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Not long to go now. If you haven’t already make sure to sign up for the IODAI Munster Championships taking place at Royal Cork Yacht Club on the 15th and 16th June before entries close this weekend. See you in Crosshaven.

Our International Development Squad were in action in Dun Laoghaire this weekend training with coaches Dara O’Shea and William Walsh.

Brothers Blake and Isaac Vaughan from went head to head on the water alongside their IDT team mates.

Photos by Dara O’Shea 📸

Lovely night for inter club racing in Dun Laoghaire with lots of dinghies out on the water from and .

Remember to tag about your club activities this summer so we can share fleet news.

Photos by Flore Dion 📸

Well done to all our sailors for competing at our first regional of the year. And well done to our prizewinners, Juliet 1st Senior Main, Ollie, 1st Junior Main and Leo, 1st Racing Regatta. Thanks to for being the best of hosts. We had a blast!

Campers treated to a light show last night

Waiting for the wind to fill in at Euro Teams Training today.

Meanwhile our European 1 & 2 teams are having fun training this weekend for this events in Italy in July 🇮🇹

Easy like Sunday morning

Let’s hear it for our 2024 Under 12 team

And here’s our 2024 Senior Development Squad

Meet the 2024 Development Squad

IODAI Announces Irish Teams for 2024 after recent youth nationals .

Read all about it on .ie.

Link on stories and https://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-classes/optimist/item/62832-irish-optimist-dinghy-teams-announced-for-2024

is delighted to announce our Irish teams travelling to events in Italy and France this summer. In accordance with our selection process, they were chosen based on their performance at the recent Youth Nationals .

We are pleased to announce the final IODAI team lineup above for 2024.

Our teams will now start training in earnest to compete at this summer’s events. Søren M. Laugesen will coach the European and Euro2 Team, whilst Dara O’Shea will coach the International Development Team.

Congratulations to all those who took part in the Youth Nationals, and well done to those who have been selected for a team.

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Kudos to everyone who took part in the Youth Nationals this weekend. The conditions were tough, but all our sailors tackled them head-on. Impressive resilience was shown out there!

Congrats to Max, Patrick and Juliet on their 1, 2, 3 overall. And well done to everyone who trained and competed at this invitational event. Wishing you all a safe trip home.

Thanks to Irish Sailing for organising the event and for hosting our fleet so well.

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Here come the girls! Lots of smiling faces ahead of launch as the irishsailing Youth Nationals kicks off. Good luck everyone 🍀

Well done to all the sailors at todays Brassed Off Cup today and we’ll done for all those who travelled. Congrats to all those in the prize too - a nice start to the long weekend.

Happy Easter to all our sailors, supporters and volunteers - have a great weekend and enjoy all the chocolate! 🍫 🐰 🐣 ⛵️

A beautiful day today for the Brassed Off Cup. Lots of smiling faces as they launched in lovely conditions and every entrant got an Easter egg to munch on too. Happy Easter everyone!

Unfortunately, the IODAI Sprint Series at Lough Derg can’t go ahead tomorrow due to the high winds forecast.

But for those with boats on trailers and keen to get some racing ahead of the Youth Nationals, you could still register to attend Sunday’s March Hare Dinghy Regatta . See https://www.myc.ie/regatta/ for more details.

is also running their annual Brassed Off Cup for Oppies next Friday. It’s a great way to kick the season off and a nice event for sailors transitioning to Junior/Senior Main in the season ahead. There is the added incentive of an Easter egg for all sailors just in case they don’t get enough chocolate next weekend! Visit https://iodai.com/howth-yacht-clubs-annual-brassed-off-cup-2/ for more info.

The IODAI committee would like to thank all the organisers and volunteers for their hard work preparing for the fleet’s intended arrival tomorrow. Another time!

Mark your calendars for March 29th, as Howth Yacht Club hosts it’s annual Brassed Off Cup. With over 40 young sailors expected to compete, it’s going to be an action-packed day you won’t want to miss! Racing kicks off at 12 noon for three exhilarating races and every sailor leaves with an Easter egg! Entries open now

Well done to Max, Juliet and Abigail on 1,2,3 at today’s IODAI Sprint leg . Well done to all the competitors and thanks to everyone who travelled to be with us. Well done, safe travels and see you at the next leg in Tipperary ⛵️ 🚙 🌊 👋

Sunny conditions for the IODAI Sprint Series . Sailors all launched and ready to roll

Max and his club mates making the most of a sunny Sunday ☀️

Thanks for those who joined our informational webinar about the upcoming Irish Sailing Youth nationals and IODAI teams for this year. The presentation is now online on our website. See -https://iodai.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IODAI-YN-Teams-2024-FINAL.pdf 🍀

Huge thanks Olive Parker from for leading todays measurement workshop . Lots of great learnings and a better understanding of the rules around measurement. Kudos to the six parent volunteers who signed up to upskill and to support the class this year. Thank you!

Read more about the upcoming Sprint Series on https://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-classes/optimist/item/61700-irish-optimist-dinghy-association-to-host-sprint-series-2024

Wishing all our sailors, parents and supporters a very Merry Christmas and fair winds for the new year. Enjoy the games, gorgeous food and fun! 🎅🏻 🎄 💫

📢 IODAI AGM Announcement! 🗓️
Join us for the 2023 Annual General Meeting of The Optimist Dinghy Sailing Association of Ireland
📅 Date & Time: Tuesday, 28 November 2023, at 20:00
📍 Location: Zoom Online Webinar
🔒 Pre-Registration Required:
Members eager to attend must Pre-Register by sending an e-mail to [email protected] by 13:00 on Friday, 24 November 2023.
📧 Access Details:
Following Pre-Registration, members will receive an e-mail containing all the information to access the AGM.
💬 Questions Welcome:
Members have the opportunity to submit questions beforehand. If there’s something you’d like raised at the AGM, kindly submit your questions to [email protected] by 13:00 on Monday, 27 November 2023.
Your participation and engagement are crucial. We want to hear from you!

📸Photo courtesy of Coach Thomas Chaix at our recent

📆 IODAI is pleased to unveil the racing calendar for 2024. Special thanks to the clubs that hosted events this year, and best wishes to those organising next year’s races. Mark your diaries:

*11th-12th May: ULSTERS
*15th-16th June: MUNSTERS
*20th-21st July: CONNAUGHTS
*15th-18th August: NATIONALS
*14th-15th September: LEINSTERS

More details to follow on November’s NATIONAL TRAINING WEEK and Halloween Regatta

Save the dates for a year of great sailing events.

'La Solitaire Optimist' Kept Sailors On Their Toes at Royal Cork's National Training Week 54 young skippers took part