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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,…
Kieran O’Connell Elected Admiral of Royal Cork Yacht Club at 301st AGM
9th January 2022 Royal Cork YC
At the 301st AGM last Thursday evening, Kieran O’Connell was elected the 43rd Admiral of the Royal Cork Yacht Club. In his acceptance speech, O'Connell thanked Past Admiral Colin Morehead for the manner in which he executed his role over…
5o5 Duo Win Monkstown Bay's Magner Cup in Cork Harbour Christmas Race (Photo Gallery)
27th December 2021 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
On December 26th, Monkstown Bay Sailing Club's (MBSC) annual Christmas event was held on the tranquil waters of Cork Harbour. On the early Sunday morning, sailors in competitive spirit showed up on time to make the early start of ten…
Kinsale Yacht Club Launch Inishtearaght Offshore Race Along Cork & Kerry Coast (Download Notice of Race Here)
24th December 2021 Kinsale
To meet a growing demand for offshore racing, Kinsale Yacht Club Commodore Matthias Hellstern along with Dave Cullinane (SCORA Vice-Commodore) and Harvey Matthews representing sponsors Matthews of Cork, launched the inaugural Inishtearaght Race in Kinsale on Wednesday, December 23rd. As Afloat…
Quarter Tonner Still Leads With Three Boats Tied on Points at Royal Cork O'Leary Insurance Winter League (Photo gallery)
14th November 2021 Quarter Ton
A three-way points tie in the Royal Cork O'Leary Insurance Winter League sees debutantes Colman Garvey and Kieran Kelleher sailing their new Quarter Tonner Diamond continue to lead overall after two races under the tie break rule. As Afloat reported previously the…
French Cable Laying Ship "Ile d'Aix" Docks at Port of Cork After Transatlantic Voyage from Canada
12th November 2021 Port of Cork
After a transatlantic voyage of 12 days originating from the Canadian port of Halifax, the French cable-laying ship Ile d'Aix is berthed in Cork Harbour. The 150-metre ship can load 3,500 tons of cable and carry 90 people. The ship is…
Debutante Quarter Tonner Diamond Wins First Race of O'Leary Insurance League at Royal Cork Yacht Club
7th November 2021 Quarter Ton
O'Leary Insurance Winter League debutantes Colman Garvey and Kieran Kelleher sailing their new Quarter Tonner Diamond were the winners of Sunday's first IRC race of the Royal Cork League that is being sailed this year exclusively under White Sails. Dave Lane's…
Coracle IV Leads IRC One at Royal Cork Autumn Series (Photo Gallery)
18th October 2021 Royal Cork YC
Competitors in today's AIB Autumn Series in the Royal Cork Yacht Club competed over one and a half-mile long windward-leeward courses off Cork Harbour. After six races sailed in the three boat IRC SPIN 0 Division, Conor Phelan's, Ker 37 Jump Juice leads…
Barry's 505 Leads at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club October Dinghy League (Photo Gallery Here!)
17th October 2021 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
After four races sailed in Cork Harbour, a resurgent 505 fleet leads Class One of the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club October League 2021. Racing is for mixed dinghies under the Portsmouth Yardstick handicap rule. Heading a 34-boat Class One, Ewen Barry…
Competitors in today's AIB Autumn Series in the Royal Cork Yacht Club enjoyed light northerly breezes and summer-like conditions. All fleets sailed coastal courses off Cork Harbour under the watchful eye of race officer Ross Deasy. Kieran Collins Coracle IV…
Olson 30 Coracle IV Leads after Race One of Royal Cork's Autumn League (Photo Gallery)
27th September 2021 Royal Cork YC
Kieran Collins Coracle IV of the host club leads the IRC Spinnaker 0/1 Division after the first race of Royal Cork Yacht Club's AIB Autumn League in Cork Harbour. The Olson 30 made the most of the big seas and strong…
Tom Crosbie Wins National 18 River Race on the Owenabue at Royal Cork Yacht Club (Photo Gallery)
25th September 2021 National 18
Tom Crosbie was the winner of last night's annual river race for the National 18 class at Royal Cork Yacht Club in Cork Harbour. Using a mark laid inside the marina the race is sometimes used as a crews race.…
Barry, Barrett & Brown are Crowned National 18 Four Time Winners at Royal Cork
13th September 2021 National 18
Ewan Barry, Dion Barrett and Stan Brown won the National 18 Irish dinghy Championships for a fourth time at Royal Cork Yacht Club on Sunday after a two-day CH Marine sponsored championship at Crosshaven. Despite efforts to run the entire event…
National 18 Dinghies Race Off Roches Point in Cork Harbour Contest (Photo Gallery Here)
12th September 2021 National 18
After August's tightly fought Lowflo Trophy contest, the National 18 dinghy fleet based at Royal Cork Yacht Club was back on the water in September and racing outside Cork Harbour in a two-day competition for National Honours sponsored by CH Marine. …
Ria Lyden's X332 Ellida Wins Royal Cork's August/September Cruiser League
10th September 2021 Royal Cork YC
The final sixth race of Royal Cork Yacht Club's August and September Thursday League 2021 was a light air affair in Cork Harbour that saw Ria Lyden's X332 Ellida emerge as the overall winner in both IRC Spinnaker and ECHO divisions. In second…
Monster 'North Sea Giant' Subsea Construction Ship Docks in Port of Cork
9th September 2021 Cork Harbour
The massive North Sea Giant ship that berthed at Marino Point in the Port of Cork at the weekend is among the largest and most advanced subsea construction vessels ever built. The Norwegian flagged offshore supply ship docked over the…