The 2025 ICRA National Championships will be held at Kinsale Yacht Club it has been confirmed.  Newly elected ICRA commodore Denis Byrne announced at Saturday's AGM that after examining several submissions, the cruiser-racer national championships would return to the biennial…

Boats may be inanimate objects, but those who sail them seldom see them that way. The classic Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble certainly arouses special emotions, for there are senior sailors in Ireland who sailed her to success as ISORA Champion in…

There was a packed clubhouse and some emotional moments at Kinsale Yacht Club for the presentation of Simply Blue 2023 Sovereign’s Cup prizes on Saturday evening. James and David Dwyer of Royal Cork Yacht Club with their Half-Tonner Swuzzlebubble crew,…

Kinsailor, the Kinsale Yacht Club Under-25 J24 crew were the inaugural winners of the 'Jack Roy Perpetual Trophy', awarded to the best female helm at Saturday night's 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup prizegiving. The trophy was commissioned by the club and…

A first and a second scored in today's final races has given National J109 Champion John Maybury of the Royal Irish Yacht Club the overall Class One IRC title at the 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup off Kinsale. Maybury's Joker II crew…

The perfect scoreline of six wins from six races saw James and David Dwyer's Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble take the Class Two title and the overall 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup in Kinsale today.  Camelot in Kinsale is how Afloat's WM Nixon described the…

Kinsale Yacht Club's premier 'Michelle Dunne Prix d-elegance’ trophy for the best-presented entry at the 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup went to the lovingly restored 1954 eight-metre cruiser Marian Maid owned by the Sisk family. Marian Maid was built by Hal…

Conor Phelan's Royal Cork Yacht Club Quarter Tonner Anchor Challenge has won Class Three IRC at The Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup off Kinsale. As Afloat reported earlier, Quarter Tonners had a grip on the ten-boat fleet since Wednesday's first race.  Phelan…

The Two White Sails Division at the 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup off Kinsale totalled 20 boats, roughly a fifth of the overall fleet at the four-day event. It's a contemporary size that Afloat's WM Nixon says is a sweet size…

With three wins from four races sailed, Howth Yacht Club's First 50 Checkmate XX, co-skippered by Nigel Biggs and Dave Cullen, were presented with the Axiom Trophy for their overall win of the IRC Coastal division of the 2023 Simply Blue…

Although Friday’s racing was cancelled in the face of heavy winds and the strong possibility of fog in a notably unstable weather phase, it has otherwise been Camelot in Kinsale for the Simple Blue Sovereigns Cup 2023. Any serious rain…

Disappointment in Kinsale, County Cork for the 90 competing boats as the penultimate day's 2023 Sovereign's Cup racing was cancelled this morning in light of sea conditions, "actual and forecast weather". The final day of racing will be held tomorrow, Saturday,…

Sovereign's Cup competitors who sailed around two different marks in race two of Wednesday's opening day in Kinsale have submitted a 'Request for Redress' for the 'entire' White Sails Two Fleet (WS2) Class. The hearing is scheduled for 1700 hrs at…

The 17-boat Coastal IRC division got a new overall leader after today's second race of the 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup off Kinsale.  Early leader Scotland's J122E El Gran Senor has been overhauled by Howth Yacht Club's First 50 Checkmate XX, co-skippered by…

Quarter Tonners have control of the top of Class Three IRC at The Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup off Kinsale. Royal Cork Yacht Club Quarter Tonner Anchor Challenge continues to lead the ten-boat fleet after four races sailed, but another Quarter Tonner has…

Royal Cork Yacht Club's Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble prowess in Class Two IRC is not doubted after the second day of racing at Kinsale Yacht Club's 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup. James and David Dwyer have a perfect scoreline in the…