Successful Opening Day at the Irish Sailing Youth Nationals in Dun Laoghaire
There were close to 100 boats and more than 120 sailors competing at the Irish Sailing Youth Nationals on a day of perfect conditions at the Royal St George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire. The event, sponsored by Waterman Tecsar, had three dinghy classes competing on the Youth Course – ILCA 6, 420 and 29er, while the Optimist class ran on their own course.
At the end of Day One, the results for each class stood as follows, in the ILCA 6 Class, Ballyholme Yacht Club members Bobby Driscoll and Daniel Palmer are first and second respectively with Lucy Ives of host club Royal St George in third.
Emily Conan and Fionn Daly, of the Royal St George Yacht Club and Royal Cork Yacht Club, are leading in the 29er Class with William Walsh and Eoin Byrne of the National Yacht Club in second and Rory Whyte and Jules Start of the National Yacht Club, Royal St George Yacht Club and Royal Cork Yacht Club in third.
In the 420’s Isha Duggan and Tommy Hiras of Royal Cork Yacht Club are sitting first and Youth Sailor of the Year nominee Cora McNaughton alongside crew Sean Cronin of Blessington Sailing Club and Malahide Yacht Club are in second with Sean Lemonnier and Killian Mathieu of Galway Bay Sailing Club in third.
In the Optimist Class Charlotte Crosbie is currently first following two first places and sisters Maeve and Emily Donagh of the Royal St George and Lough Derg Yacht Club in second and third.
Sean Evans, Development Manager for Irish Sailing said, “We were blessed with the conditions today and the standard on the water was phenomenal. It’s obvious that a lot of hard work has gone in over the winter by these young sailors. I must congratulate the race officials for running such efficient races. We will now look forward to seeing the introduction of the ILCA 4’s and Toppers from tomorrow and may the racing continue as well as it did today.”
Racing continues over the next three days at the Royal St George Yacht Club.
Results are available here: Optimists - Sailwave results for Irish Sailing Youth Nationals 2025 at Royal St. George Yacht Club 2025
420, 29er & ILCA 6 Fleets - Sailwave results for Irish Sailing Youth National Championship 2025 at Royal St George Yacht Club 2025