29er Youth Skiff Dinghy

Racing was cancelled due to strong winds at the 2022 29'er Irish National Championships on Dublin Bay

Strong Winds Cancel Saturday Racing at the 29'er Irish National Championships at the Royal St. George Yacht Club

20th August 2022 29er

Strong winds cancelled racing today at the Mervue Laboratories 2022 29'er Irish National Championships on Dublin Bay. Royal St. George Yacht Club Race Officer Barry O'Neill has scheduled four races for Sunday's climax in the 12-boat fleet. Royal Cork Yacht…

Female/male combination Lola Kohl and James Dwyer were the winners of race four in the Irish 29er Nationals on Dublin Bay

Royal Cork 29er Pair Take One Point Lead at Royal St. George Yacht Club National Championships

19th August 2022 29er

Royal Cork Yacht Club's Ben O’Shaughnessy and Ethan Spain have a one-point lead at the Mervue Laboratories 2022 29'er Irish National Championships. After four races sailed at the Royal St. George Yacht Club-hosted event, Johnny Flynn and Max Goodbody lie second on…

Lucia Cullen (Royal St George YC) and Alana Twomey (Royal Cork YC) won Gold and took the U17 29er Female World Title in Spain

Dublin-Cork Girls Duo Win U17 Gold at 29er World Championships

9th August 2022 29er

Lucia Cullen (Royal St George YC) and Alana Twomey (Royal Cork YC) won Gold and took the U17 29er Female World Title in Spain at the weekend. As Afloat reported previously, the Dublin-Cork duo sailed a very strong series and…

29er Worlds - 242 crews from 26 countries over three courses are vying for victory at this year's championships

Irish 29er Girls Lead Going in to Last Two Days of World Championships

5th August 2022 29er

Team Ireland has got off to a flying start at the 29er World Championships in Club Nautic, El Balis Spain with four Irish boats in the gold fleet after the three-day qualifying series. 242 crews from 26 countries over three…

Johnny Flynn and James Dwyer-Mathews racing upwind

Ireland Finish Sixth in Nations Cup at 29er Europeans in Denmark

10th July 2022 29er

The waters of Rungsted, Denmark were the theatre of last week’s 29er European Championships where four Irish partnerships competed in the 165-boat fleet, writes Thomas Chaix. A full series of 17 races was delivered by the Royal Danish Yacht Club…

Double Ree 2022 will be offering an attractive package to match LRYC's position as the current MG Motor

Two-Handers Will Get Chance To Shine At Double Ree On 16th-17th July

7th July 2022 Mirror

In an era when solo dinghy stars seem to get much of the glamour attention, Lough Ree YC's Double Ree Regatta for four leading two-handed classes on 16th-17th July is poised to meet a popular demand as the weather settles…

29ers, 49ers and Skiff Dinghies Heading for Blessington Sailing Club

8th June 2022 29er

Following the first event of the year in Tralee Bay in County Kerry in early May, Blessington in County Dublin will welcome the 29ers, 49ers and any skiffs to the Easterns over the weekend of the 25th and 26th of…

Thomas Chaix at speed in the RS700 singlehander

O'Shaughnessy and Spain are Skiff West 2022 Champions on Tralee Bay

4th May 2022 29er

Over the May bank holiday weekend, Tralee Bay welcomed a few speed addicts for the first Skiff West event (also incorporating the second edition of the 29er westerns). Saturday set the scene with the TBSC opening regatta. The local dinghy…

Ben O'Shaughnessy with Eimer McMorrow Moriarty of Royal Cork Yacht Club

Royal Cork 29er Pair Take Youth Sailing Honours at Ballyholme

24th April 2022 29er

With five wins from 11 races, skiff sailors Ben O'Shaughnessy with Eimer McMorrow Moriarty of Royal Cork Yacht Club won the 29er youth sailing nationals event at Ballyohlme on Belfast Lough. The consistent sailing put them nine points clear at…

Tralee Bay Sailing Club is staging the first-ever Open

Tralee Bay Stages Skiff Event Over May Bank Holiday Weekend

5th April 2022 29er

Tralee Bay Sailing Club in County Kerry is gearing up for a weekend of sailing on the west coast over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The weekend will start with the club's yearly "Spring Regatta". Four races are scheduled on…

2022 RYA Youth Sailing Nationals Returns to the Irish Sea

14th February 2022 Youth Sailing

The RYA Youth Sailing Brititsh National Championships is making a much-anticipated return to Wales in 2022 – and entries are now open for the Irish Sea event. The week-long regatta heads to Plas Heli, the Welsh National Sailing Academy in…

