Ireland to the fore of Monaco forumSAILING NEWS: IRELAND WAS to the fore in several discussions at last week’s World Yacht Racing Forum in Monaco, many of which…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Foxall signs up to go around the world againSAILING: LESS THAN six months after the end of the Volvo Ocean Race, Ireland’s Damian Foxall has been signed-up by French skipper…Fri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
Commodore's Cup assault regroupsSAILING: COUNTING DOWN to next season has already started in earnest for the crews who hope to form the backbone of Ireland'…Fri Nov 20 2009 - 00:00
Up to 100 boats expected as Kinsale gets prestigious eventSAILING DRAGON GOLD CUP: AS HOWTH Yacht Club prepares for next year’s Etchells World Championships, Irish clubs are preparing…Fri Nov 06 2009 - 00:00
Mediterranean success a boost for small Irish design houseSAILING MIDDLE SEA RACE: THE OUTCOME of the annual Rolex Middle Sea Race was being toasted in Wicklow this week following the…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
ISA plans to move and expand visionSAILING AFTER 50 years in Dún Laoghaire, the Irish Sailing Association (ISA) is seeking a new home that will combine a national…Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
O'Leary puts dad in his placeSAILING ISA CHAMPIONSHIPS : IN MIRROR image of last year’s event, Nicholas O’Leary yesterday lifted the Helmsman’s silver salver…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
O'Learys head impressive Crosshaven line-upSAILING NEWS: AS BEFITS the conclusion of the main season, this weekend sees the annual gathering of the panoply that is the…Fri Sept 25 2009 - 01:00
Indian summer for Howth autumn leagueSAILING: WITH AN Indian summer widely expected to dominate for the next week, Howth Yacht Club’s annual Autumn League series…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Size of fleet for junior event gives reason to be optimisticSAILING COLUMN: A MASSIVE fleet of 248 Optimist sailors raced their national championships on Dublin Bay last weekend in a show…Fri Aug 28 2009 - 01:00
Young talent showing real formSAILING : JUST A week after Ireland’s Annalise Murphy was placed in the top-10 in the Laser Radial Worlds, in addition to the…Fri Aug 14 2009 - 01:00
Light airs hamper Fastnet getawaySAILING : LIGHT WINDS on the English Channel were last night playing havoc with the Fastnet Race, which began from Cowes yesterday…Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Occasional appearances by crew members are rocking the boatSAILING RULES OF THE SEA : THERE USED to be an unwritten golden rule in sailing that underpinned the entire sportFri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Fastnet still a big drawSAILING: WITH MORE than three weeks remaining before the starting gun is fired at the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, the official…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Impressive numbers expectedSAILING DÚN LAOGHAIRE WEEK: DUBLIN BAY is on course for a sailing show of strength next week as a fleet of around 450 boats …Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
Ericsson 4 and Grael lift coveted trophySAILING VOLVO OCEAN RACE : EIGHT-AND-a-half months after departing Alicante, Spain, the Volvo Ocean Race ended last night in…Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
Hurley sails 'Dinah' to class winA THREE-WEEK epic in one of the longest-standing ocean yacht races ended earlier this week with Ireland’s Barry Hurley winning…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Green Dragon fights back to claim podium place in SwedenSAILING: IN A cliff-hanger conclusion to leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race, Ian Walker and the Green Dragon crew secured their…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Dragon bares her teeth out of Galway BaySAILING VOLVO OCEAN RACE : SCARCELY HAD Ian Walker’s words “Galway, we love you!” stopped echoing before Ireland’s Green Dragon…Mon Jun 08 2009 - 01:00
Crews from all points descend on new venue Fenit for national championshipsSAILING: A FOUR-YEAR plan to spread Irish cruiser-racer competition around from the Cork-Dublin axis comes to fruition this …Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Galway ready to celebrate as dream comes to fruitionSAILING: IT’S HARDLY news and scarcely a surprise to anyone but a handful of nay-sayers, but, weather notwithstanding, this …Fri May 22 2009 - 01:00
Green Dragon on course for GalwaySailing: Ideal sailing conditions graced the Volvo Ocean Race fleet in the North Atlantic today as the seven boats passed the…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Fog causes chaos in Boston harbourSAILING: VOLVO OCEAN RACE: AS A rolling fog-bank swept across Boston Harbor on Saturday afternoon, one of the most notorious…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Refreshing skills and safetySAILING: AS THE national sailing season steps up a gear this month, crews around the country will be refreshing skills as …Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Green Dragon unable to beat the conditionsSAILING VOLVO OCEAN RACE: IN BRIGHT sunshine and with the grace of a cool breeze, Ian Walker and the Green Dragon team arrived…Tue Apr 28 2009 - 01:00
