Irish International 420 Class Association

The rescheduled Leinsters are on this weekend, 4-5 May, in Malahide Yacht Club. The Notice Of Race and Entry Form are attached.

If you are U-18 please remember to also bring a signed copy of the parental consent form. 

The Leinster Championship scheduled for this weekend have been postponed due to the atrocious weather forecast. A rescheduled date will be announced in due course.

The class coaching weekend on 17-18 March is fully booked. Please only travel to this event if you have already received a confirmation that you have a place.

The 420 Leinster Championships will be held in Malahide Yacht Club on the weekend of 23rd/24th March. Please find the NOR & Entry Form for the Leinsters attached.

420 Midterm Training Camp

Dates: Sunday 10th  to Wednesday 13th February

Venue: FMOEC Schull, West Cork

Cost: €200 / boat

Join the Irish 420 Class Association for four days of top quality training with Olympic Coaches and World Championship winning sailors. Numbers will be limited to ensure good coach ratios so please book early to avoid disappointment. To book a place please e-mail Alacoque Daly at alacoquedaly1 [at] gmail [dot] com

Charter boats are available from Tom Mapplebeck tom [at] curradinghy [dot] com

All participants must have paid their class membership for 2013 (€10/sailor) New members should download an application form from the Membership section of the website and bring it with their payment to the training camp.

Parental Consent Forms will also be required for sailors who are under 18. These may also be downloaded from the Membership section of the website.

The 420 Munster Championships will be held immediately following the training camp on Thursday 14th / Friday 15th February. More details to follow.

A strong local contingent 9 boats from Skerries, Malahide, Howth, Sutton and Clontarf and 10 visitors from Dunlaoghaire, Wexford, Cork, Tralee and Galway made a superb weekend of class coaching in Howth. 

Near perfect training conditions were provided on the Saturday with an average 10 knots and sun shine giving plenty of opportunity to learn new skills or develop existing ones under the guidance of the coaching team.  The coaching team was headed up by Ross Killian, 420 national coach, and assisted by Ger Owens, Tomas Mapplebeck and Graeme Grant. The sailors enjoyed dinner in the evening giving an opportunity to unwind and have some banter about the day’s activities on the water and to eat some birthday cake.

Sunday saw slightly poorer weather conditions in the morning with rain dying out to very cold conditions but the perfect wind was still there giving two great sessions on the water. The weekend has provided great support to the growing class of 420s in Howth Yacht Club and the surrounding area. But was also a great indicator to the strength and depth of the class for the upcoming 2013 season.

Special thanks have to go to all of the sailors without whom the event could not have been the success it was, Irish 420 class association and Brian Mc Dowell for co ordination and support before, during and after; Howth Yacht Club for the use of the facility and access to the fantastic training areas; Ian Dickson, Malahide YC  and the ISA for use of the coach boats;  the coaches; and Des Flood the class captain in Howth. 

Winter training will continue in Howth Yacht Club 

The next class training will be in the Royal St George Yacht Club 11th-12th November 

To encourage and promote the growth of the 420 class at HYC, we are working with the 420 class association and other clubs in the Leinister region.  The aim of the training is to allow sailors to keep enjoying their sailing outside of the summer months, while working on improving their boat handling skills and racing technique. 

The training is open to all 420 sailors and there are a few boats that are made available for sailors that would like to try the class The 420 class captain Des Flood in conjunction with Brian McDowell of MYC have laid out a training schedule:-