There is a wide range of dinghy, keelboat, cruiser and windsurfing classes registered with Irish Sailing, all listed below with direct links to their own web sites.
See HERE to see all the OPEN Regional and National event Calender Listing for Irish Sailing and Affiliated Classes and Clubs
If you are an affiliated class or club please ensure you register your open events on this link HERE. Thank you
1720 Class Association
2.4 Meter
29er Class Association
49er Class Association
Irish International 420 Class
Beneteau B21
First 31.7 One Design Class Association
Irish Dragon Association
Irish Drascombe Association
Irish E-Boat Class Association
Irish Fireball Association
Flying Fifteen Association of Ireland
GP14 Class Association of Ireland
Howth 17 Footer Class Association
Irish Cruiser Racing Association
IDRA14
Irish Laser Association
Irish Windsurfing Association
J-109 Class
J-24 Ireland
J70 Class Ireland
Irish J80 Class Association
Dublin Bay Mermaid - a 17 foot boat
International Mirror Class of Ireland
International Moth Class Association of Ireland
Irish Multihull Association
National 18 Foot Class
International Optimist Dinghy Association of Ireland
Puppeteer Class Association
RS 200 Ireland
RS 400 Ireland
RS Aero Ireland
RS Feva Association
Ruffian 23
SB20 Ireland
Shannon One Design Association
Sigma 33 East Coast Association
Irish Squib Class
Topper International Class Association of Ireland
Waszp Class Association of Ireland
The Water Wags
If you’re new to organising a Class, you can get in touch with us by one of the following ways:
The Classes and Racing Policy Group is to support Irish Sailing and its affiliated classes in areas such as development, participation and activity levels.
This group is one of eight groups representing the broad range of participation and activities within Irish Sailing, see them all HERE.
Group Members include ...
Stephen O Shaughnessy , Racing Manager – Irish Sailing. Katie Dwyer, Board Member– Katie is currently a member of Sutton Dinghy Club and sails a GP14. She has secured several Top 3 results in the Irish Fleet and in 2018 at the GP14 World Championship Katie won 1st female helm and was part of the 1st all female crew. Katie is passionate about supporting women in the sport. In 2021, she was invited to speak the RYA dinghy show - “Women Win Too”, and as part of World Sailing’s Women Sailing Festival on the subject of women helms.
Mary McCormack – Foynes Yacht Club, J24 sailor for 5 years, skipper on under 25 team. Grew up sailing Mermaids and lasers, Foynes is more of a yacht club than a dinghy club so she took the keelboat path after training courses. Mary hopes to encourage more youth teams to build membership numbers and believes that keelboat should be a progression option after dinghy courses.
Dave Love – A member of Royal Cork Yacht Club but living in Dublin. Dave began by sailing optimists and followed with racing ILCA dinghies for years. He is the currently sails in the 1720 class and races IRC boats with lots of international experience.
Cathy MacAleavey – A passionate sailor , famously as an Olympic sailor in Seoul 1988. But she’s also an apprentice boat builder, Water Wag racer, World Sailing equipment committee member, and mother to Olympic silver medallist Annalise Murphy.
Aoife English – An experienced and accomplished sailor, currently competing in the 1720 class with significant success.
Group focus areas:
Handicapping