Cape 31
Eight Cape 31s raced on the Côte d'Azur last week. The four days of racing in Porquerolles mixed windward-leeward racing with coastal racing — a welcome challenge from the usual windward-leeward format. The teams had quite light, tricky conditions to contend…
Seventeen Cape 31s gathered at the Royal Thames Yacht Club for Round 2 of the 2024 31 Race Circuit, where Christian & Jacintha Hamilton-Love aboard Khumbu Red emerged victorious by a single point. The husband-wife team led the regatta and…
Royal Cork's Antix Takes Corinthian Win at the Royal Southern Yacht Club's Cape 31 Regatta
19th April 2024 Cape 31
The Irish O'Leary team Antix secured their first win of the Cape 31 Corinthian/1 professional division, emerging as the new champions in what turned out to be a thrilling weekend of racing. The Royal Southern Yacht Club's April Regatta played…
National Yacht Club's Will Byrne on 'La Pericolosa' is Cape 31 Winner at Royal Southern Yacht Club
15th April 2024 Cape 31
As part of Christian Schwoerer La Pericolosa's crew, the National Yacht Club's Will Byrne has won the blustery opening event of the 2024 UK Cape 31 Class Race Circuit at the Royal Southern Yacht Club. It was the first event in the German…
Irish Yacht Designer Mark Mills Honoured at Asia Marine & Boating Awards in Shanghai
13th April 2024 Cape 31
Irish yacht designer Mark Mills, based in County Wicklow, received two awards at the 2024 Asian Marine & Boating Awards in Shanghai this week. He was named Yacht Designer of the Year, and his design, Cape 31, was awarded the…
National Yacht Club's Will Byrne Now Racing Cape 31s in Key West's Southernmost Regatta
15th January 2024 Cape 31
The National Yacht Club's Will Byrne has swapped the bow of the Reichel-Pugh 69 Moneypenny, which he raced last month in the 2023 Sydney Hobart Race, for a Cape 31 this week at Florida's Southernmost Regatta. The transition to the one…
Ten teams from four different nations came together for the first official Cape 31 event of the Summer in the South Series. Nine exciting races spanned three days in Table Bay. The Royal Cape Yacht Club took the fleet for…
The Dublin Bay Cape 31 'Blast' that went on sale at the start of the sailing season has been sold. The ultra fast one design keelboat left Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Thursday lunchtime, November 23 by road, and according to…
Second Cape 31 Round Victory for 'Flying Jenny', Howth's Dan O'Grady's 'Aja' Second in Corinthian
18th September 2023 Cape 31
Flying Jenny emerged as the overall champion of the Royal Southern Yacht Club's September Regatta on the Solent and secured their second overall win of the Cape 31 Race Circuit. The regatta featured various weather conditions throughout the weekend, with…
Royal Irish's Niall Dowling Finishes Second in Cape 31 Short Series at Cowes Week
2nd August 2023 Cape 31
Niall Dowling of the Royal Irish Yacht Club finished a close second in the Cape 31 'short series' at the Cowes Week Regatta on Tuesday. The 24-boat Cape 31 fleet braved the challenging conditions to complete the short series. Sandra…
O'Leary's Antix Stays Ahead in the Cape 31 Nationals at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
8th July 2023 Volvo Regatta
Anthony O'Leary's Antix crew from Royal Cork Yacht Club maintain their lead after five races sailed at the Cape 31 Irish Nationals at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Antix, who were the UK's top Corinthian Cape 31 crew at Royal Lymington in…
O'Leary's Antix Has the Advantage in the Cape 31 Nationals at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
7th July 2023 Volvo Regatta
The O'Leary Antix crew defending their Irish crown in style after the first day of racing in tough Dublin Bay conditions at the Cape 31 Irish Nationals at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Antix, who were the UK's top Corinthian Cape…
Visiting Cape 31s Tokoloshe and Shotgunn Arrive for Thursday's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
4th July 2023 Cape 31
The much-anticipated arrival of two of the world's top Cape 31s for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Dublin Bay this Thursday is underway. Shotgunn (Michael Wilson) and Tokoloshe (Mike Bartholomew) from the Isle of Man and South Africa are being…
Royal Irish Yacht Club Hosts Six Cape 31s Racing for National Championship Honours at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
3rd July 2023 Cape 31
Anthony O’Leary’s Antix will seek to defend his Cape 31 national title when the championship is run in conjunction with the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta this week on Dublin Bay. Racing will run from Thursday to Sunday, but competitors have already begun…
O'Leary's Antix are Top Corinthian as Dickin's Jubilee Takes Cape 31 UK Title in Style at Royal Lymington Yacht Club
11th June 2023 Cape 31
Winning four out of seven races at the Cape 31 UK National Championships, Tony Dickin's Jubilee crew lifted the trophy in style at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club on the Solent. Royal Cork's Anthony O'Leary in Antix won the top Corinthian prize.…
The UK Cape 31 National Championship at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club is set to begin on Friday, featuring the largest fleet to date. The Royal Lymington team is hosting the class for the first time, and with 26 teams…