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11th July 2021 High density labour-intensive sailing……the 1720s racing the first day of their BNRG Easterns 2021 in Saturdays sunshine at Howth Credit: Annraoi Blaney When the Royal Cork Yacht Club unveiled the fresh concept of the Tony Castro-designed 1720 Sportsboat back in 1994, one of the tongue-in-cheek suggestions was that finance in developing the class could be through some grant scheme for Job Creation, as it was envisaged that each of these 26ft boats would be raced by a crew of ...

Irelands Developing Sailing Season of 2021 Is Like a Gently Rising Tide 26th June 2021 Ding-dong at Foynes – Gala Racing (Simon McGibney, Foynes YC) and Lola (Luke McBride, Sligo YC) trying their own side of the beat in search of success in last weekends J/24 Southerns at Foynes on the Shannon Estuary. Alas, it was not to be – this wasnt the win move that seems to be promised here Credit: Foynes YC The National YCs Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race of Wednesday, June 9th – just two days afte...

British government on solo run with special envoy appointment 16 June, 2021 00:59 Brandon Lewis, secretary of state for the north of Ireland, is hoping that many of the general American public, ever sympathetic towards the island of Ireland, may, through the British government’s appointment of Trevor Ringland to assist as a special envoy in the United States, graduate from a state of instinctive sympathy and love for Ireland to the beginning of an ‘intelligent’ one.  Ak...

The protest committee granted redress and said Freya's elapsed time was made significantly worse through no fault of her own by giving help

Newly into the podium positions is John O’Gorman’s Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie from the National YC

The “Dash to Dingle” is living up to its name

SSE Renewables has unveiled its plans for a €15m operations and maintenance facility as part of the Arklow Bank Wind Park project.

Freya Temporarily Suspends Racing in Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race to Rescue Kitesurfer 9th June 2021 Kinsale yacht Freya picked up a kitesurfer in distress off Wicklow during her race to Dingle Day #1 7 pm The largest yacht in the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race has temporarily suspended racing this evening to rescue a kitesurfer off the off Wicklow Coast. The 14th edition of the 280-mile offshore fixture started at 2 pm today off Dun Laoghaire Harbour and is organised by the National Yacht Club....

Kinsale & Crosshaven Yachts Leading on Water & Handicap in Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 9th June 2021 The Murphy familys Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo is leading the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race on corrected time Day #1 8 pm: The weather has settled down to a warm and sunny summers evening as the fleet in the 2021 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race turn to windward close inshore between Wicklow Head and Arklow, theoretically with ample time to appreciate the lush beauties of the coastline of the Garden ...

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