
Bob Bateman

Overall IRC and ECHO honours in Kinsale Yacht Club's inaugural Matthews Centre sponsored Inishtearaght Race went to double-handed duo Cian McCarthy and Sam Hunt of the host club. McCarthy and Hunt sailing the Sunfast 3300 Cinnamon Girl finished with a corrected…

Royal St. George Yacht Club's 'Aurelia' is Line Honours Winner of Kinsale's Inishtearaght Race
22nd May 2022 Inistearaght Race
Chris Power Smith's J/122 entry Aurelia from the Royal St. George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire was the line honours winner of the inaugural Inishtearaght Race, finishing at 9 pm on Saturday. The only Dublin entry in the Kinsale Yacht…

Royal Cork's Oisin Pierse Leads 119 Optimist Dinghy Munster Championships on Home Waters (Photo Gallery Here!)
21st May 2022 Optimist
Fresh from his IODAI Optimist Trials success at Ballyholme at Easter, Royal Cork's Oisin Pierse has taken the overall lead on home waters at the Optimist Munster Championships after four races sailed in the 46-boat senior fleet. 119 boats in three fleets are…

Great Start for Kinsale Yacht 'Chancer' in Inaugural Inishtearaght Offshore Race (Photo Gallery Update)
20th May 2022 Inistearaght Race
There were great starts for the host club's Elan 40 Chancer (Brian Carroll) and Denis Murphy's Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo from Royal Cork in the inaugural Inishtearaght Race from Kinsale this morning in the brand new Irish offshore yacht race…

Cove Sailing Club's Breezy Ballinacurra Race Puts Vintage Dinghy Centre Stage in Cork Harbour (Photo Gallery)
16th May 2022 Cove Sailing Club
There were breezy conditions for the annual dinghy race from Cobh to Ballinacurra in Cork Harbour on Sunday. Organised by Cove Sailing Club in conjunction with the National 18 Class, the race started as usual from the Spit Bank area off Cobh. But…

Final Race of Axiom Private Clients League Decides Three Classes off Kinsale (Photo Gallery)
1st May 2022 Kinsale
The overall lead changed in three of four classes after the final race of Kinsale Yacht Club's Axiom Private Clients Spring Series on Saturday. Ending in West Cork style, the wind filled in, the sun came out and the dolphins put on…

Grand Soleil Nieulargo in Charge after Strong Wind Axiom Private Clients Race off Kinsale (Photo Gallery)
25th April 2022 Kinsale
Kinsale is the southernmost point of the Wild Atlantic Way and yesterday's conditions outside this West Cork Harbour lived up to their billing in the third race of Kinsale Yacht Club's Axiom Private Clients Series. A lumpy sea and a…

First Cruiser Race of the Royal Cork Yacht Club Summer Season Takes Place in Cork Harbour
23rd April 2022 Royal Cork YC
With many Royal Cork boats away competing at the Kinsale Yacht Club Spring league, as well as a large club contingent at the Ballyholme Youth Nationals this weekend, turnout was low for the opening white sail race of the 2022…

Kinsale IRC One Yachts Back in Charge of Axiom Private Clients Spring Series (Photo Gallery)
18th April 2022 Kinsale
Local yachts are back in charge at the top of the IRC One fleet after two races sailed in the Kinsale Yacht Club's Axiom Private Clients Spring Series in West Cork. The wind for the second race of the series, after last…

Kinsale Yacht Club Cancels Second Race of Spring Series for Cruisers But Toppers Get In-Harbour Training Session
10th April 2022 Kinsale
Racing in the second race of the Axiom Private Clients Spring Series for sailing cruisers at Kinsale was cancelled today due to inclement weather. An attempt was made to stage racing, but there was difficulty in getting the anchor to…

Thumbs Up for Improvements at Monkstown Bay's Sand Quay and Slipways
8th April 2022 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Monkstown Bay boaters in Cork Harbour got a pre-season boost with a general tidying up of the town's Sand Quay and boat park extensively used by Monkstown Bay Sailing Club (MBSC). The improvements come as the Cork Lower Harbour Main…

Royal Cork's 'Jelly Baby' & 'Anchor Challenge' Enjoy Debut Success at Kinsale Yacht Club's Spring Series (Photo Gallery)
4th April 2022 Kinsale
New Royal Cork yachts for the 2022 season enjoyed debut success in the first race of Kinsale Yacht Club's Axiom Private Clients Spring Series on Sunday (April 3). Cork Harbour sailor Brian Jones took victory in his new Jelly Baby in Class One while clubmate…

Admiral Kieran O'Connell Presents Cruiser-Racer Awards at Royal Cork Yacht Club
3rd April 2022 Royal Cork YC
Royal Cork Yacht Club's Club weekend cruiser-racer meeting on Saturday featured a discussion on IRC ratings and ECHO handicaps and start times for this summer's Cork Harbour racing from Crosshaven. The meeting also proved an opportunity for the presentation of…

A nice east south-east sailing breeze brought this year's two-day Frank Godsell Mixed Cruiser League to a conclusion in Kinsale Harbour on Sunday. In the IRC Handicap division, first overall was the Carroll Brothers Elan 40 Chancer. Second was the Elan 333…

Elan 333 'Reavra Too' Wins Opening Race of Kinsale Yacht Club's March League
20th March 2022 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club's first cruiser race of 2022 was won today on IRC rating by the host club's Elan 333 Reavra Too (Stephen Lysaght) in the opening race of the Frank Godsell sponsored March League. Scheduled as a three-race event,…

Squibs Get Match Practice as Kinsale Yacht Club League Gets Underway (Photo Gallery)
13th February 2022 Kinsale
Race Officers John and Valerie Stallard and Michele Kennelly got the first races of the Custom Rigging Kinsale Yacht Club League off to a gentle start in a patchy 10-knots on Sunday. The first day of scheduled racing was last Sunday…

Laser Sharp Ronan Kenneally Takes Monkstown Bay 'Yard of Ale' in Style
13th February 2022 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Twenty-knot blustery conditions brought the six-week Monkstown Bay Sailing Club Laser Winter League to a close in Cork Harbour yesterday. The host club's Ronan Kenneally successfully defended the MBSC Yard of Ale Trophy with the experienced Rob Howe (also an SB20 sailor)…

Kenneally Back in Charge at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club Laser Winter League (Photos & Vids)
6th February 2022 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
The overall leader of the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club Laser Winter League Ronan Kenneally (right) has a six-point lead going into next Saturday's final races in Cork Harbour. Kenneally took the advantage on the penultimate Saturday to oust Cove's Kieran…

Amazing Transformation as Cork Harbour's Remediated Haulbowline Island Celebrates First Birthday
17th January 2022 Cork Harbour
One year on since completion, the Haulbowline Island Recreational Amenity in the heart of Cork Harbour is the largest project of its kind to date in Ireland. The Haulbowline Remediation by Cork County Council has transformed the former East Tip site into…

Another Great Morning’s Laser Racing on Monkstown Bay (Photo Gallery)
16th January 2022 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Saturday, January 15th, was day two of Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s Laser Winter League in Cork Harbour. A windless morning was in store for the competitors. The bay was calm and clear, and the air had a cold bite. Nonetheless,…