February 10
07th - 33rd America’s cup kickoff is on Monday at 9am - so will it be Alinghi’s Cat
or Oracle’s Tri ???
January 10
24th - IOM racing in Cork - John wins the day by a mer 1 point ahead of Andrew.
29th - Australian national are under way - report, results and pictures here
November 09
12th - NOR and SI for the National Champs are now available to download here
8th - East Coast Championships was held in Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club. Race report
and results here
October 09
17th - local racing took place in Iniscara Co. Cork in light wind.
10th - Launch of our discussion forum - This is to facilitate open discussion amongst
our member
September 09
11th - Photo gallery updated with the pictures of the Southcoast championships -
click here to access it.
6th - Afloat forum thread on John and Andrew at the Worlds exceeds 1,840 visits.
Excellent !!!
August 09
15th - Andrew makes it a double at the 2009 South Coast Championships - read the
full article
2nd - 8th August : a number of practice sailing sessions have taken place in Dublin
and Cork for tuning and testing new rigs as well as gaining more on the water practice.
July 09
21th - one more boat for sale from the US - check our for sale section
20th - Andrew ‘s Azetone made her maiden voyage today in Cork. Though the weight
distribution is different - and this is not a bad thing - the boat is still under
weight and the first tests showed some good potential - more to come.
June 09
30th - more boats for sale - check our for sale section here
29th - photo galleries have been updated with the pictures from the Worlds - click
here to see them
World Championships 2009 Special : John & Andrew are flying the Irish colours - all
about it here
1st - More photo galleries have been added - click here to see them
May 09
18th - for sale page updated with new boats for sale - more here >>> for sale
17th - Another successful racing day - see the race report and the results here
15th - you can now download our class leaflet to discover all about the IOM class
and the activity in Ireland here
8th - In April we received 2 IOM boats from Damien Cronin who kindly contacted us
to donate his 2 boats. I have since prepared the Widget which is now ready to hit
the water again and these boats can be used by people wanting to try IOM and get
a feel for them. Thanks to Damien for your donation it will help us and new members.
April 09
21th - More training session in Cork by our Cork fleet in all kinds of conditions
- even in the recent gale force wind so our 2 skippers who will fly the Irish flag
at the next World Championships have plenty of time on the water in all weather conditions
to fine tune their boats.
13th - 3 Irish skippers go to the UK to race against top UK skippers including the
current World Champion as part of their preparation program. They all did very well,
even winning some races. Showing that they do have the pace which is also good to
assess the level of racing on our own water.
March 09
29th - Day 4 of the HYC Winter Series shows Gilbert extending his lead in B rig conditions
- read more here >>>
19th - New picture galleries - you have a flavour of how they’ll look like here but
bear in mind they are work in progress and I’m still learning this new application.
Hope you’ll enjoy the new interface...
15th - Successful second day of the class winter series in LDYC with 9 boats - read
more here >>>
February 09
22nd - Our Cork fleet raced in front of the RCYC and completed 11 races with John
Morehead dominating the day. Superb pictures taken by Gabrielle Morehead - see them
here >>>
18th to 22nd - IOM class will be at the Boat Show for the first time - stand L17a,
come and visit us
15th - Day 3 of the HYC IOM Winter Series - read more here >>>
1st - Open training day in RCYC was successful with 6 people who came to see and
try IOM
January 09
26th - First IOM winter series successfully completed this Sunday - read more here
>>>
2nd - 2009 World Championships announced to be in Barbados from 20th-27th June
December
26th - check out the updated links pages - go to link page
19th - New skipper joins the fleet - Alan Dwyer joins the IOM Cork fleet - We welcome
you Alan.
14th - Day 2 of HYC winter series - Des is fighting back and will start 2009 in the
lead - read more here >>>
8th - check out the updated technical page on rudder servo - see our technical section
here
7th - new re-designed website launched
November
30th - first HYC winter racing day - Gilbert Takes an early lead but closely followed
- read more here >>>
9th - training and tuning session was successfully organised in HYC to prepare boats
& skippers for the winter series
October
IOM fleet got interest at the ISA helmsman champs in HYC as we trained ahead of the
European in Croatia where Jeff will be representing IRL.
New 2009-2012 racing rules of sailing - Read more here >>>
September
Gilbert Louis raced in France and finished 5th in light and tricky winds : more here>>>
August
Andew Crosbie wins the Southcoast Championships - read more here >>>
June
John Morehead wins the 2008 National championships - pictures and report here
Irish IOM Champs are on in Dromineer - Entry form & Nottice of raceds available here
April
A number of racing days have been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions
March
Report & race results spring series Day 3 here
February
More boats for sale
Report of Day 1 of the Spring Series
January
Find all the information about the International Tricastin Cup or Pierrelatte on
the poster
Wishing you a happy new year and may the wind shifts be with you
How well do you know your sailing rules - test yourself here