Bob Bateman
Second Heavy Lift Ship Arrives at Port of Cork for Liebherr Crane Consignment
21st December 2020 Port of Cork
UHL Focus, the second of two heavy lift vessels has loaded four of eight RTG cranes in the Port of Cork for discharge in Berbera, Somaliland. As Afloat reported earlier, the heavy-lift operations have been ongoing at Cork Dockyard in…
UHL Future, the first of two heavy lift vessels has loaded four of eight RTG cranes in the Port of Cork for discharge in Berbera, Somaliland. As Afloat reported earlier, the heavy-lift operations have been ongoing at Cork Dockyard in Cork Harbour this week.…
Massive Heavy Lift Ship 'UHL Future' Arrives at Port of Cork for Liebherr Cargo
7th December 2020 Port of Cork
Heavy lift operations are planned at Cork Dockyard in Cork Harbour today loading project cargo (Afloat understands to be Liebherr gantry cranes) onto the vessel ‘UHL Future’. Operations will occur at multiple times per day, for periods of up to…
New Paddy's Point Slipway is a Major Marine Leisure Boost in Cork Harbour
17th November 2020 Cork Harbour
Afloat revisited the new public recreation area at Paddy's Point in Cork Harbour that was pictured from seaward in July. This month's trip permitted photographs of the new marine leisure facilities at Ringaskiddy from shoreside and they show the extent…
Nick Walsh's Fifty Shades Wins Royal Cork's Last National 18 Race of The Season
1st October 2020 National 18
Nick Walsh's Fifty Shades was the first to finish the National 18s River Race held last night at Royal Cork Yacht Club in Cork Harbour. The Owenabue race marked the final race of the season for the dinghy class and…
Laser Sailor Ronan Kenneally Leads Monkstown Bay's September League in Cork Harbour (Photo Gallery Here!)
27th September 2020 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
There was some great sailing breeze for a big weekend of dinghy racing at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour yesterday. MBSC is co-hosting the 1720 Munster Championships in the harbour as well as running its regular dinghy September…
Twomey Still Leads After Six Races Sailed at Royal Cork's Optimist Burns Trophy (Photo Gallery Here!)
20th September 2020 Royal Cork YC
After six races sailed with one discard at Royal Cork Yacht Club's Optimist Dinghy Class Burns Trophy Alana Twomey continues to lead the 24-boat main fleet in the month-long Cork Harbour series at Crosshaven. Lying second overall is JP Curtin with third place taken…
Coastal Course for Royal Cork's Cruiser Fleet Instead of Navy Race Due to Covid (Photo Gallery)
20th September 2020 Royal Cork YC
Royal Cork Yacht Club's annual Naval Race in Cork Harbour was sailed as a coastal fixture on Saturday with the Navy sending its yacht Tailte out from Haulbowline to compete. After a short leg across the harbour, the RCYC spinnaker…
Cork Harbour's Impressive Slipway & Marine Facilties at Paddy's Point in Ringaskiddy
14th September 2020 Cork Harbour
As Afloat reported in July, the new public recreation area at Paddy's Point in Cork Harbour now has a new floating pontoon added to the existing marine leisure facilities at Ringaskiddy. As it turns out, the new facilities were about…
'Fifty Shades' is Irish National 18 Champion After Eight Race Series off Cork Harbour
14th September 2020 National 18
Fifty Shades sailed by Nick Walsh, Rob Brownlow and Eddie Rice are the winners of the 2020 National 18 Foot Class Irish National Championships after an eight race series sailed off Cork Harbour at the weekend. Walsh and crew won by six…
After four races sailed at Royal Cork Yacht Club's Optimist Dinghy Class Burns Trophy Alana Twomey leads the 24-boat main fleet in the month-long series. Lying second overall is JP Curtin with third place taken by Oisin Pierse. RCYC's Burns Trophy is…
'Nieulargo', 'Don't Dilly Dally' & 'Prince Of Tides' Are Cobh to Blackrock Race Class Winners (Photo Gallery Here!)
12th September 2020 Cork Harbour
Cove Sailing Club has awarded Denis Byrne's Trapper T250 Cracker its Moonduster Trophy for his overall performance in today's Cobh to Blackrock Race in Cork Harbour. Byrne and his Royal Cork Yacht Club crew outwitted a 36-boat fleet over a…
Dorgan's First 36.7 is the Boat to Watch in the 2020 Cobh to Blackrock Race
9th September 2020 Cork Harbour
Cove Sailing Club's 2020 Cobh to Blackrock Race will start earlier than normal this Saturday due to Cork Harbour tide times. A first gun at 1130 will see two separate starts for a combined fleet of 36 sailing cruisers (numbers…
Cork Harbour One Design Jap Will Race in Cobh to Blackrock Yacht Race This Saturday
7th September 2020 Cork Harbour
Royal Cork Yacht Club Admiral Colin Morehead was aboard Royal Cork's Jap for some pre-race preparations before next Saturday's big race from Cobh to Blackrock. 'She's So light, so responsive, an absolute joy to sail' was the verdict from the…
Artful Dodger Leads Kinsale Yacht Club September Series in IRC One Division (Photos Here!)
6th September 2020 Kinsale
Finbarr O'Regan's Elan 333 leads IRC One in the Kinsale Yacht Club 'Mary P' September Saturday Series for cruisers after yesterday's first light airs race. O'Regan leads Thomas Roche's Salona 45 Meridien in second. Third from four starters is Conor Doyle's Xp 50, Freya. In…
Barry, Rimmington & Leonard Triumph at National 18 Southerns in Cork Harbour (Photo Gallery)
1st September 2020 National 18
Alex Barry, Sandy Rimmington and Richard Leonard sailing Aquadisiacs were the overall winners of an 11-boat National 18 Southern Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club last weekend. The Royal Cork/Monkstown Bay trio won by a margin of three points over…
The Coolmore Race is an old Cork Harbour yacht race that has been brought back to life by Royal Cork Yacht Club after many years. After a day of torrential rain, the downpour stopped and sadly the wind died with…
After three races of the Fitzgerald's Menswear sponsored August League at Royal Cork Yacht Club on Sunday, Ronan and John Downing's Half Tonner Miss Whiplash has an overall lead in the IRC spinnaker division for cruiser-racers. Second overall is the Trapper,…
Howth Yacht Club's Johnny Flynn Claims Irish Optimist Title by a Single Point
16th August 2020 Optimist
Howth Yacht Club teen Johnny Flynn overtook local ace and regatta leader Ben O'Shaughnessy to clinch the AIB sponsored Optimist Nationals by a single point at Royal Cork Yacht Club today. After four days of racing on the Curlane Bank and…
The winner of the National 18s Dognose trophy sailed on Saturday in Cork Harbour was Shark II skippered by Charles Dwyer. The one-day event at the Royal Cork Yacht Club marked a welcome return to the water for the three-man dinghy…