Irish RS Feva, RS400 & RS200 Dinghy Sailing & Regatta Results
Irish National Sailing Club’s Super Series Gets Underway at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
26th October 2022 INSS
The 22nd of October was the first date in the 3 Saturday morning Super Series run by the Irish National Sailing Club. MarineServices.ie as the RS agents are the event sponsors. The series, unlike other racing in Dun Laoghaire Harbour,…
Killaloe Sailing Club Duo Win at the Final RS Event of the Season on Lough Derg
10th October 2022 RS Sailing
Last weekend, the RS400 and RS200 fleets descended on Lough Derg for the RS Inlands, hosted by Killaloe Sailing Club (KSC). Despite the October weather, the event attracted the largest fleet of the season. Perhaps everyone was keen to have…
The Olympic authorities see the Laser as the floating equivalent of the pole-vaulter’s vaulting pole, thereby making Laser sailors into proper individual athletes, and very worthy of Olympic inclusion.But meanwhile, some in the upper echelons of Olympic decision-making see two-person…
At Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour on Sunday, RS Feva dinghies raced their club championships. There were six races, with five to count, allowing for one discard. Ten Fexa XLs raced. Ben and Charles Dwyer won the first…
The RS Feva Class is on the rebound in Dún Laoghaire thanks to the determined efforts of a small group of parents from the waterfront clubs and collaboration with RS Sailing agent MarineServices.ie. Last winter, plans were laid to see…
RS200s and RS400 Dinghies Head for Killaloe Sailing Club and Season Finale
20th September 2022 RS Sailing
In a year that Ireland has hosted the 505, GP14, Fireball, SB20 World championships, some of the other classes have had a quieter year. However, the RS fleet has seen some resurgence with boats changing hands quickly already in late…
Royal Irish Duo Win RS Feva Contest at National Yacht Club Hosted East Coast Championships (Prizegiving Photo Gallery)
19th September 2022 National YC
At the weekend, a fleet of twenty-six boats and fifty-two sailors descended on the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire for the RS Feva East Coast Championships. Race Officer Larry Power delivered six races in sunny sailing conditions over two…
RS21 Irish Debut with New Female Racers for the Women at the Helm Regatta
10th September 2022 RS Sailing
Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School Instructor Ciara Moore joined colleagues onboard the RS21 for the recent Irish Sailing Women At Helm Regatta. The team was led by Irish National Marine Services RS Sailing Rep Heather Wright and sailed on…
Browne is RS Elite Irish Champion and Squib McMillan Shield Goes to Eccles
31st August 2022 RS Sailing
The wind forecast didn't show much promise at one-knot max, but given the Lough’s reputation on a good sunny day, which it was last Saturday, a favourable sea breeze could be expected. So race officer, Sam Lynas put up a…
It’s a double bill this weekend at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough where the RS Elite Irish Nationals and the McMillan Shield for Squibs will be held. It has been a busy year for the local…
Ballyholme Yacht Club Hosts First Ever RYANI Open Training Session for RS Fevas
26th August 2022 RS Sailing
Following last weekend’s RS Nationals, Ballyholme Yacht Club hosted the first ever open training session of its kind for RS Fevas with RYA Northern Ireland coaches earlier this week. Eight RS Fevas took to the water for their first training…
Successful Ballyholme RS Nationals Attracts Strong Young Sailor Element on Belfast Lough
23rd August 2022 RS Sailing
The RS event comprising the National Championship for RS200s and RS400s and the Northerns for RS Fevas, 2000s and Aeros at Ballyholme YC last weekend was judged an outstanding success, particularly in that it attracted many younger sailors and some…
It looked as if the RS fleets were in for a drenching on the second day (20th) of the Championship event at Ballyholme with torrential rain for the early part of the morning, then the clouds broke, and the sun…
Espey Dominates RS400s at Ballyholme National Championship on Belfast Lough
19th August 2022 RS Sailing
The westerly at Ballyholme Yacht Club on Friday which reached 20 knots at times, delivered exciting racing in a bouncy sea for the RS200 and RS400 fleets on day one of the three-day National Championship in Belfast Lough. It was…
A lively south-westerly forecast for the start today (19th) of the RS event at Ballyholme should give exciting racing in Belfast Lough for the 48-strong fleet. Racing for the National Championship will be the RS 200s and RS 400s and…
Two Different RS Dinghy Events to be Contested at Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough
5th August 2022 RS Sailing
Ballyholme Yacht Club will be the venue over the weekend of 19th till 21st August for an RS championship event which organiser Bob Espey hopes will attract around 60 competitors. The event will be held in the waters of Belfast…