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Dun Laoghaire Harbour sailor Charlie Cullen grabbed a bronze podium position at the Waszp Italian Cup event last weekend just over a month after he finished eighth at the Waszp European Championships in Spain. This bodes well for the 20-year-old…
Royal St. George Waszp Sailor Charlie Cullen Takes Best Ever Finish at European Championships
28th April 2022 Waszp
2021 Waszp Slalom and U20 European Champion, Charlie Cullen of the Royal St. George Yacht Club finished eighth overall at the 2022 Europeans held on the lagoon of Mar Menor in Spain. The competition was tight with nine of the…
Slalom and U20 European Waszp Champion Charlie Cullen of the Royal St. George Yacht Club finished third in his first event of the season held in Imperia Italy. The event run by Dry Laps and Yacht Club Imperia from March…
The EuroCup series returns to the WASZP calendar for 2022, adding even more high-quality racing opportunities for WASZP sailors around Europe. It follows the publication of an Irish calendar for the foiling class that is growing in Ireland. This edition…
Bob Espey is a long-time sailor at Ballyholme Yacht Club having raced Lasers, 49ers and RS400s, he now owns a Waszp dinghy. A ‘bonkers’ plan is what he has called his standout fundraising effort for little Jodi Tomalin who has, along…
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…
Waszp Ireland, the foiling dinghy class has announced a three-event foiling tour of Ireland for 2022, see poster below. The foiling tour features events in Cork (Baltimore) for the "foiling weekend" in May, the Nationals in Dun Laoghaire Harbour in…
World Sailing has awarded the upcoming 2022 Foiling Week Special Event status, ensuring the competition can grow, reach more people, and partner with international and national foiling programmes and pathways to create events within the event. Foiling Week joins high…
Waszp Video Captures the Foiling Thrills of Irish National Championships at Royal St George Yacht Club
7th October 2021 RStGYC
15 Waszp foiling dinghies, including with three from the UK, contested last weekend's National Championships on Dublin Bay. As Afloat reported earlier here, it was hard, fast sailing in heavy winds and choppy conditions at the Royal St George Yacht…
Start is WASZP Irish National Champion After Royal St. George Contest at Dun Laoghaire
4th October 2021 RStGYC
The Waszp National Championships were held at the Royal St George Yacht Club at the weekend and 15 sailors participated, with three from the UK travelling over to race at the Dun Laoghaire Harbour venue. It was hard fast sailing…
Foiling Waszps Are Swarming for Irish Championships at Royal St. George Yacht Club This Weekend
30th September 2021 Moth
In a big year for the Irish Waszp class in which Royal St. George sailor Charlie Cullen (19) became European Slalom Champion and Junior (U20) European Champion, the class will host its Irish National Championships at the Cullen's home club…
Royal St. George Waszp Sailor Charlie Cullen Wins Ireland's First Ever European Waszp Title
20th August 2021 Moth
Royal St George sailor, Charlie Cullen, 19, is Waszp European Slalom Champion and Junior (U20) European Champion following this year's Waszp European Games in Lake Garda Italy. Held in beautiful Circolo vela Arco, a competitive and experienced 87 boat fleet…
Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Charlie Cullen of RStGYC came second at this year’s foiling week in the Waszp class held in Fraglia VelaMalcesine, on Lake Garda which finished yesterday, with Netherlands Paul Hameeteman taking first place and Denmarks Jeppe Borch finishing…
Irish WASZP youth sailor Charlie Cullen was pipped by an Australian Olympic sailor for first prize in last weekend's climax of the Global GPS Racing Dinghy Series. The Dun Laoghaire Harbour skiff sailor was in pole position to win the first…
Dublin Bay WASZP Sailor Charlie Cullen Tops Global GPS Racing Series
8th October 2020 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
Dun Laoghaire Harbour WASZP sailor Charlie Cullen is in pole position to win the first prize of two spectator tickets to a Sail GP event and a ride on an F50 catamaran following his own foiling exploits in the class’s…
National Yacht Club Member John Chambers is the Waszp foiling boat agent for Ireland. Chambers, a pioneering Irish Moth sailor at the Dun Laoghaire club is to organise demo and clinic days for NYC members. The Waszp project was conceived in…
