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SELECTED DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ROWING DATES 2014

January 11th: Kerry Head of the River [CANCELLED]; 25th: Sligo Head.

February 1st: St Michael’s Head; 8th: Head of the Shannon, Carrick-on-Shannon; 15th: Lagan Head, Belfast; Cork Head, Marina, Cork; 22nd: St Michael's Head (rescheduled); 22nd/23rd: Newry Trials.

March 1st: Erne Head, Enniskillen; 8th: Lagan Scullers’ Head, Belfast; 15th: Galway Head; Women’s Eights Head, London; 16th: Fermoy Head; 22nd: Dublin Head; 28th-30th: Ireland Trials; 28th-30th: World Cup One, Sydney, Australia; 29th: Head of the River, London.

April 5th: Neptune Regatta, Islandbridge; 6th: The Boat Race, London; 11th: Irish University Championships, NRC [SWITCHED] 12th/13th: Skibbereen Regatta, National Rowing Centre; 18th-20th: British Senior Trials; 19th: Trinity Regatta, Islandbridge; 26th: Limerick Regatta; 27th: Schools’ Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge.

May 3rd-5th: BUCS Regatta, Nottingham; 3rd: Portadown Regatta; 4th: Wallingford Regatta; 10th-11th: Munich Junior Regatta. 10th/11th: Dusiburg Regatta, Germany; 10th: Bantry Regatta and Lough Rynn Regatta; 11th: Sligo Regatta; 17th: Dublin Metropolitan Regatta; 23rd-25th: British Schools’ Regatta; 24th-25th: European Junior Championships and Hazewinkel Regatta, Hazewinkel, Belgium; 24th: Lee Regatta, Marina, Cork; 24th: Belfast Sprint Regatta; 30th – June 1st: European Championships, Belgrade, Serbia.

June 1st: Carlow Regatta; 7th-8th (Provisional): Metropolitan Regatta, Dorney Lake; 7th: Irish University Championships, Blessington [SWITCHED TO APRIL 11TH AT NRC]; 14th: Athlone Regatta; 15th: Galway Regatta; 20th-22nd: World Cup Two, Aiguebelette, France; 20th-22nd: Henley Women’s Regatta; 21st: Marlow Regatta, Dorney Lake; 22nd: Castleconnell Sprint Regatta; 27th: Henley Qualifying; 28th: Cork Regatta, NRC; 29th: Fermoy Sprints. 29th: Ireland Assessment (additional testing if needed).

July 2nd-6th; Henley Royal Regatta; 11th-13th: Irish Rowing Championships, NRC; World Cup Three, Lucerne; 23rd-27th: World Under-23 Championships, Varese, Italy.

August 1st-3rd: Coupe de la Jeunesse, Libourne, France; 3rd: Carrick-on-Shannon Sprints; 6th-10th: World Junior Rowing Championships, Hamburg; 15-17th: Irish Coastal Rowing Championships, Waterville, Kerry; 23rd: Belfast Summer Sprints. 24th-31st: World Rowing Championships, Amsterdam.

September 13th: Interprovincial Sprints, Limerick; 14th-16th: World University Games, Gravelines, France. 20th: New Ross-Barrow Challenge. 27th/28th: Ireland Assessment One (2015), NRC.

October 4th: Tullamore Time Trial; 18th: Skibbereen Head, NRC. 17th-19th: World Coastal Championships, Thessaloniki, Greece. 18th-19th: Head of the Charles, Boston, United States.

November 1st: Castleconnell Head; Fours Head, London; 8th: Neptune Head, Blessington; 15th: Bann Head, Coleraine; 22nd/23rd: Regional Indoor Rowing Championships, Provincial Venues.

December 6th: Muckross Head, NRC. 13th: Irish Indoor Rowing Championships.

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#RowingPosts: Rowing Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced, ambitious and enthusiastic individuals for the voluntary roles of coaches, managers and drivers for the  Junior, Coupe, Under 23 and Senior squads for the 2014 international season.

Interested candidates should send a brief Cover Letter by email to [email protected]

The deadline for applications is the 30th September 2013.

Published in Rowing
Plans are afoot to bring powerboat racing's Harmsworth Trophy event to Cork in 2014 - over 100 years since Cork Harbour hosted the first ever edition of the race.
Regarded as the powerboat version of yachting's America's Cup, the first Harmsworth Trophy was won in July 1903 by Napier, which was allegedly piloted by women's world land speed record holder Dorothy Lewitt.
According to the Tom MacSweeney in the Evening Echo, a consortium is hard at work to bring the race back to its birthplace - coinciding with the Round Ireland Powerboat Race, which will also be held out of Cork in 2014.
Denis Dillon of the Irish Sailing Association commented: "There is a group of Cork enthusiasts interested and is trying to put a consortium together that would also bring back one of the original 1903 boats still is existance which is in the USA.
"It came first in its class and second overall in the race in 1903 and they hope to bring it back for the 2014 race."

Plans are afoot to bring powerboat racing's Harmsworth Trophy event to Cork in 2014 - over 100 years since Cork Harbour hosted the first ever edition of the race. SCROLL DOWN FOR ARCHIVE Footage.

Regarded as the powerboat version of yachting's America's Cup, the first Harmsworth Trophy was won in July 1903 by Napier, which was allegedly piloted by women's world land speed record holder Dorothy Lewitt.

According to the Tom MacSweeney column in the Evening Echo, a consortium is hard at work to bring the race back to its birthplace - coinciding with the Round Ireland Powerboat Race, which will also be held out of Cork in 2014.

Denis Dillon of the Irish Sailing Association commented: "There is a group of Cork enthusiasts interested and is trying to put a consortium together that would also bring back one of the original 1903 boats still is existance which is in the USA.

"It came first in its class and second overall in the race in 1903 and they hope to bring it back for the 2014 race."

Published in Powerboat Racing

About the Melges 15 Dinghy

The Melges 15 was designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by Melges.

The design prioritises stability, comfort, ease of use, and performance. 

The Melges 15 is built to be sailed by everyone from friends and couples to families and kids. The design offers performance, comfort, and stability in one sleek package.

The Melges 15’s stable hull shape and ergonomic cockpit make it a suitable layout for adult racing and educational sailing. Easy conversion from a club configuration (non-spinnaker) to a one-design setup, provides more versatility to club programs and options for individual owners.

“The Melges 15 creates a clear pathway for junior sailors to get started and stay excited about sailing while also being comfortable and accessible enough for adults to learn, race, or cross-train,” according to Harry Melges III.

With the main design goals focused on stability and performance in various conditions, the boat features a narrow overall beam and a flat cross-section shape for stability, righting moment, and ease of planing. For a more forgiving feel upwind and to navigate larger sea states, the Melges 15 has just the right amount of fore and aft rocker.

Melges conducted extensive research and product testing to produce this layout factoring in cockpit depth, backbone height, and floor plan. The result, they say, is a comfortable environment for both the skipper and crew. The deeper cockpit takes the load off the sailor’s knees helping them feel locked into the boat while the high boom and gnav vang system work together to make the boat easier to manoeuvre.

The asymmetric spinnaker offers an additional performance element, while the single-pull launch and retrieval system makes handling the sail easy and fast.

 

At a Glance - Melges 15 Specifications

  • LENGTH 15 ft 
    BEAM 5 ft 6 in
    DRAFT 2 ft 7 in 
    HULL WEIGHT 230 lbs
  • SAIL AREA
    MAIN 93.6 sq ft 
    JIB 39.8 sq ft 
    ASYMMETRICAL SPINNAKER 156 sq ft 
  • CREW 2

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