The inaugural Melges 15 Europeans held at Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta will be the highlight of the class calendar for 2025. One class event is scheduled each month from April to August with a mix of local sailing, international sailing and coaching as the fleet continues to grow.
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Morgan Lyttle and Tom Higgins are the Top Gun Champions for 2024. After a Summer's Sailing Instructing in Nantucket Yacht Club, Morgan and Tom took out one of the club owned Melges 15s to set a new Irish benchmark for the Top Gun Trophy.
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The inaugural Melges 15 European championships will be held as part of Ireland’s biggest sailing regatta; Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta on July 10th-13th next year. The Europeans will be a highlight of the Irish calendar with over 40 crews set to attend and join in with over 400 other boats competing in other classes.
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Plenty of first timers quickly got to grips with the Melges 15 last weekend at the Royal Saint George Yacht Club.
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Book in for a demo sail at the RSGYC on Sunday 22nd September. We will have 4 M15s and a Rib on hand.
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Experience the excitement of the 2024 Melges 15 Irish National Championships through our wrap-up video, featuring thrilling drone footage and exclusive interviews with competitors.
Darragh O’Connor and Brian (Teddy) Byrne are the winners of the 2024 Melges 15 National championships held at Howth this weekend. After four great races on Saturday the 19 boat fleet kept fingers and toes crossed for sailing on Sunday, but with gusts of up to 30 knots and a difficult sea state, racing was abandoned for the day.
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Race officer Richard Kissane and the team delivered the exciting windward-leeward races for the 19-boat fleet on Saturday (August 24th).
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Competitors are looking forward to some fast fun sailing with medium to strong winds forecast.
With 13 Melges 15s based in Howth the local club will be optimistic of a home winner with the teams of Mike Evans and Cormac Farrelly showing good form in Howth’s recent dinghy regatta.
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Competitors are notified milliseconds after the start if they're over or not, and are also notified when they have dipped the start to clear themselves, so it's easier than ever to restart and get racing.
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One small cohort has welcomed the series of low pressures we have seen so far this Summer. The Melges fleets in Dun Laoghaire and Howth have been enjoying the great sailing conditions on offer, even if the expected blue summer skies have been forty shades of gray.
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Mike Evans and Jonathon Hawthorn win the inaugural races at Howth Yacht club. 👏 OOD David Sargent got 2 races completed in winds of 8-14 knots. 🔥
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Christmas presents were opened early at Howth Yacht Club when the much-anticipated container of 12 new Melges 15 dinghies arrived on Tuesday, just days ahead of Howth Yacht Club's biennial Wave Regatta at the north Dublin port.
This new fleet of 12 boats complements the sole HYC boat, making a fleet of 13 boats - instantly the biggest Melges 15 in Ireland - ready to race this summer.
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As the Irish Summer finally showing signs of appearing, a full container of 12 Melges 15s is enroute to Howth Yacht club set to arrive next week. With 12 boats that arrived in Ireland last May, this arrival is set to double the Irish fleet to 24 boats as the class continues to grow rapidly.
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The spectacular success of the Melges 15 already extends way beyond its obvious appeal to young racers...
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After an awesome, first ever European Winter Series event, the wrap video is out.
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Home advantage proved the difference as local sailors Paulo Manso and Tiago Leal took out the first Melges 15 Winter series in Cascais at the weekend. The reigning J70 European champion, Paulo set a fast pace that the Irish Armada of 8 boats could not quite match.
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To celebrate the launch of the European Winter series in Cascais, Melges Ireland is offering a double discount on the purchase of new boats for Irish sailors chartering at the series. With a promotional charter fee of €475, new Melges 15 sailors can expect double this amount as a combined discount off a new boat.
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After a successful demo weekend at the end of October a full container of twelve Melges 15s will be heading to Howth for Spring 2024 to supplement the existing boat there. Family is a predominant theme amongst the orders, with cross generational sailing being a common theme amongst the purchasers.
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