Irish Optimist Sailing Dinghy News & Regatta Results
Biggest Fleet for Howth Yacht Club's Hosting of IODAI 'Ulster' Optimist Championships
12th September 2022 Howth YC
Howth Yacht Club delivered 145 Optimist dinghies for IODAI's Ulster Championships, over the Maritime Festival weekend and with the support of Fingal County Council. The IODAI Optimist regional had its biggest Irish fleet last weekend with 85 main fleet and…
Cove Sailing Club's foray into Optimist junior sailing in 2021 bore fruit last weekend when the Cork Harbour club hosted its inaugural Optimist dinghy Regatta. Building on CSC participation at the IODAI Munster Championships earlier this year at Royal Cork and a…
Valuable Big Fleet Experience for Four Northern Ireland Sailors at Royal St George YC Optimist Nationals
17th August 2022 Optimist
The four Northern Ireland competitors at the Irish National Optimist championships at Royal St George YC certainly had four days of valuable race experience last week which will stand them well for the future. The four, three siblings from the…
GBR and IRL Sailors Share the Prizes at the RStGYC Irish Optimist National Championships (Prizegiving Photo Gallery Here)
15th August 2022 Optimist
The final day of the four day, Grant Thornton, Avolon and SeaChange Now sponsored Irish Optimist National Championships at the Royal St. George Yacht Club brought further light winds and blistering sunshine to Dublin Bay. The hope was to sail…
Parkstone Sailor Regains Optimist Championship Lead at Royal St. George Yacht Club
13th August 2022 Optimist
Dublin Bay turned up the heat again today for the Royal St. George Yacht Club run Irish Optimist National Championships, kindly sponsored by Grant Thornton, Avolon and SeaChange Now. The sea breeze took a little longer to materialize, but when it did,…
Conor Cronin is Overnight Optimist Championship Leader as One Race is Sailed at Royal St. George
12th August 2022 Optimist
Unfortunately, the wind god’s didn’t play ball on Dublin Bay for day two of the Grant Thornton, Avolon and SeaChange Now sponsored Irish Optimist Dinghy National Championships at the Royal St. George Yacht Club. Just one race was sailed across…
Parkstone's Lila Edwards Leads at Royal St. George Hosted Optimist Nationals at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
11th August 2022 Optimist
The Irish Optimist Nationals at the Royal St. George Yacht Club started in blistering sunshine today with light variable winds on Dublin Bay on Thursday. Chief Race Officers, Ed Totterdell, ably supported by David Lovegrove and David Bolger managed to…
Just Four Northern Ireland Entries Competing at 200 Boat Irish Optimist Nationals, Dun Laoghaire
9th August 2022 Optimist
The Irish National Optimist Championships starting on Thursday 11th August at the Royal St George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay is expected to attract 200 entries but it is understood only four of these are from Northern…
The Royal St George Yacht Club’s Cruickshank Junior Regatta on Wednesday 27 July was hailed by the Dun Laoghaire waterfront club as “a massive success”. A total of 142 youth sailors across 64 boats in the Main Fleet and 57…
200 Boats Expected at Irish Optimist National Championships at Royal St George Yacht Club
31st July 2022 RStGYC
Royal St George Yacht Club organisers expect up to 200 entries for this year's bumper Irish Optimist National Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour from 11-14 August. Over 190 entries have been received, with several dozen boats coming from the UK.…
Royal St. George's Jules Start Tops Senior Gold Fleet at Galway Bay Hosted Optimist Dinghy Connacht Championships
14th July 2022 Optimist
The country’s young sailors treated observers to a feast of sailing action on Galway Bay last weekend for the Optimist dinghy Connacht Championships. 98 competing boats with sailors ranging in age from 7 to 14 took to the water against…
Galway Bay Sailing Club Welcomes The Optimist Class: "It has been the starting point for generations of sailors…”
7th July 2022 Galway Harbour
Johnny Shorten, Commodore of Galway Bay Sailing Club, has no doubts about the importance of the Optimist dinghy class Connacht Championships which his club is hosting this Saturday and Sunday, As Afloat reported previously, a hundred competitors are expected at…
Galway Bay Sailing Club to Welcome 150 Boats for Optimist Connacht Championships
29th June 2022 Optimist
9th and 10th of July will see one of the largest competitive fleets seen in Galway Bay for many years take to the water for the Connacht Optimist Championships which is being hosted by Galway Bay Sailing Club. Up to…
Howth Yacht Club's Harry Dunne Takes Optimist Leinster Championships at Skerries
27th June 2022 Optimist
Skerries Sailing Club was a hive of activity last weekend as 113 enthusiastic young sailors aged 8-15 gathered from all over Ireland for the second regional event on the 2022 IODAI circuit, the Optimist Leinster Championships. The sailing club put…
Royal Cork's Oisin Pierse Takes Optimist Munster Title on Home Waters (Prizegiving Photo Gallery Here!)
22nd May 2022 Optimist
Royal Cork's Oisin Pierse (14) won the Optimist Munster Championships on home waters after six races sailed in a 46-boat senior fleet. With three wins on his scorecard, the Gaelcholáiste Carrigaline schoolboy was nine points ahead of Royal St. George Yacht Club's Caoilinn…
Royal Cork's Oisin Pierse Leads 119 Optimist Dinghy Munster Championships on Home Waters (Photo Gallery Here!)
21st May 2022 Optimist
Fresh from his IODAI Optimist Trials success at Ballyholme at Easter, Royal Cork's Oisin Pierse has taken the overall lead on home waters at the Optimist Munster Championships after four races sailed in the 46-boat senior fleet. 119 boats in three fleets are…