2019 420 Munster Championships – NoR
The NoR is now available for download for the 2019 420 Munster Championships to be held at the Fastnet Marine and Outdoor Education Center in Schull, Co.Cork on February the 22nd and 23rd.
2020 U23 420 Team Racing Worlds
The 2020 U23 420 World Team Racing Championships will be organised by Cambridge University sailors, in conjunction with Grafham Water SC and with the support of the Oxford & Cambridge Sailing Society. Although August 2020 might seem a long way off we are publicising the event now so that the many 420 sailors now team…
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Schull training week and the 2019 Munster Championships
Online registration is now open for both the 2019 Schull Training Camp taking place from Monday 18th to Thursday 21st February inclusive, and the Munster regional championships on Friday the 22nd and Saturday the 23rd of February inclusive. The total all in fee for the training camp and the Munster championships is €320 per boat, €160 per sailor. This fee…
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420s revel in the Ulster breeze
For the first time in their domestic event season this year the 420s had some breeze to stretch their legs, it has taken until September for an event to provide moderate to strong breezes and the 2018 Ulster Championships duly delivered some great breeze as part of the RYA Northern Ireland Youth Championships hosted by…
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Galway Sailors contest Koch Cup
Two Galway ex 420 sailors recently represented Ireland at a major international Sea Scout event , the William I. Koch Cup, held in Galveston, Texas. The William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup is a biannual Sailing Regatta put on by Sea Scouting (Boy Scouts of America). The event was founded by Bill Koch in 2002 in order to allow Sea…
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2018 Open and Irish National Champions crowned at Howth Yacht Club
420 week concluded today at Howth Yacht Club with the third day of racing in the 2018 420 Open and National Championships. And what a week it was, it kicked off with a three day training module followed by a second one day training module prior to the start of championship racing. The first…
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2018 420 Nationals – Notice of Race now posted
The Notice of Race for the 420 Nationals on the bank holiday weekend of the 4th to the 6th August has now been posted on the Howth Yacht Club website https://hyc.ie/system/resources/1026/original/420_Nationals_18_nor_r1.docx?1531345655 . The 26th July is the early bird entry date and entry increases from €120 to €150 on that day, entry can be completed…
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420 Class set for busy summer schedule
With the Schull training week and the Leinster Regional Championships already completed earlier in the year the 420 Class Association are set for a busy summer of events starting with the 2018 Junior European Championships in Sesimbra, Portugal in early July. Ireland will also be represented at the 420 Worlds in Newport Rhode Island later…
DetailsSibling pairings win Gold and Silver fleets at the 420 Leinster Championships
The 2018 420 Leinster Championships were hosted by the Royal St. George Yacht club over the weekend in champagne sailing conditions. However Saturday morning looked ominous with a thick fog hanging over the harbour and the Stena Carrier moored at the Carlisle Pier barely visible from the boat deck of The George. The mist started…
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