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Cockle Island is a small club in the village of Groomsport on Belfast Lough and members there will be rooting for one of their own who is racing the only Northern entry in this year’s Cork Week, Shaun Douglas in…

As has become our custom and practice over the past 15 years at most of the major events, North Sails Ireland will be providing overnight sail repair services for next week's Cork Week in Crosshaven. Our Service Manager Shane Hughes…

Royal Cork Yacht Club will host a Classic Yacht Regatta for the first time this year as part of Volvo Cork Week Regatta starting next Monday. The 37-foot classic yacht Persephone, the 1919 classic Erin, the famous Opposition (Ex Morning…

Racing at Volvo Cork Week starts 11th of July, after a four-year hiatus. The Royal Cork Yacht Club was 300 years old in 2020, but due to Covid the regatta couldn’t happen. Waiting two more years to celebrate the first…

When anybody asks how the concept of the Cork 1720 Sportsboat Class first came to see the light of day in Crosshaven in the early 1990s, the response these days tends to be “Which version of the story would you…

Just as the 2022 Round Ireland Race concludes at the end of June, a new Irish biennial offshore racing fixture between Dublin and Cork has launched with a start in five days' time, and a 'novel set up' to provide…

The announcement of the IRC class bands gives a first look at the various classes for next month's Volvo Cork Week Regatta.  Class Zero will now benefit from the addition of the new Cape 31 class, which will have six…

Musto’s range of Volvo Cork Week 2022 branded marine clothing is now available for pre-order from CH Marine. The exclusive collection has an expected release date of this coming Thursday 30 June — in plenty of time for the Cork Harbour…

The class bands and fleets are now finalised for the ICRA Nationals which take place as part of Volvo Cork Week this year. With the fleet split across Classes 0,1,2,3 along with Non Spinnaker and Coastal, ICRA trophies and more…

Several feeder races are now in place for the ICRA National Championships which form part of July's Volvo Cork Week 2022. The entry list for the championships continues to build with over 50 boats registered to compete in the IRC class and…

The Royal Cork Yacht Club in Cork Harbour and the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in Falmouth, England are delighted to announce that the historic race between the two ports, most recently run in the late ’90s, is to be revived…

The Mayor of County Cork and Minister Simon Coveney launched the Royal Cork Yacht Club’s world-renowned Volvo Cork Week regatta that takes place this July. Title Sponsors Volvo Car Ireland and key partners are back on board for the highly…

With less than nine weeks to go, the countdown is on to the ICRA National Championships 2022 which forms part of Volvo Cork Week from July 11th -15th. Hosted by the Royal Cork Yacht Club, the oldest yacht club in…

Preparations for Volvo Cork Week continue apace for the July regatta in Cork Harbour. Royal Cork organisers say teams are coming from all over the world racing in celebration of the club's 300th birthday. To this end, RCYC has just announced…

The Cork Week entry list for July's regatta stands at over 110 boats with 17 weeks still to go before the first gun.  The biggest class so far is the 33-boat 1720s that have their roots in Crosshaven. Royal Cork…