Irish Laser/ILCA Sailing Dinghy News & Regatta Results
Finn Lynch Makes ILCA 7 Gold Fleet at French Olympic Sailing Week But U-Flag is a Setback
26th April 2023 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
The National Yacht Club's Finn Lynch made the gold fleet in French Olympic Sailing Week on Wednesday, but a U-flag disqualification for a premature start means he is now unlikely to compete in Saturday's medal race final. The ILCA 7 fleet…
Two Top Twenty Results on Day Two for Finn Lynch at Breezy French Olympic Week
25th April 2023 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
The National Yacht Club's Finn Lynch (National Yacht Club) counted two top 20 results in his 52-boat ILCA 7 flight seeking Gold fleet qualification at French Olympic Week in Hyeres. He scored 18th and 19th places for the day in…
Laser Dinghy Circumnavigator of Ireland Honoured by Galway City Mayor
25th April 2023 Galway Harbour
Richard Hayes, who circumnavigated Ireland in a Laser One dinghy five years ago, has been honoured at a mayoral reception in Galway city. Hayes had set out on his voyage with two main aims - to highlight the preventable nature…
Lack of Upwind Pace Troubles Finn Lynch as Mistral Blows Hard at French Olympic Sailing Week
24th April 2023 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Lack of upwind pace in strong Mistral conditions left Finn Lynch fighting to regain places in the first ILCA 7 races of French Olympic Sailing Week today. The Paris 2024 campaigner, who is nursing a long-term wrist injury, confronted near gale…
Northern Ireland Dinghy Sailor Success at Howth's Youth Sailing Nationals
18th April 2023 Youth Sailing
Whether it be football or sailing, the people of Larne in County Antrim have plenty to celebrate, for the football club won the Irish League Cup on 15th April and East Antrim Boat Club’s ILCA 6 sailor, Tom Coulter began…
Rocco Wright won a home waters victory at the Investwise Youth Sailing National Championships in Howth on Sunday. Wright took the ILCA 6 Youth National Champion title by a clear margin of ten nett points after ten races sailed across…
Youth Sailing Nationals Move In On Howth With 168 Boats As Storm Antoni Moves Out
13th April 2023 Howth YC
Storm Antoni has been making quite a lot of noise and bother all over Ireland in recent days, but now he has moved east just in time for the Investwise Youth Sailing Nationals 2023 to move in on Howth from…
NI Sailors are Prominent as East Antrim's Tom Coulter Wins ILCA 6 Munster Title in Baltimore
12th April 2023 Laser
It’s over 300 miles from Belfast to Baltimore in County Cork, and for many Northern Ireland Laser enthusiasts, it was a worthwhile trip last weekend for the ILCA Munster Championships. Twelve sailors from East Antrim, Portrush and Coleraine in Co.Antrim,…
Baltimore Sailing Club ILCA Sailors Clinch Two of Three Munster Titles on Home Waters of West Cork
10th April 2023 Laser
After six races, host club sailors won two of three divisions of the 2023 Munster ILCA/Laser Championship honours in Baltimore, West Cork. Both Fionn Lydon in the ILCA 7 division and youth sailor Sorcha Ní Súilleabháin in the ILCA 4s, held on…
Baltimore Sailing Club ILCA Sailors Top 108 Boat Fleet on Home Waters of West Cork
9th April 2023 Laser
After four races, host club sailors lead two divisions competing for 2023 Munster ILCA/Laser Championship honours in Balimore, West Cork. Fionn Lydon tops the ILCA 7 division with youth sailor Sorcha Ní Súilleabháin in charge of the ILCA 4s. The threat of…
Bateman Wins Breezy Royal Cork PY1000 Pursuit Race as ILCA 6 Sailors Take The Top Three Prizes
2nd April 2023 Royal Cork YC
Saturday's 2023 Royal Cork Yacht Club PY1000 turned out to be a day for ILCA6/Radials, which took the top three prizes overall in breezy conditions for the ninth year of the competition, which saw entries topping 50 dinghies for the first…
Roll on the 'Epic' ILCA Dublin Bay Summer Sailing Season as 48 Boats Enter DBSC
31st March 2023 Laser
The ILCA/Laser class has responded in 'massive' numbers to the Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) call for early entries to their summer race series. At the last count, a staggering 48 entries were listed from clubs across the Dun Laoghaire…
The last Sunday of the Frostbites, hosted by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) and sponsored by Viking Marine at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, ended on a high with steady winds out of the north that allowed two races to be sailed…
Disqualified Irish Sailor 'Missed' Umpire's Signal at ILCA 6 European Championships
21st March 2023 Laser
The Irish sailor 'disqualified' from last week's ILCA European Championships in Italy missed an umpire's signal due to noise, according to the Irish Sailing Association. The ISA state, "during racing, the on-the-water umpires signalled a penalty turns [sic] to Dun Laoghaire's Fiachra McDonnell,…
Eve McMahon rounded off her regatta in the ILCA 6 Women's European Championship in 16th position in Andora, Italy, today. The 19-year-old is in her first full season at senior level and making steady progress after her triple Gold medal…
Ireland's top hope for Paris 2024, Finn Lynch, worked back from disappointments on Thursday to finish tenth European and 13th overall in ILCA7 European Championships in Andora, Italy today. Although Lynch will rue mistakes made in gear failure and rules…
