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Today we unveil the exciting new image and promotional poster created for The Gandelow Races, September 20th 2014, featuring the special new event that will be the highlight of race day The CityOne Limerick Sailing Challenge, which involves the launch and racing of four new and spectacular performance sailing boats, designed for racing between the … Continue reading 13-09-14: Gorgeous New Poster For UpComing Gandelow Races

The Gandelow Gang were summoned to the Scattery Island Festival, July 27th – a summoning that was met with more than enthusiasm by our crew, for Scattery is a mythical island which rarely fails to evoke an atavistic experience of an every present past. The small uninhabited island uniquely holds numerous stone remnants from successive … Continue reading 29-07-14: Gandelows Ride The Short Waves to Scattery Island

The first CityOne racing dinghy took to the water and air today, exceeding all expectations of her assembled creators. She was simply a joy to sail, and though breezes were moderate she seems to have attained all those ambitious performance qualities her focused design brief set the development project that shaped her. The CityOne, which … Continue reading 13-07-14: CityOne Racing Dinghy Test Drive

CityOne is drawing close to splash date. Final optimisation continues with the addition of her new daggerboard which adds a wonderful menacing look.

The first CityOne hull painting process was completed with the drying of clear coat yesterday, enhancing further a richly coloured surface luster. The CityOne corporate identity styling was applied with much painterly skill – exceeding all expectations of her builders and designer. Our painter Jason more than interpreted his design guidelines to deliver some artful … Continue reading 02-07-14: CityOne new livery is stunning!

The Ilen School has just launched a CityOne Design Competition – inviting designers to submit graphic designs for the sails and hull of our new CityOne performance sailing dinghy. Four of these CityOne dinghies are currently under construction through our innovative social educational programme. The closing date for submissions Friday 25th July 2014 so get … Continue reading 30-06-14: CityOne Sail & Hull Design Competition Launched

Focus Ireland, who work with homeless people and those at risk of losing their homes, are a participating agency in the Ilen School. Today was a very special day for Focus and their magnificent clients, a day in which they collectively launched a boat which they built over the last two years. The boat, a … Continue reading 26-06-14: Homeless Charity, Focus Ireland, partners with Ilen School

The Gandelow Gang and their swift racing fleet accepted a kind invitation to race at last Sunday’s Lough Gur Summer Solstice Festival. The day could not have been better – we arrived to an exceptionally well organised event and the weather came out in support to give wonderful sunshine, with a warm and gentle breeze. … Continue reading 22-06-14: Gandelow Racing at Lough Gur Summer Solstice Festival

Maasai Warrior Timothy Ole Mosiany, visiting Limerick from the Northern Rift Valley in Kenya, as part of the Become A Friend project, met with the Ilen School to see innovative building design techniques and how they apply to community projects.

The Ilen School’s Gandelow Gang travelled to the 2014 Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival, West Cork, on May 23rd. The school’s busy winter educational building programme, which successfully produced four new 23′ Gandelows, has given much impetus and pleasure to the school rowers and racing teams they comprise. The Baltimore Festival, the fourth event attended by … Continue reading 26-05-14: Gandelow Gang Races, Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival