Irish Laser/ILCA Sailing Dinghy News & Regatta Results
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon is lying second overall after four races sailed at the 2023 ILCA U21 World Championships in Tangier, Morocco. The Paris 2024 campaigner is one of five Irish sailors competing. Wednesday started cloudy, with rain showers coming…
Royal St George Celebrates Successful One Day Melges15 and ILCA Sprint Championships on Dublin Bay
8th October 2023 RStGYC
Dinghy sailors faced a variety of wind conditions while competing in Royal St. George's Grant Thornton Sprint Regatta on Dublin Bay. The event featured nine Melges 15 and 50 ILCAs. Melges 15 and ILCA dinghies launch for their Sprint regatta…
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Cork Harbour ILCA 6 Sailor Races from Blackrock to Crosshaven in 90 Minutes to Win Royal Cork's Passage Race
21st September 2023 Royal Cork YC
As part of this summer's Royal Cork Yacht Club RCYC 'At Home' regatta, the ILCA/Laser fleet took on the Blackrock to Crosshaven passage race in Cork Harbour. The ILCAs launched at Cork Boat Club and headed downriver with a falling…
Royal Cork ILCA (Lasers) hosted the grand finale of the ILCA summer sprint series on Sunday 17th. The series, including ILCA racing across five venues throughout the summer, saw twenty-seven ILCAs compete in three different classes from five clubs on…
Three sailors from the Dun Laoghaire Harbour ILCA fleet recently competed in Douarnenez, France, showcasing their skills against a formidable field of over 270 competitors across 31 countries at the 2023 ILCA European Championships, with all three Irish sailors achieving at…
The Royal Cork Yacht Club (RCYC) won the team trophy at last month's ILCA National Championships for the third year running, held at Howth Yacht Club, as Afloat reported here. Although the championship had to be limited to two days…
Wexford Harbour Boat and Tennis Club played host to the ILCA Connaught Championships last weekend, with a healthy turnout of 60 ILCAs descending on the location for what was a spectacular weekend on and off the water. Although entries were…
Olympic ILCA 7 Qualifier Finn Lynch is Sailor of the Month (Olympic) for August
1st September 2023 Sailor of the Month
Finn Lynch can add nation qualifying for the Paris Olympics 2024 to his many ILCA 7 achievements to date, including a world silver medal from 2021. In a nerve-jangling conclusion to the Gold fleet series in the Men's single-handed event…
Tom Coulter is Top Northern Ireland Performer at Howth's ILCA National Championships
29th August 2023 Laser
Of the 15 Northern Ireland competitors in the ILCA Nationals at Howth Yacht Club recently, the best showing was that of Tom Coulter from East Antrim BC and Portrush YC in Co Antrim, who topped the 23-strong ILCA 6 fleet…
The Howth Yacht Club (HYC) hosted International Laser Class Association (ILCA) National Championships and saw sailors from three different clubs take the top spots across the three fleets. Despite losing a day of racing due to strong winds and rough…
Joy for Finn Lynch As He Qualifies Ireland for Paris 2024 in the ILCA 7 Class
19th August 2023 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Finn Lynch secured Ireland's berth at the Paris Olympics in the ILCA 7 class this afternoon when he claimed the 15th of 16 nation places on offer at the Sailing World Championships in The Hague. The world championship silver medalist…
Big breeze and sea state in Howth Sound were too much for the first day of racing at the Irish ILCA/Laser National Championships hosted by Howth Yacht Club today (Friday, August 18th). "We're hoping this storm passes through quickly and we get…
Finn Lynch Faces Uphill Battle to Qualify for Paris 2024 Olympics at Sailing World Championships in The Hague
16th August 2023 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
In 33rd position, Finn Lynch (National Yacht Club) has four ILCA 7 races left on Thursday at the Sailing World Championships in The Hague to make the medal race top ten plus a top 16 overall position to qualify Ireland for…
No ILCA 6 Olympic Berth for Ireland in The Hague But Further Paris 2024 Qualification Chances Next Season
15th August 2023 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Due to light winds and strong tide at the Sailing World Championships in The Hague, today's cut-short ILCA 6 qualification series has denied Ireland's Eve McMahon of Howth Yacht Club the chance to recover from a Black Flag penalty and earn herself a Gold fleet…
A Black Flag Disqualification For Finn Lynch As He Chases Paris ILCA 7 Olympic Berth at Sailing World Championships
15th August 2023 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
It's the red-hot gold fleet for Finn Lynch in the ILCA 7 class of the Allianz Sailing World Championships, but not without drama in The Hague today as the Rio 2016 rep was disqualified for a premature start under the black…
