Ireland in complete Commodores’ Cup win
Irish Cruiser Racing Association team take first, second and fourth places in light airs finale; Catapult is top individual boat. After a tense and at times gruelling week at Cowes, Ireland [...]
Ireland on the cusp of Commodores’ Cup win
Overall lead reduced by five points after high-scoring Round the Island Race; one deciding race on Saturday counting for double. The Irish Cruiser Racing Association team in the Brewin Dolphin [...]
Ireland leads into uncertain race with 100-point cushion
Three races completed today with strong results for Irish Cruiser Racing Association team; light winds set to continue for weekend. As the Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup regained it’s [...]
Wind frustrates programme as Race 4 abandoned twice
Big boats pulled away from main fleet that became becalmed and separated leading to concern for fairness on both occasions. What should have been a long inshore race along The Solent today turned [...]
Ireland retain overall lead
Satisfactory outcome for testing offshore “drag-race” as ICRA team emerges from high-scoring 118-mile race with 26-point lead An early morning finish in near calm conditions for the [...]
Irish cup hopes rest on quick race to beat dying breeze
Glimcher’s Catapult leads race on water but IRC handicap pending in 118-mile offshore race The high-scoring offshore race that counts for 2.5 times normal points in the Brewin Dolphin [...]
Team Ireland are overnight leaders after Day 1 in Commodores’ Cup at Cowes
Preparations underway for high-scoring 24-36 hour offshore race on Monday Light winds on The Solent presented tricky conditions for the 27-boat fleet in the Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup [...]
Victory to Antix on the Solent at the RORC’s Easter Challenge
Sources: Afloat and RORC In a show of early season strength, Irish IRC champion Antix has won RORC’s Easter Challenge regatta on the Solent. Anthony O’Leary’s Royal Cork team on [...]
RORC Praises Dun Laoghaire Regatta & Irish Dual Handicap System for Cruisers
Source: Afloat The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s rating office in London has given a ringing endorsement of the dual scoring system employed at Irish regattas and reports of its findings when [...]
Newsflash: Esimit Europa 2 takes Monohull Line Honours in 2013 Rolex Fastnet Race
RORC reports that the European team, skippered by Jochen Schumann, of Esimit Europa 2, one of the two 100ft monohulls racing in IRC, crossed the finish line of the 2013 Rolex Fastnet Race at the [...]
