Irish National 18 Class News & Regatta Results
Three Wins For GP14's Ger Owens as All Ireland Sailing Finalists 2021 Take Their Places at Royal Cork Yacht Club
2nd October 2021 National 18
Six sailors from a fleet of sixteen have secured their places in tomorrow's All Ireland Sailing Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club and there have been some surprises on those filling the repechage ranks now looking for two remaining places…
National 18s Are Keen to Show off New 'Ultra' Boats at Royal Cork All Ireland Sailing Championships
30th September 2021 All Irelands
BYOW - Bring your own wireman, that's the call for this weekend's All Ireland sailing championships that puts a premium on a 90kg trapeze crew in the National 18s for what looks likely to be a breezy edition of the…
Big Breeze & Big Names for All Ireland Champs at Royal Cork Yacht Club in National 18s
29th September 2021 All Irelands
50mph winds forecast for Saturday morning's first gun may yet cause problems for the 2021 All Ireland Sailing Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club in Crosshaven this weekend. Sixteen invitees from the fleets of cruisers, one-design keelboats and IRC cruisers…
Roger Bannon is undertaking a major upgrade of Fingal 226's equipment and he will also redo her lovely finishes in a bid to allow as many people as possible to sail this classic National 18, a 'thoroughbred maritime greyhound' In…
The National 18 class has shown its appreciation to Cork Harbour-based photographer Bob Bateman for his 'outstanding support' of the dinghy class at its end of season meeting. Bateman, who is assisted by Mary Malone on many of his waterborne…
Tom Crosbie Wins National 18 River Race on the Owenabue at Royal Cork Yacht Club (Photo Gallery)
25th September 2021 National 18
Tom Crosbie was the winner of last night's annual river race for the National 18 class at Royal Cork Yacht Club in Cork Harbour. Using a mark laid inside the marina the race is sometimes used as a crews race.…
Barry, Barrett & Brown are Crowned National 18 Four Time Winners at Royal Cork
13th September 2021 National 18
Ewan Barry, Dion Barrett and Stan Brown won the National 18 Irish dinghy Championships for a fourth time at Royal Cork Yacht Club on Sunday after a two-day CH Marine sponsored championship at Crosshaven. Despite efforts to run the entire event…
National 18 Dinghies Race Off Roches Point in Cork Harbour Contest (Photo Gallery Here)
12th September 2021 National 18
After August's tightly fought Lowflo Trophy contest, the National 18 dinghy fleet based at Royal Cork Yacht Club was back on the water in September and racing outside Cork Harbour in a two-day competition for National Honours sponsored by CH Marine. …
There is a hectic weekend ahead in Cork Harbour with four events scheduled. Cobh People's Regatta, the 1720 National Championships, the SB20 Southerns and the National 18's Lowflo Trophy are to be sailed. Cobh People's Regatta will be held at…
SB20s & 1720s to Share Championship Arrangements at Royal Cork This Weekend When Nat 18s Also Race
13th August 2021 SB20
In a new championship setup which reflects the pared-back post-pandemic situation as sailing re-finds itself in 2021, the two Tony Castro-designed Sportsboats – the 1720 of 1994 vintage and the newer SB20 – will be sharing course arrangements for championships…
Royal Cork's National 18 dinghy League had a seven boat turnout for Wednesday's race in Cork Harbour. The three-man dinghy fleet returned to the racecourse at Royal Cork on June 10th for the first racing league of 2021 and have…
The National 18 dinghy class has been "training" for the last three weeks but last night marked an official return to racing at Royal Cork Yacht Club with the lifting of COVID-restrictions. Colin Barry officiated as Race Officer over three…
The National 18’s 2021 season was launched at the Royal Cork Yacht Club class’s AGM last week. Sailing is scheduled to start on 27 March with the PY 1000 All In Dinghy Race, followed by the first Wednesday evening league…
Nick Walsh's Fifty Shades Wins Royal Cork's Last National 18 Race of The Season
1st October 2020 National 18
Nick Walsh's Fifty Shades was the first to finish the National 18s River Race held last night at Royal Cork Yacht Club in Cork Harbour. The Owenabue race marked the final race of the season for the dinghy class and…
'Fifty Shades' is Irish National 18 Champion After Eight Race Series off Cork Harbour
14th September 2020 National 18
Fifty Shades sailed by Nick Walsh, Rob Brownlow and Eddie Rice are the winners of the 2020 National 18 Foot Class Irish National Championships after an eight race series sailed off Cork Harbour at the weekend. Walsh and crew won by six…
Barry, Rimmington & Leonard Triumph at National 18 Southerns in Cork Harbour (Photo Gallery)
1st September 2020 National 18
Alex Barry, Sandy Rimmington and Richard Leonard sailing Aquadisiacs were the overall winners of an 11-boat National 18 Southern Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club last weekend. The Royal Cork/Monkstown Bay trio won by a margin of three points over…
