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 6 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 9 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 1 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 4 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 7 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 9 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 8 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 3 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
Over 500 entered in regattaSAILING With less than one week before the first gun, the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta has passed the 500-boat entry level at…Fri Jul 6 2007 - 01:00
Twomey well able to conquer allSailing/ Sovereign's Cup : Though an imminent gale forecast for Saturday during the finale of the Sovereign's Cup at Kinsale…Mon Jul 2 2007 - 01:00
Leaders on a rollSAILING/Sovereign's Cup: Rain and wind prevailed for day two of the Sovereign's Cup off the Old Head of Kinsale yesterday as…Fri Jun 29 2007 - 01:00
Jump Juice setting the paceSAILING: The opening day of the Saab Cruiser National Championships at the Royal Cork Yacht Club yesterday lived up to pre-event…Sat Jun 23 2007 - 01:00
Cruisers start peak seasonSAILING: The start of the peak summer sailing season gets under way today off Crosshaven when the combined classes of the Irish…Fri Jun 22 2007 - 01:00
Conneely very happy overallSailing : After five races, and a cancelled final day due to no wind, Eamon Conneely's Patches ended her first competitive outing…Mon Jun 18 2007 - 01:00
Rigging problems hamper PatchesSailing/ MedCup: Eamon Conneely's Patches was unceremoniously dumped from the overall leader's position of the Breitling MedCup…Sat Jun 16 2007 - 01:00
Conneely living his childhood dream with world's eliteSAILING: Nestling just behind the rows of tall palm trees that line Alicante's promenade, a forest of 23 carbon masts are neatly…Fri Jun 15 2007 - 01:00
O'Connell is first to finishSAILING: Thanks to fresh conditions on the south coast, the first finishers in the Dún Laoghaire to Dingle Race were finally…Wed Jun 13 2007 - 01:00
McCarthy hot on the heels of O'ConnellSailing: Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race A forecast of fresher winds yesterday delivered some respite for the 27 crews in the …Tue Jun 12 2007 - 01:00
Thirty enter D2D dashSAILING: The biennial racing pilgrimage to the south coast gets under way this weekend with the Dingle Skellig Hotel D2D Race…Fri Jun 8 2007 - 01:00
Cork crew storm Scottish seriesSAILING: Ireland have secured the overall victory at the annual Bell Lawrie Scottish Series for the fourth consecutive year, …Fri Jun 1 2007 - 01:00
Record entry for Dún LaoghaireSAILING/Dun Laoghaire Regatta: With just over two months to the first race in the Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta, organisers have…Fri May 11 2007 - 01:00
Past Commodore's Cup lessons high on Irish teams' agendaSAILING: The reputation of the old adage "third time lucky" will be on the line in the background of a meeting of the Irish …Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:00