Irish Laser/ILCA Sailing Dinghy News & Regatta Results
The volunteer team at the Royal St. George Yacht Club has released a pre-event video for next week's 2016 Laser Radial Worlds at Dun Laoghaire. See the video below. An intense two weeks of Laser action kicked off on Dublin…
Royal Cork Yacht Club youth sailor Johnny Durcan will lead Irish hopes going into the KBC sponsored Laser Radial Boys World Championships on Dublin Bay in a weeks time having won the Leinster Laser title at the National Yacht Club today…
July's Laser Radial Worlds At Royal St. George YC Attracts 350 Competitors from 48 Nations
28th June 2016 Laser
The Royal St. George Yacht Club has announced that 48 countries and 350 competitors are now confirmed to compete in the KBC Laser Radial Worlds (Youth and Men’s 2016 World Championships) to be held in Dun Laoghaire Harbour in a…
After 36 sailing days behind him, Gary 'Ted Sargent' the Dublin single handed Laser sailor passed his final headland last night at Baltimore in West Cork and will arrive back at his starting point in Schull at 1pm today. It all…
Dublin sailor Gary “Ted” Sargent’s project to sail clockwise from Schull round Ireland in a Laser is well past the halfway stage, as today he is battling with light winds in the approaches to Ardglass in County Down writes W…
Royal Cork's Nick Walsh was the winner of the Irish Laser Master Championships at the National Yacht Club at the weekend. The Crosshaven man beat local Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Dan O'Connell on the tie break rule after both sailors…
#OneWildRide - Schull sailor Gary Sargent aims to be the first to round Ireland in a Laser dinghy when he embarks on his charity voyage within the next fortnight. As previously noted on Afloat.ie, the Howth Yacht Club member and…
The Irish Olympic Laser trials looked like they were being sailed on home waters a week ago when the two protagonists for the single mens Laser berth in Rio this summer contested the Ulster Championships at County Antrim Yacht Club…
Despite mustering a fleet of 120 dinghies for the first regional championships of the year there was no Laser racing at all last weekend at Baltimore Sailing Club due to gale force winds. Winds were never less than 20–25 knots with…
Communications in Irish sailing clubs and classes are changing. For example, this year the Lasers on Dublin Bay SC will only be via an opt–in 'WhatsApp' group organised by Paul Keane from the Royal Irish YC. DBSC racing for the growing class…
The Laser class 41st Round the Island Race from Howth Yacht Club will be contested this Saturday. The warning signal for the dinghy race is 1045. The club is going all out to swell the numbers with an offer to line…
Irish Olympic Sailor is First to Complete Round Antigua Race Course By Dinghy
19th January 2016 Laser
2008 Irish Olympic Finn sailor Timothy Goodbody completed the Round Antigua race last Saturday covering the course of just over 50 nm in a Laser dinghy in a time of 10 hours and 48 minutes. According to an Afloat.ie source,…
Baltimore Sailing Club in West Cork will stage its annual Laser Icicle Regatta on Saturday and Sunday 5th & 6th December. The series will be over six races, with three races on Saturday and three on Sunday. Lasers using the Standard,…
Irish Laser agent Nick Bendon of CH Marine has announced the new Standard Mark II Sail for the Olympic dinghy has just been signed off by the Laser class and ISAF for most competition. The sail will not be legal…
Who will be the Royal Alfred Yacht Club King of the River 2015? This year’s edition takes place on Saturday October 3rd. Last year, Radial Youth Champion Conor O’Beirne switched into a full rig and beat all-comers, edging former top…
#laser – CRUISERS 2 - 1. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 2. Jambiya (Ryan & Lattimore) CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Syzrgy (R Fogarty), 2. Isolde (B Mulqueen & JMartin), 3. Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle) IDRA 14 FOOT Race…