Six Irish 29er partnerships travelled to the UK to compete in the 48 boats UK Winter Championships at Grafham Water

Irish Team Performs at UK 29er Winters in Grafham

31st January 2022 29er

Although our own domestic season is still many weeks away, six 29er partnerships elected to travel to the UK to compete in the 48 boats UK Winters. Grafham Water is the traditional venue for the event and despite a challenging…

50 entries are expected for the BYC Weekend of Speed from 17th and 18th September

Ballyholme Yacht Club Aims for Weekend of Speed on Belfast Lough in 2022

13th January 2022 Northern Ireland Waters

Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough is hopeful that the Weekend of Speed which was cancelled last year will in fact happen in September. The dates set aside are 17th and 18th September and around 50 entries are expected. Richard…

29er skiff youth sailing on Lough Ree at the inaugural Skiff Weekend

Big Smiles for Lough Ree's Inaugural 'Skiff Weekend' With 29ers, 49ers, Int 14 & RS700 in Action

9th November 2021 29er

Lough Ree was the perfect arena for the first "skiffs weekend". 13 hardy sailors launched and sailed in 29ers, 49ers, Int14 and RS700. The concept was to try out fast boats and enjoy the thrills of high-speed sailing. 29er: The…

The Topper was the biggest class with 38 boats at the Investwise Youth Sailing Championships in Cork Harbour

Five Youth Sailing Titles Decided as Gales Cut Championships Short at Royal Cork

31st October 2021 Youth Sailing

The cut short Investwise Irish Youth Sailing National Championships on Cork Harbour had produced some clear winners in five classes regardless of today's Yellow Alert weather warning at Royal Cork Yacht Club. Five titles were divided between Dublin and Cork sailors…

Ben O'Shaughnessy on the helm and James Dwyer on the wire lead the 29er Investwise Youth Nationals at Royal Cork Yacht Club

Single Point Keeps RCYC's Dwyer & O'Shaughnessy in the Lead at 29er Youth Nationals in Cork Harbour

31st October 2021 29er

James Dwyer and Ben O'Shaughnessy of the RCYC continue to lead the 29er skiff class Investwise youth sailing nationals but only by a single point from Royal Irish rivals Tim Norwood and Nathan van Steenberge. After nine races sailed at Crosshaven, the three…

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About the 29er Skiff Dinghy

The 29er is a one-design double-handed, single trapeze skiff for youth sailors.

There is an active class in Ireland, just one of the 38-countries from across all continents now racing the high-performance skiff.

The 29er is one of the latest dinghy classes to arrive in Ireland and has a 50/50 split between boys and girls.

The class like to describe the boat as "The most popular skiff for sailors who want to go fast!".

Derived from the Olympic class 49er class and designed by Julian Bethwaite the 29er was first produced in 1998.

Two sailors sail the 29er, one on trapeze.

The 6.25-metre high rig features a fractional asymmetrical spinnaker; a self-tacking jib decreases the workload of the crew, making manoeuvres more efficient and freeing the crew to take the mainsheet upwind and on two-sail reaches.

The 15.00 m2 spinnaker rigging set-up challenges crews to be fit and coordinated, and manoeuvres in the boat require athleticism due to its lack of inherent stability and the high speed with which the fully battened mainsail and jib power up.

The 74kg weight hull is constructed of fibreglass-reinforced polyester in a foam sandwich layout.

The fully battened mainsail and jib are made from a transparent Mylar laminate with orange or red Dacron trimming, while the spinnaker is manufactured from ripstop Nylon.

The mast is in three parts - an aluminium bottom and middle section, with a polyester-fibreglass composite tip to increase mast bend and decrease both overall weights, and the capsizing moment a heavy mast tip can generate. Foils are aluminium or fibreglass.

About the ILCA/Laser Dinghy

The ILCA, formerly known as the Laser, is the most produced boat in the world, with 220,000 units built since 1971.

It's easy to see why the single-handed dinghy has won the title of the most widely distributed boat of all time.

The Laser is a one-design dinghy, the hulls being identical but three rigs that can be used according to the size and weight of the sailor.

The class is international, with sailors from 120 countries. The boat has also been an Olympic class since 1996, being both the men's and women's singlehanded dinghy.

Three rigs are recognised by the International Laser Class Association (ILCA):

ILCA 4: sail of 4.70m2

ILCA 6: sail of 5.76 m2

ILCA 7: sail of 7.06 m2