SB3 championship attracts leading sailorsSAILING LASER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COUNTDOWN WITH SUMMER-LIKE conditions threatening to return, plus a possibility of reasonable…Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
Optimist proves perfect starting pointSAILING: THE COMBINED classes gathered at Qingdao for the Olympic regatta are selected for their representative profile of the…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
Star Class open brightly in BeijingSailing : A promising sixth place for Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne in the Star class at Qingdao marked their start to the…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
Mixed fortunes for sailing duoA second spectacular race win for Ireland's Ger Owens and Phil Lawton at the 470 class event at Qingdao this morning made the…Wed Aug 13 2008 - 01:00
Some 'national' titles are a bit too parochialSAILING: LAST WEEK'S Topper World Championship at Tralee Bay Sailing Club ended with success for British teenager Elliott Hansen…Fri Aug 01 2008 - 01:00
O'Leary and Milne among 11 OlympiansSAILING: A TOTAL OF 400 entrants from 62 nations will contest sailing events at the Beijing Olympics starting in three weeks…Fri Jul 18 2008 - 01:00
Local crews holding their ownSAILING: THE MIDPOINT of the ACC Bank Cork Week was reached yesterday with a full programme of races completed across all five…Thu Jul 17 2008 - 01:00
Light airs give smaller boats the edgeSAILING - CORK WEEK: LIGHT WINDS played fickle games with the organisation of the first day of racing at ACC Bank Cork Week …Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00
Irish teams pipped againSAILING/COWES WEEK: WINDS GUSTING to gale force swept the Irish teams to the front of the fleet at the Rolex Commodore's Cup…Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Green make good on French slipSAILING COMMODORE'S CUP AFTER SIX hours of racing offshore in the English Channel, a delicate balance was emerging for Irish…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
Green are go for tough overnight raceSAILING A CRUCIAL, overnight race which starts this morning at 10Wed Jul 02 2008 - 01:00
Ireland Green lying secondSAILING COMMODORE'S CUP: IRELAND GREEN, one of Ireland's two teams competing at the Rolex Commodore's Cup at Cowes, opened the…Tue Jul 01 2008 - 01:00
Irish are ready for action at CowesSAILING NEWS : TWO RACES of up to 12 miles each beginning this morning will mark the start of the biennial Rolex Commodore's…Mon Jun 30 2008 - 01:00
Slade on course for recordSAILING ROUND IRELAND RACE: AFTER A battering endured along the Atlantic seaboard, relief is in sight for most of the fleet …Wed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
Handicap favours FormidableSAILING/ROUND IRELAND RACE: AFTER A first-night pounding on Sunday evening - the price of fast pace southwards - the fleet in…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Gold medallist Grael joins the funSAILING/ROUND IRELAND RACE: ONE OF THE biggest fleets in recent years has gathered for tomorrow's 4pm start of the biennial …Fri Jun 20 2008 - 01:00
O'Rourke confirms yacht purchaseSAILING COLUMN: LIMERICK YACHTSMAN Ger O'Rourke has confirmed he will be the new owner of the winning entry of the last Volvo…Fri Jun 06 2008 - 01:00
O'Leary targets hat-trick at Loch FyneSAILING COLUMN: FOLLOWING LAST weekend's Saab ICRA National Championship at Howth, attention switches to Tarbert where the annual…Fri May 23 2008 - 01:00
Shocks aplenty as Antix falls backSAILING : THERE WERE shocks aplenty when four Irish championship titles were decided at Howth yesterday following a spectacular…Mon May 19 2008 - 01:00
O'Leary wins convincinglySAILING ICRA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THE OPENING salvos of the Saab ICRA National Championships were fired yesterday off Howth…Sat May 17 2008 - 01:00
White Sails gathering momentumSAILING: AROUND THE country, amateur yacht series are cranking up towards top gear as the peak summer months beckonFri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Selectors may need wisdom of Solomon for Beijing Star choiceSAILING: WITH JUST four months left to the Olympic Regatta at Qingdao, the final shape of the Ireland squad is being decided…Fri Apr 25 2008 - 01:00
Three crews in Miami chasing Beijing placeSAILING COLUMN : WHEN THE first gun is fired in today's opening race of the Star class World Championship, Miami's Biscayne …Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Youth gets its fling in Schull outingSAILING COLUMN : TODAY, WEATHER permitting of course, the latest batch of top young Irish talent should be confirmed ahead of…Fri Mar 28 2008 - 00:00