Dún Laoghaire entries on courseSAILING : PROSPECTS OF a large turn-out for this summer’s Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta are proving resistant to the economic …Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Team Delta Lloyd celebrateSAILING VOLVO OCEAN RACE: THERE WERE scenes of jubilation in Rio de Janeiro at the weekend when a third place for the Ger O’…Mon Apr 06 2009 - 01:00
ISA battle to retain fundingSAILING VOLVO OCEAN RACE AND SPORTS COUNCIL FUNDING: WITH WIDESPREAD public expectation of cutbacks in public funding, the Irish…Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Olsen's Ericsson 3 takes fifth legSAILING: THE MARATHON fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race was decided in Rio de Janeiro yesterday when veteran sailor Magnus Olsen…Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
36 sailors to share €450,000 in grantsSAILING HIGH PERFORMANCE GRANTS: FOLLOWING THE announcement by the Irish Sports Council of High-Performance grants for 2009, …Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Crew changes ahead of 12,300-mile legSAILING VOLVO OCEAN RACE: AS FINAL preparations are made for tomorrow’s start to the mammoth 12,300-mile Volvo Ocean Race stage…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Green Dragon improves in light airsSAILING: A DAY of snakes-and-ladders sailing on the waters of the Beijing Olympic regatta off Qingdao ended yesterday with Ireland…Tue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
Telefonica Blue able to weather the stormSAILING/VOLVO OCEAN RACE: TO BE fair, while they all knew it would be bad, nobody quite expected the storm to be just as devastating…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Grael declares his intentions as toughest stage commencesSAILING : THE BALMY, tropical conditions hardly seemed to herald what has been widely billed as the toughest stage of the Volvo…Mon Jan 19 2009 - 00:00
Two millimetres may yet decide VORSAILING: THE SEVEN-BOAT fleet of the Volvo Ocean Race begins its first offshore stage of the new year this Sunday with almost…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Green Dragon's sights still on a podium placeSAILING'VOLVO OCEAN RACE: AS THE countdown clock to the resumption of competition in the Volvo Ocean Race begins ticking in…Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
Straitened times also present interesting opportunitiesSAILING/REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL: TALES OF economic woe and dire predictions for 2009 and beyond are casting a pall over the …Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Walker predicts slow third legGREEN DRAGON skipper Ian Walker's pre-start predictions proved accurate at the weekend when leg three of the Volvo Ocean Race…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
Grael in command but still plenty of racing aheadSAILING OCEAN RACE: WITH ANDREAS Hannakamp's Team Russia now in port, the eighth and final entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, …Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Grael takes grip on race with second leg victorySAILING ROUND WORLD RACE : WITH THE pre-dawn calls to worship from temples, mosques and churches echoing across the still waters…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Club racing to the fore in non-Commodore Cup yearAS NUMBERS of Irish sailors continue to flock towards bigger yachts in the main sailing season of April to October, next weekend…Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Tactics will be pivotal in the Indian OceanSAILING VOLVO OCEAN RACE : AFTER THEIR first full day at sea, the fleet in the Volvo Ocean Race is again preparing for a highly…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Cork IT outwit Italians in World finaleSAILING : THE GHOST of a close call in last year's Student Yachting World Cup was firmly put to bed last weekend when the Cork…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Green Dragon proves more than a match for the big playersOCEAN RACE REPORT: IN A curious twist of fate, Green Dragon skipper Ian Walker lifted the trophy for third place in Leg One …Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Ericsson 4 ahead as storms scatter fleetSAILING/VOLVO OCEAN RACE AND IRISH NEWS: WITH LESS than three days remaining before the first boat reaches Cape Town in the…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Irish sailors in the raceDamian Foxall (Green Dragon) : AS OPPOSITE watch-leader to Neal McDonald, this combination has served to establish the Green…Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
O'Leary clan claim top-three places at Howth eventSAILING ISA ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS: LAST WEEKEND'S annual showcase of Irish sailing classes ended with as improbable an outcome…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Much more than a boat is now goneSAILING LOSS OF ASGARD II: IT'S RARE enough that such a diverse sport as sailing is unified, and almost invariably it is for…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
