Please select your home edition
Edition
Melges 15

The Maples Group IRC European Championship 2024 at Royal Irish Yacht Club - Preview

by IRC European Championship 19 Aug 2024 17:53 BST 12-15 September 2024
IRC European Championship © David O'Brien / Afloat

The sixth edition of the IRC European Championship will feature a huge range of boats in action: hi-tech racing yachts, hybrid cruiser-racers, pocket rockets and vintage designs.

Racing under the IRC Rating Rule, the fleet will compete to win the overall IRC European crown and a new overall Corinthian Trophy as well as European IRC Class honours.

The Overall Open winner will lift the IRC European Championship Trophy. A new perpetual trophy is being commissioned for The Maples Group IRC European Corinthian Winner. There are also trophies for every IRC Class winner for both Open and Corinthian IRC Divisions.

Founded in 1831, The Royal Irish Yacht Club offers a warm welcome and magnificent facilities for the international fleet plus Ireland's historic capital Dublin is just 20 minutes away. Entries are ramping up for the championship with a mixture of windward leeward and round-the-cans races in Dublin Bay. Four days of racing are scheduled with crew parties after every day of racing.

Commenting on the Maples Group's new partnership, Peter Stapleton, Ireland Managing Partner said: "We are delighted to support the IRC European Championship on its return to Ireland for the first time since 2016. As an island, Ireland's beautiful coastline provides many wonderful places to sail, and I have no doubt Dublin Bay will prove to be a brilliant venue for an unforgettable week of top-class sailing".

The splendid Royal Irish YC Clubhouse, overlooking Dun Laoghaire Harbour, will welcome all competitors. The Royal Irish YC offers the best in modern Irish dining and during the regatta the fine fayre will be complemented by barbeques every night. With the famous clubhouse main bar plus live music from some of Dublin's best artists; the atmosphere after racing will be fantastic.

Royal Irish Yacht Club IRC European Championship Chairman, Patrick Burke, noted: "I would like to thank the Maples Group for their support of this prestigious annual event. With less than a month to the first gun, the excitement is building. We look forward to welcoming notable top campaigns from Ireland, the UK, Europe and further afield. The sixth edition of the championship promises to be an unforgettable week of top-class racing."

Special accommodations will be made to facilitate visiting yachts competing in the UNIO Irish Cruiser Racing Association Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club two weeks before, and/or the Northern Trust J-Cup Ireland and J-109 Europeans the previous weekend.

IRC Europeans online entry

Any questions regarding logistics, accommodation, crane, berthing etc. please contact Mark McGibney, Sailing Services Manager, Royal Irish Yacht Club at + 353 87 948 1707 or email

Discounted berthing and lift-outs will be provided for visiting yachts and every effort will be made to make participation easy and accessible.

For more information about the Maples Group IRC European Championship including on-line entry and facilities at the Royal Irish Yacht Club: www.riyc.ie

Related Articles

Jura Scottish Series 2025 Day 1
Loch Fyne offers racers solid opening day sport Race organisers at the Jura Scottish Series made the best of the beneficial wind and weather conditions on Loch Fyne to get the annual regatta under way on cue for all classes. Posted on 23 May
Jura Scottish Series runners and riders
Fleet are mustered in Tarbert Habour, Loch Fyne, ready to race Competitors at the Jura Scottish Series may not be assured of continued sunshine, the like of which has blessed the north of Britain for the last few weeks, but they should be blessed with breezes which seem set to build progressively. Posted on 23 May
IMA Maxi Europeans overall
Bella Mente successfully defends her IMA European Championship title The 20 remaining yachts competing in the IMA Maxi European Championship, organised by the Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, took part in a final coastal race today in a 8-14 knot southwesterly. Posted on 22 May
Rooster are Clothing Partner of Poole Regatta
2026 is shaping up to be the largest in the event's history Rooster, the well-known watersports clothing and accessories manufacturer is to become the Official Clothing Partner of the International Paint Poole Regatta 2026. Posted on 22 May
RCIYC Nick Cousins Memorial Spring Regatta
Superb conditions were the order of the day in Jersey Superb conditions were the order of the day for the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club's Nick Cousins Memorial Spring Regatta held in St Aubin's Bay over Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May. Posted on 22 May
IMA Maxi Europeans day 3
Maxi Grand Prix class turns up the pressure as courses go to windward-leeward Following an overnight offshore race and two days of coastal courses, the IMA Maxi Europeans, run by IMA and Naples' Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia out of Sorrento, for its penultimate day staged two windward-leeward races on the Gulf of Naples. Posted on 22 May
IMA Maxi Europeans day 2
Small boats to the fore after formidable coastal course The second coastal course of the IMA Maxi European Championship in Sorrento, Italy was an action-packed affair, taking the maxis on a complex course visiting local hotspots including the Amalfi Coast and lapping Capri. Posted on 21 May
Medway YC Cruiser Spring Series race 5
Finishing the series with a cheerful prize-giving and BBQ The fifth and final race of the MYC Spring Series took place on a slightly chilly and overcast Sunday morning, with a light 6 - 8 knot north-easterly breeze and the very last of the ebb tide greeting racers gathering on the start line. Posted on 20 May
2025 Rolex Middle Sea Race preview
To date, yachts representing ten nations have confirmed their participation There has been an encouraging early wave of entries for the 46th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, set to commence on Saturday, October 18, 2025. Posted on 20 May
Scottish Series champions will be back to defend
Jura Scottish Series on Loch Fyne starts soon Last year's overall winners of the Jura Scottish Series, Allan Manuel's Etchells 22 Bounce Back, are returning to Tarbert, Loch Fyne over the coming days looking to defend the class title which they won with a convincing scoreline. Posted on 20 May