Laser SB3 proving to be a classact as world championships loomSAILING COLUMN: WHEN IT comes to previewing the Irish sailing season, picking out the highlights has become a matter of choosing…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
Passenger Boat law controversy finally looks set to be resolvedSAILING: A potential crisis with serious consequences for sailing in Ireland appears to be on the cusp of resolution following…Fri Feb 29 2008 - 00:00
ISA must seize the chance presented by Foxall's storySailing Column : Ireland's newest sporting hero returns to these shores today to begin a round of official receptions and public…Fri Feb 15 2008 - 00:00
Nothing separating Twomey and McCarthy in Miami showdownSailing Faraway from storm force winds and lashing rain, the inviting waters off Key Biscayne in Florida, and down under in …Fri Feb 01 2008 - 00:00
Cork Week ready to grow againSailing Column: It's the daddy of all regattas, envied the world over for its appeal and a lifetime must-do for the most committed…Fri Jan 18 2008 - 00:00
Foxall still on crest of a waveSAILING: As 2008 rolled in earlier this week, Kerry man Damian Foxall was dicing with fields of ice along with Jean-Pierre Dick…Fri Jan 04 2008 - 00:00
Foxall and Paprec Virbac halfway homeSailing Column : Halfway around the world and the fleet in the Barcelona World Race is effectively halved after 40 days at sea…Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:00
ICRA to address offshore declineSAILING: Further details of the Irish Cruiser Racing Association's response to the issue of declining interest in offshore racing…Mon Dec 10 2007 - 00:00
Offshore the real concernSAILING: The recent Irish Cruiser Racing Association (ICRA) annual meeting attracted a strong crowd to Cork to hear news of …Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
'White sails' to figure at cruisers meetingSailing Column : Tomorrow sees the annual gathering of the Irish Cruiser Racing Association in Cork which will review the largest…Fri Nov 23 2007 - 00:00
Foxall well prepared for Barcelona World challengeSAILING: The entry list reads like a 'who's who' of trans-oceanic racingFri Nov 09 2007 - 00:00
Extended season the way forwardSAILING: White sails, filled and stretched across the bay in glorious sunshine and steady breezeFri Oct 26 2007 - 01:00
Champion Hyde in it for the funSailing News round-up: An addiction to racing for last weekend's winner of the ISA's All-Ireland Championship delivered a winning…Fri Oct 12 2007 - 01:00
Hyde holds nerve to take titleSAILING/All-Ireland Championship: Following a sudden death conclusion to the All-Ireland Sailing Championships, Stefan Hyde …Mon Oct 08 2007 - 01:00
O'Rourke's Chieftain named RORC yacht of the yearSAILING: In a much-anticipated announcement this week, the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has confirmed that Ger O'Rourke's …Fri Sept 28 2007 - 01:00
Laser SB3 comes of age with first nationalsSailing Column : It's been the talk of waterfront clubs around the country for the past year and already has overnight success…Fri Sept 14 2007 - 01:00
Stars vie for Dragon titleSAILING: A fresh breeze for tomorrow's practice race on Dublin Bay will be welcomed by the fleet of 70 keelboats when the Aberdeen…Fri Aug 31 2007 - 01:00
Irish boat grabs overall leadSAILING/Fastnet Race: In what now appears set to be the best Irish victory in offshore racing for two decades, Limerick's Ger…Thu Aug 16 2007 - 01:00
Over half of the Fastnet starters pull outSailing/Fastnet Race: After the first 24 hours of sailing in the Rolex Fastnet Race, more than half the starters had pulled …Wed Aug 15 2007 - 01:00
Fitting that Strangford win in GlensSAILING: It is an illustrious career, worthy of a place in any sports annals, but being alive and more than kicking adds a special…Fri Aug 03 2007 - 01:00
Croatian Stock rises to the topSAILING: A surge by Croatian boats, led by Lima Stock, ousted overnight leader Serena de Luca from Italy from the overall lead…Thu Jul 26 2007 - 01:00
Patches' strong finishSAILING: Eamon Conneely's Patches ended the second event in the Breitling MedCup series as it had started - with a strong performance…Mon Jul 23 2007 - 01:00
Patches' reversal of fortuneSAILING: Yesterday's second day of racing at the Breitling Trophy off Palma provided the Irish yacht Patches with the proverbial…Sat Jul 21 2007 - 01:00
Whistlin' Dixie finishes in styleSAILING/Dun Laoghaire Regatta: The Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta ended yesterday in light but sailable airs that brought Ted Keelan…Mon Jul 16 2007 - 01:00
Three Laser fleet still up for grabsSAILING/Dún Laoghaire Regatta: The one-design classes got the best of the conditions on Dublin Bay yesterday as the…Sat Jul 14 2007 - 01:00
Reluctant breeze better than downpourSAILING: It was a reluctant breeze that eventually graced the 3,000 competitors on the opening day of the Volvo Dún Laoghaire…Fri Jul 13 2007 - 01:00
