Sailing

Settling down scares Kate Ashe-Leonard more than crossing oceans

Carlow sailor narrowly misses silver after recovering from faltering opening race and steadily improving form as week progressed

Nineteen-year-old from Howth produces a brilliant display to qualify with a race to spare

Notable youth results at international level eyecatching for the sport in Ireland, but step change also taking place

This year Olympic sailing silver medallist Annalise Murphy won three Irish track cycling titles on a borrowed bike - now she wants to compete for Ireland in France

‘It’s nearly Christmas and we’re 20 nautical miles off the east coast of Australia.’ Kate Ashe Leonard hopes to make it to Sydney in time

Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove come third in the opening race of qualification round

Greystones-born skipper and her French team-mate Tiphaine Ragueneau are one of just three all-women teams in the Transat Jacques Vabre race

Junior and senior classes draw champions from all Irish coasts plus inland waterways but Wicklow capable of winning both events

For Kate Ashe-Leonard, what was intended as an adventurous sabbatical from her London career has turned into a way of life

John and Suzie Murphy’s Outrajeous from the host club ended up being declared the overall winner

Remarkable performance proves a real career highlight for the modest Meath sailor Tom Dolan

Entries continue to arrive at Howth Yacht club for next week’s ICRA National Championships

Surge of good results at youth level bodes well for future

The Irish world number five ranked sailor goes into the final day 14th best by nation place

Organisers confident the Irish Cruiser Racing Association (ICRA) nationals will reach 80 boats before deadline elapses

Active Connections offers outdoor adventurous camps for youths with behavioural difficulties throughout summer and at weekends

Ireland has managed active campaigns in only three out of the 10 Olympic Sailing disciplines since Rio

The highlight of the West Cork sailing season is drawing entries from ‘Bantry Bay, Kerry, Foynes, Garrykennedy and all over the East coast’

Mayo sailor will join Alexia Barrier’s all-female crew on The Famous Project as they bid to secure the fastest lap of the planet

Some 491 yachts of all shapes and sizes, ranging from 9m to 30m, are on the provisional starting list for the famous biennial race that now ends in Cherbourg

Test event a final opportunity to tease out any remaining issues before ‘peak regatta’ in August

Four days of racing begins next week on July 6th

The Cork Sports Partnership delivered five new boats plus a support RIB to Kinsale Yacht Club this week

The hope is that a full pathway will inspire the younger teenagers to adopt the programme’s value-based system

Privateer’s time now means that both of the Ireland offshore race records are now held by American yachts

Recovering from a recurring arm injury, Lynch won a silver medal at the North Sea Regatta this week

36-year-old Irish sailor was more than 70 nautical miles ahead of target at one stage up the west coast

From a farming background in Meath, the 36 year-old has developed into one of the world’s leading solo sailors

Gwen Wilkinson built and paddled her own canoe along the waterways of Ireland

Promising start of Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove in the 49er skiff class fades in Palma

Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove finished 19th in their 25-boat division on Thursday

Training day at Irish Sailing Performance HQ provides proper insight into the skill and physicality of the sport

Dún Laoghaire’s Fiachra McDonnell takes ninth overall in class, just missing out on potential tilt at podium finish