The events page has now been updated for the 2022 season for both home and key away event. This looks promising to be a great season and we look forward to seeing everyone back on the water!

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September sees the 29er fleet heading north to the shores of Belfast Lough for the 29er Northerns which will be in run in tandem with the RYANI Youth Championships.

Entry is now open at the following link

RYANI Youth Championships 2021 – Carrickfergus SC Tickets, Carrickfergus | Eventbrite

Dear sailors,

This message is to inform you that, for a number of reasons not least of all the ongoing uncertainty around international travel restrictions, the Irish 29er Eurocup scheduled for 10th-12th September will unfortunately be postponed. 

The Royal St. George Yacht Club and the Irish 29er Class are in communication with the International 29er Class Association and hope to announce plans to host the event next summer on a new date to be confirmed. The Royal St. George and the Irish 29er Class look forward to welcoming the international 29er fleet to Irish waters very soon but in the meantime, stay safe.

Tadgh Donnelly 

Event Chair

The Royal St. George Yacht Club and Irish 29er Class are delighted to extend a “Cead Mile Failte” to the International 29er. The idyllic waters of Dublin Bay will play host to the 7^th Eurocup of the 2021 season from the 10^th-12^th September. The combination of flat water and strong winds will make for some fast, furious and fun racing! The Royal St. George (or “the George” as it is affectionately known by the Irish sailing community) is renowned not only for its world class race management but also for its warm hospitality. So, save the date and come and enjoy the newest event on the 29er racing calendar. We look forward to seeing you all in September!

On-line entry and NOR can be found at:
29’er Eurocup Ireland 2021 – Royal St George Yacht Club (rsgyc.ie)

Unfortunately the decision has been taken to cancel the weekend of speed due to be hosted by BYC. The club will be refunding all entry fees in the coming 10 days.

We are pleased to announce that the first two events of the Irish 29er calendar are now open for entry.

Ballyholme Weekend of Speed (12/13 June)

The season kicks off with the Weekend of Speed at Ballyholme Yacht Club. This is the third year that the 29ers have been invited to this exciting high-speed weekend in Belfast Lough featuring 49ers, Multihulls and many other fast classes with PY’s of less than 900. If previous years are anything to go by, this will be a fantastic weekend of sailing and the class is looking forward to being involved once again with the Multihull fleet.

More details and online entry can be found at:

Weekend of Speed Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th June 2021 | Ballyholme Yacht Club

29er Irish Nationals at RCYC (3/4 July)

Following close on the heels of the Weekend of Speed, the 29er fleet will be heading to Royal Cork Yacht Club for 2 days of very competitive racing in the annual 29er Irish Nationals.

RCYC has been one of the main centres for 29er development over the last few years and the class is delighted to be returning here for its annual flagship event and the much coveted Cullen Trophy.

More details and online entry can be found at:

AIB 29er Nationals 2021 – Royal Cork Yacht Club

29er Sailors,

On the 15th of May the class is hosting an assessment day in order to fulfil the required ranking system, as requested by the International Class, for the World and European Championships.

In recent days some sailors have made contact asking if they can attend this session as they had heard about it second hand, and it was miss communicated as an ‘event’.

Unfortunately due to current Covid 19 restrictions we cannot host events yet, and this is not an event. It was also not advertised as it is not designed to be open to all class members, but rather just those who had at this stage, formally committed to attending the World and European Championships. Then out of these responses the need grew to have the assessment day, so again it was only open to these few boats involved.

The need for us to determine the ranked placings for the World Championships was removed when the number of teams who wished to attend this event as a first preference fell to two teams, so both those teams have been offered a place.

It is also worth noting that at current the Europeans entry has gone live and is open to all teams, with no ranking or restriction in place. So anyone can currently enter the event. This ranking is only to be used as a type of back up, should the International class later need to reduce numbers to conform with Covid-19 regulations.

Thank you.

In reference to our previous posts regarding the worlds and Europeans, we are giving sailors a few more days to consider their plans and the new deadline will be 21st April.

Just for clarification, although the Worlds and Europeans are a number of weeks apart, the 29er world class association has asked for the information by the same cut-off date.

For both events, we have been informed that each country will be allocated a minimum of 3 boats. Detailed information on the Worlds can be found on the Worlds web site providing a comprehensive indication of all potential restrictions. We have also been advised that a very similar strategy will be implemented for the Europeans (including the possibility of making it a European only event), but this policy has yet to be published on the Europeans Web site

Thank-you and looking forward to seeing everyone back on the water soon.

Just a quick reminder that the Irish 29er class association needs to know at this early stage, those of their members that are fully committed to attending either the Worlds and/or the Europeans by 19th April.

Although we understand that it’s very early in the season and there are many unknowns ahead of everyone, the event organisers have requested sailor details by mid-May to help with preparation and expectations. As part of this, the Irish 29er Association needs to know as soon as possible the number of committed parings in order to conclude what, if any, the next steps need to be on our side – particularly if there are more committed pairings than can be accommodated, should a restricted event scenario arise.

So, if you definitely plan to go to either of these events (even though entry to the Europeans is not yet open) you must email secretary@irl29er.com by the deadline of 19 April. We fully understand that from a sailors perspective, that there is huge amount of uncertainty to committing to any plans at this stage, and many sailors may want to hold off, especially as the class has always implemented a policy of no capping on the entry number during ‘normal’ times. So rather than try to point out all of the options and paraphrase the key points that have already been well documented, we would encourage our members to visit the event web site where you will get a better explanation of the facts and potential outcomes, and please get back to us if you have anything that you cannot get a satisfactory answer to.

Thank you for your help in this matter.

We are all looking forward to the season ahead and hopefully there will be a lot of fun to be had in the 29er class. The National situation is starting to improve thankfully and, as the vaccine programme rolls out, there seems to be increasing optimism. We are looking forward to the season which includes the Festival of Speed in Ballyholme in June, our own Nationals in Cork in July and, later on, the 29er Eurocup event in September.

For the purposes of preparing for every eventuality, the International Association have identified that there MAY be constraints on numbers for the Worlds in Denmark (30 July – 8 August) and Europeans (23 August to 31 August). They are at pains to say that they will do all they can to keep the events completely open (as they always have) and it will only become an issue if the host Nations’ Governments put general numerical constraints on gatherings.

We appreciate that it is still very early in the season and there is a huge amount of uncertainty not only in terms of travel and logistics but also potential quarantine situations. However, to help the governing body with forward planning, should any restrictions have to be imposed, we would ask that any of the current Irish Class members with confirmed pairings that have fully committed to attending either/both of these events, please enter the event (when the appropriate entry is open) and forward details of the event(s) that you propose to attend to secretary@irl29er.com by 19th April.

Please note that when you enter an event, that your entry will be classified as ‘waiting’ as a determination on numbers and available slots cannot yet be made.

More information on the current situation can be found on the International Class Web site.

Thank you for your help