No racing today at the Danske Bank 1720 Irish Nationals.  Lift outs underway and BBQ this evening.  Full results are available on the link below or alternatively here.

Final standings after 5 races were as follows:- 1st "Da Fishy" - Donagh Good (RCYC), 2nd "Antix" - Anthony O'Leary (RCYC/BSC) and 3rd "Rope Dock Atara" - Robbie English and Ross McDonald (RCYC/HYC).

Thank you to our sponsors - Danske Bank and Rope Dock, competitors, supporters, race management team of Richard Leonard, Colette O'Flynn and Ciaran McSweeney and helpers that made this event such a success.

The 1720 National Championships sponsored by Danske Bank and Rope Dock are underway.  Boats and crews arrived throughout the day yesterday.  Some boats were still undergoing final tuning as the sunset late last night.  It is great to see seventeen 1720 sportsboats travel from around Ireland and the UK to compete for the National Title.

Results can be found here. https://www.sailwave.com/results/1720_Irish_Nationals_2018.htm

We are delighted to announce that Ropedock have come onboard as a sponsor for the upcoming 1720 Irish National Championships with title sponsor Danske Bank.

The event will run from Thursday 30th August to Saturday 1st September, 2018.  

Baltimore Regatta takes places this August bank holiday weekend.  There will be entertainment on land and sea as the beautiful West Cork coastal village hosts it's annual regatta.  On Saturday and Sunday there will be sailing in the harbour for both dinghies and cruisers including the local fleets of sloops and 1720's both of which have expanded over the past number of years.  The 1720's will be competing in the Baltimore Cup which runs over Saturday and Sunday and previous article here outlines the details.

The Baltimore Cup is to be held on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th August next. The Baltimore Regatta Race for 1720's will be on Monday 6th for those that are interested. Entry for the Baltimore Regatta race will be at Bushes Bar.

Boats can be left in Baltimore until the Nationals at the end of August.

The July Sailing Course concluded on Friday after three weeks of fun and frolics both on and off the water.  The 113 sailors enjoyed beach days, a junior laying up supper, table tennis nights, junior disco nights coupled with learning lots of new skills across all levels on the water in their boats.

The course prizegiving was held yesterday afternoon and many thanks to all the instructors, club stewards and helpers who made the course a wonderful success.

All members recently received a letter from our Commodore Niall O'Neill together with their annual subcription notice from the Treasurer - Mark Ginn.  Also enclosed was the 2018 Programme - a copy is attached below for your convenience.

The 1720 National Championships 2018 will be organised by Baltimore Sailing Club in conjunction with the 1720 Class Association and sponsored by Danske Bank from Thursday 30th August to Saturday 1st September, 2018.  The event will be held in Baltimore, County Cork.

The 1720 European Championships are to be held in Howth Yacht Club from Friday 25th through Sunday 27th May, 2018.  The Notice of Race is now available to view or download from the event website www.sportsboatcup.com.

The organisers are expecting to have up to 100 boats racing.  Online entry is open here with an early bird discounted rate of €155.

The 2015 1720 National Championships will be organised by the Baltimore Sailing Club (BSC) in conjunction with the 1720 Sportsboat Class Association from Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th June 2015. The event will be held at Baltimore, Co. Cork.