Irish Youth Sailing News. Regattas, Juniors, Training, Courses, Skills
Fiachra McDonnell of Royal St George YC is Sailor of the Month (Inshore) for August
1st September 2022 Sailor of the Month
The most numerous and widespread dinghy class in Ireland is the ever-young ILCA/Laser. Yet even though a large fleet turned up for their Nationals in August at Tralee Bay, the fact that several sub-divisions took part with the class’s different…
Howth's Eve McMahon Takes Silver Medal at the U21 Laser Youth World Championships
28th August 2022 Eve McMahon
Eve McMahon narrowly missed her fourth international title this summer in Portugal this afternoon but takes a silver medal at the U21 Laser/ILCA Youth World Championships. The Irish Sailor of the Year's achievement marks the best U21 world championship result…
Galway Sea Scouts Represent Ireland at Dutch National Sea Scout Festival
27th August 2022 Galway Harbour
The Galway Sea Scouts took a trip to Nawaka, the National Sea Scouts Festival in Netherlands as Damien McCoy reports Like Disneyland for Sea Scouts is how one of our Sea Scouts described Nawaka, the National Water Camp they attended in Zeewolde, Netherlands. Held…
Tuesday’s first day of racing saw Eve McMahon take third in the overall ILCA 6 standings — and first among U19s — at the ILCA U21 World Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal this week. The Howth Yacht Club prospect is part…
Groundbreaking Diploma in Sporting Excellence Returns for English Youth Sailors in 2022
24th August 2022 RYA Northern Ireland
School students in England starting Year 12 this September who are interested in racing keelboats and want to have a future career in sailing or sports science have the change to apply for the RYA’s Diploma in Sporting Excellence programme…
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…
The Italian team were once again dominant at the Laser/ILCA 4 World championships in Villamoura, Portugal, on the final day of qualification. In both the boys' and the girls' fleets, they occupy first and second places, with Nicolas Cassitta leading…
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…
Tall Ship Grace O’Malley’s Stately Inaugural Progress Along Irish Coast Promises Worthwhile Maritime Future
13th August 2022 W M Nixon
In recent days, we’ve seen celebrations honouring the super-star young sailors who have brought major international sailing medals of gold, silver and bronze home to Ireland and their rightfully-delighted families and cheering local clubs. These are sailors whose special talent…
The final day of racing at the ILCA 4/Laser World Championship Pre-Event in Portugal started off with a postponement for 1 hour to allow the thermal breeze to settle. In the end, the Race Officer managed to get two races…
Day Two (Tuesday) at the warm-up event for the Laser/ILCA 4 World Championships proved to be a tricky one for most of the sailors with consistency hard to find in a fickle 4-5 knots of wind. On the positive side,…
Eve McMahon Set to Join Celebration of Howth Yacht Club’s Winning Youth Sailors This Friday
10th August 2022 Howth YC
Eve McMahon will join a special ‘Homecoming Party’ to celebrate of Howth Yacht Club’s winning young talent this Friday 12 August. The North Co Dublin club’s juniors have made a big splash this summer, with McMahon winning gold at the…
The Irish ILCA 4/Laser Squad have finished their preparations ahead of the ILCA 4 world championships next week. The team will travel to Villamoura in Portugal accompanied by world-ranked number 1 ILCA 6 sailor Basileia Carahaliou who will be on…
Team Ireland has got off to a flying start at the 29er World Championships in Club Nautic, El Balis Spain with four Irish boats in the gold fleet after the three-day qualifying series. 242 crews from 26 countries over three…
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…
The young sailors in the Irish 420 fleet continued their Summer itinerary last weekend with a visit to Howth Yacht Club, where the Leinster Regional Championships were hosted in warm sunshine. Galway Bay Sailing Club was represented by Adam McGrady…
