Chris Power Smith

7 results

Sean Craig from Dublin Bay is one of the host club entries in next week’s Laser Master World Championships on Dublin Bay. Photo: David O’Brien
Sailing: Lyttle leads Irish hopes in Laser Master World Championships

After securing third overall at the Laser National Championships a fortnight ago on Lough Derg, Dubliner Mark Lyttle (55) returns to home waters to le(...)

Chris Power-Smith’s Aurelia leads the ISORA fleet into race 11 this Saturday. It will start at 8am in Dún Laoghaire, and finish at Howth Yacht Club. Photograph: David O’Brien
Sailing column: Power-Smith’s lead in ISORA series to be tested on Saturday

Dún Laoghaire skipper Chris Power-Smith’s overall lead in the Irish Sea (ISORA) series will be tested on Saturday in a 60-mile offshore race, the 11th(...)

Baraka Gp, skippered by Niall Dowling, won the line honours in the Volvo Round Ireland Race and the overall win is as good as decided. Photograph: David Branigan/Oceansport
Niall Dowling and Baraka Gp set to lift Round Ireland Race trophy

Although official confirmation is pending from Wicklow Sailing Club, Niall Dowling and his team on Baraka Gp are the unbeatable overall winners of the(...)

J109 yacht Jedi (skippered by Kenneth Rumball) crosses the offshore finish line of Dun Laoghaire Regatta in July. The Sailing School entry is one of four boats in contention for the overall ISORA trophy on Saturday. Photo: David O’Brien
Final race to decide destination of Irish Sea’s Wolf Head Trophy

The Irish Sea’s Wolf Head Trophy will be decided in Saturday’s last race of the 2017 offshore series. Two Welsh J109s, Mojito (Peter Dunlop and Vick(...)

Liam Shanahan’s Ruth from the National Yacht Club can make it a hat-trick of ISORA victories in Saturday’s final race of the season from Pwllheli in North Wales to Dún Laoghaire
Record fleet battle for dominance on the Irish Sea

Any one of four yachts can be crowned 2016 Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) champion tomorrow, with Dublin Bay’s Liam Shanahan starting (...)

Planning application for mixed-use scheme at site of former Stella Cinema in Mount Merrion
Best laid plans for south Dublin

Despite concerns that the Central Bank’s lending limits would deter development, during the month of February planning applications continued to flow (...)

Mount Merrion’s Stella Cinema to get the flick

The former Stella Cinema in Mount Merrion – a landmark in the area – looks set for demolition with planning permission now being sought from Dún Laogh(...)