saturday of two races due to strong winds, it was Royal Irish rival Max Goodbody…
Royal Irish's Max Goodbody Leads the Waszp National Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
19th August 2023 Waszp
The Royal Irish's Max Goodbody leads the WASZP National Championships after two races sailed at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Four races are planned on Sunday to put the Championship schedule back on track at Dun Laoghaire after Storm Betty impacted the first…
19-Boat Foiling Waszp and Moth Fleet to Contest National Honours at Royal St. George Yacht Club
17th August 2023 Waszp
A 19-boat entry will contest the Waszp and Moth Irish National Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Royal St. George Yacht Club this weekend (August 19th and 20th). For the first time in the burgeoning class, the entry list includes a…
Quiberon was the location for this year's WASZP European Championships, attracting 146 sailors from all over Europe. Over the course of seven days, nine qualifying races and 8 flight races took place. Sailing was challenging at times, with the wind…
Now with over 30 Waszps in Ireland, the type of sailors moving into the class from many different classes around Ireland, whether moving from double-handed sailing to solo sailing due to young families and other time commitments or sailors just…
Despite the gloomy day on Saturday, RS Aeros, 400s, Waszps and even two RS Neos took to Dun Laoghaire Harbour for the RS Super Series, which is organised by Irish National Sailing Club and sponsored by MarineServices.ie the distributors for…
It’s amazing what can be achieved if you put your mind to it. In September 2021 Rob Espey of Ballyholme Yacht Club bought a Waszp and at that time, his was the only one at the Club. Having a vision…
Irish National Sailing Club’s Super Series Gets Underway at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
26th October 2022 INSS
The 22nd of October was the first date in the 3 Saturday morning Super Series run by the Irish National Sailing Club. MarineServices.ie as the RS agents are the event sponsors. The series, unlike other racing in Dun Laoghaire Harbour,…
Commanding Performance Sees Charlie Cullen Takes Irish Waszp Title at the Royal St. George Yacht Club
10th August 2022 Waszp
The Waszp national championships were hosted again this year in the Royal St. George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin on August 6-7th. There were 18 boats competing, including two boats from overseas, one from Hawaii and one from Wales!…
2021 Slalom and U20 Waszp European Champion Charlie Cullen of the Royal St. George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire Harbour was joined by six other Irish sailors for the 2022 Waszp Games where over 170 competitors gathered at beautiful Vela…
Silver Second Year in a Row for Royal St. George’s Charlie Cullen at Foiling Week in Lake Garda
6th July 2022 Waszp
Under the picturesque mountain faces of Lake Garda Italy over 160 competitors gathered for Foiling Week. Foiling Week is a World Sailing Special event for which the top foilers from various classes come from all over the world to share…
Royal St. George's Henry Start finished the best of the Irish at the 2022 Waszp UK nationals held in the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) in Portland late in June. The sailing area is claimed to be one of…
Foiling Ballyholme Waszp Dinghy Duo Sail to Scotland and Back to Raise Funds for Jodi’s Giants Charity
21st June 2022 Waszp
The North Channel isn’t a very enticing place when you want to sail to Portpatrick on the Mull of Galloway in Scotland in windy conditions in a hydrofoiling Waszp dinghy and even less so when you’re attempting to set a…
