Irish Youth Sailing News. Regattas, Juniors, Training, Courses, Skills
Both of Ireland's single-handed sailors have won Gold medals at the Allianz Youth Sailing World Championships in The Hague this afternoon (The Netherlands, Thursday 14th July 2022) Eve McMahon, the 2021 Irish Sailor of the Year, and Rocco Wright, both from…
Eve McMahon Has One Hand on ILCA 6 Female Youth World Gold in The Hague
13th July 2022 Youth Sailing
Howth Yacht Club ILCA 6/Laser Radial sailors look set for podium finishes in both boys and girls finishes at the Allianz World Youth Sailing Championships in The Hague on Thursday. Dubliner Eve McMahon sailed out of her skin to notch…
Light Winds Mean No Racing for McMahon and Wright at World Youth Sailing Championships
12th July 2022 Youth Sailing
Leader Eve McMahon and second overall Rocco Wight in the girls and boys singlehanded dinghy did not race yesterday at the World Youth Sailing Championships as light winds thwarted racing. The winds of five knots meant no racing for some fleets. The slowest…
Howth's Eve McMahon Continues to Lead at World Youth Sailing Championships
11th July 2022 Youth Sailing
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon continues to lead her 56-boat one-person dinghy fleet at the World Youth Sailing Championships counting two race wins so far. It was a long day on the water for the ILCA 6/Radial competitors, and only one…
Howth's Eve McMahon Leads ILCA 6 Girls at World Youth Sailing Championships in The Hague
10th July 2022 Youth Sailing
After the first day of competition, Ireland's Eve McMahon has gone straight into the lead of the World Youth Sailing Championships at the Hague in the Netherlands. McMahon, who is competing in the Girls Single-handers class, arrived in the Hague as…
The National Yacht Club is hosting its annual Davy Junior Regatta in Dun Laoghaire next Wednesday 13 July. Registration will take place the prior evening Tuesday 12 July from 5pm to 6.30pm and again on Wednesday morning from 8.15am to 9am,…
ILCA 6 Class Euro and World Youth Champion Eve McMahon is an Allianz Youth World Sailing Championship Favourite
8th July 2022 Youth Sailing
As The Hague is ready to host the world's best youth sailors, Ireland's Eve McMahon arrives as a pre-championship favourite being both World and Europan youth titleholder in the ILCA 6/Laser Radial class.Over 450 of the world’s best youth sailors…
Howth's Eve McMahon is Crowned European Youth ILCA 6 Champion in Greece With Massive 36 Point Lead
7th July 2022 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Paris 2024 Campaigner Eve McMahon from Howth Yacht Club has won the ILCA6/Laser Radial European Youth championship in impressive fashion at Thessaloniki, Greece, this afternoon (Wednesday 6th July 2022) The 17-year-old Dubliner adds the Greek result to her 2021 Youth…
Howth's Eve McMahon Takes Six Point Lead at ILCA6/Laser 6 Youth European Championships
6th July 2022 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Laser dinghy sailor Eve McMahon of Howth Yacht Club now leads at the Youth ILCA 6/Laser European Championships going into the last day of racing in Thessaloniki, Greece. Ten races have been sailed with significant changes in the top of the…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon Lies Second at ILCA6/Radial Youth Europeans
5th July 2022 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Months of study for June's Leaving Certificate examination have not blunted Howth's Eve McMahon's ambition on the International ILCA/Laser race track. The Paris 2024 hopeful is back on the circuit and lying second overall at the ILCA6/Radial Youth European Championships…
Green Dragon Galway Youth Crew Take Line Honours Runners Up Prize in Round Ireland Race
27th June 2022 Round Ireland
Ten young sailors from Galway Bay who were part of the crew that sailed the Green Dragon in last week's Round Ireland Race from Wicklow finished as Line Honours runners-up and second in Class Zero in the biennial 700-mile race. …
Conditions Test Mettle of Scottish Youths and Juniors at Largs Over Weekend
20th June 2022 Scottish Waters
As part of the RYA Regional Junior Championships, RYA Scotland hosted Scottish youth and junior sailors at Largs Sailing Club in testing conditions this past weekend of 18-19 June. High west and northwest winds dominated the weekend, with volunteers and…
Fun Day for Royal Cork Juniors as Coolmore Race in Cork Harbour Promotes Mixed Dinghy Participation (Photo Gallery)
30th May 2022 Royal Cork YC
Run by the Royal Cork Yacht Club for its junior and youth sailors, Sunday's fun Coolmore race for dinghies started off Coolmore House near Rabbit Island in Cork Harbour and finished in front of the RCYC clubhouse at high tide.…
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…
Young Adults Learn to Sail in Tough Conditions on Scotland’s West Coast
11th May 2022 Scottish Waters
The Our Isles and Oceans’ group of inexperienced sailors witnessed upwards of 30-knot winds in the Sound of Mull in Scotland today. The Our Isles and Oceans 68-foot Clipper Round the World racing yacht set sail from Tobermory Harbour this…
Life-Changing Opportunity For Young NI Sailors to Have Their Own Boat
8th May 2022 RYA Northern Ireland
Enthusiastic young sailors from across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to apply to be in with a chance of being awarded their own boat. Through an ongoing partnership between the John Merricks Sailing Trust (JMST) and RYA OnBoard, 10 boats…
