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After months of development, the Finn Class is excited to announce the launch of its new World Ranking list. The new ranking platform includes more than one thousand sailors from 37 nations, and provides an excellent illustration of the spread,…

The 2022 Investec-sponsored Endeavour Trophy dinghy champion of champions that took place this weekend at Burnham-on-Crouch (7-9 October) was one of the most interesting on record with the overall winners not being decided until the final race writes Sue Pelling. So…

A string of top-five results paid off handsomely for an Irish crew who won the ClubSwan 36 European Championships sailing on board Richard Thompson's Guernsey Black Seal entry. The largest fleet of ClubSwan 36s gathered in the historic Croatian port of Split…

After a week of competition in France, Ireland's Graeme Grant has finished second overall in the 2022 European Sandyacht Championships in Camiers. IPKSA Team Ireland were third in the Standart Class. Grant, a well-known sailing coach and boat builder, started his…

Irish crew are on the start line this week for the largest fleet of ClubSwan 36s gathered in the historic Croatian port of Split for a highly competitive event to decide the class's first European Champion. No fewer than 12…

Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing won the Royal Cup 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino title in Tuscany, Italy, their third regatta triumph of the five-event 2022 52 SUPER SERIES season. They overturned a one-point deficit to triumph by five clear points ahead…

The E-Boat National Championships made a long-awaited return to the very hospitable and welcoming waters of Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club (CYBC) on the weekend of 27 and 28 August. The last National Championships were hosted by CYBC in 2019,…

Warm sunshine and light winds on Friday evening last made for a very relaxed start to the Camile Thai Mullaghmore Regatta. However, Saturday and Sunday’s conditions with testing winds and showers made for a challenging and exciting schedule of races…

It was a day of nip and tuck racing in the superfast ClubSwan 36 fleet, with three more yachts taking their first wins at the regatta – namely Edoardo Ferragamo's Cuordileone, Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio's G Spot and Lorenzo Mondo's…

The first-day leader in the highly-competitive ClubSwan 36 fleet was also the one that had travelled the furthest to be in Valencia – Mamao came all the way from Brazil. A 1-2-3 scoreline saw her finish two points ahead of the…

Last year there were over 140 boats in the long-established Bar Buoy Race and Narrows Series, a four-day bonanza of sail racing in the fast-flowing Strangford Narrows, the six-mile stretch of water that empties and fills the 58 sqm of…

The Irish crew that put Guernsey's entry Black Seal on the Club Swan 36 podium in Sardinia in June have regrouped in Valencia ahead of this week's Swan World Championships. As Afloat reported earlier, on board Richard Thompson's Black Seal for June success were…

The high-performance foiling 69F class is hosting its first grand prix in Puntaldia, Sardinia this weekend. And it marks the first time an Irish sailor — and club — will race in an event for the foiling monohull, which takes…

A string of five back-to-back race victories at the Swan Sardinia Challenge in the ultra-modern ClubSwan 36 class helped Richard Thompson's Black Seal crew – with three top Irish sailors onboard – secure a well-deserved though tight win. Black Seal finished…

The Irish crewed Swan 36 Black Seal continues its lead in an eight boat fleet in the final day of racing at the Swan Sardinia Challenge. Skippered by Richard Thompson of Guernsey, Black Seal has a ten-point margin over Monaco's  Giangiacomo Serena…

A trio of Irish sailors on the crew of the Guernsey-based Swan 36 Black Seal skippered by Richard Thompson are at the top of the leaderboard after the second day of racing at the Swan Sardinia Challenge.  Dun Laoghaire bowman Will Byrne…