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A blaze of Dragons raced at Cork Week with entries from Kinsale YC, Royal St. George YC, Royal Irish YC, and Glandore Harbour YC. Races were held on the Windward Leeward Course off Roches Point. Cameron Good’s Little Fella from…

Volvo Cork Week Regatta came to a close in Crosshaven on Friday evening. 192 boats took part in the biggest Week for many years, which incorporated the ICRA National Championships. As Afloat reported this week, racing was held on five…

17 high-performance racer-cruisers had eight races on a mixture of longer round the cans courses and shorter technical windward leeward racetracks during Cork Week 2022 for ICRA National Championships honours. On Day two, the British J/112 Happy Daize was not…

The third edition of the Beaufort Cup attracted teams from Ireland, UK and the United States for the Service Sailing Regatta with the winning crew taking home the Beaufort Cup. The schedule kicked off with a 120nm race around the…

16 teams had windward leeward and round the cans courses over the five days at Cork Week. John Maybury’s J/109 Joker 2 with a team from the Royal Irish YC, is the ICRA class champion. Joker 2 scored four race wins…

21 teams enjoyed nine races on windward-leeward and round the cans courses at Cork Week. Sam Laidlaw’s Quarter Tonner BLT from the Royal Yacht Squadron Cowes scored seven race wins out of ten to rocket to the class title. Marcus Ryan’s…

43 1720 Sportsboats raced at the biggest meeting for the one-design class for many years at Cork Week. The racing was as intense as the partying at the RCYC Clubhouse. Veteran 1720 sailors joined forces with younger crews for close racing…

Anthony O'Leary's Antix crew scored a first and a second in the final two races, which gave the RCYC ace the inaugural title on his home waters.  Six pocket-rocket Cape 31s designed by Wicklow’s Mark Mills, contested the first Cape…

Three windward leeward races were run for the Cape 31 Class competing for the Irish National Championship at Cork Week on Thursday. Anthony O'Leary’s Antix from the Royal Cork YC still leads the championship after scoring a 1-2-4 today. After…

Rope Dock Atara, with Ross McDonald on the helm representing Royal Cork YC & Howth YC, scored a 4-1-1 today (Thursday) to all but secure the 1720 European Championship title at Cork Week.  After three days of light and complex…

Cork Week Class IRC Two leader, John Maybury’s J/109 Joker 2 from the Royal Irish YC, scored a seventh in the first race of the day but came fighting back with a win and a second place to all but…

Racing for the Beaufort Cup at Cork Week will conclude on Friday with the winning services team awarded the trophy and €10,000 for their chosen charity. After three days of light and complex racing, a sea breeze kicked in on…

The big boat IRC Class has a new Cork Week leader, Team Knight Build racing J/112 Happy Daize from the RORC, scored three straight bullets today (Thursday) to shoot up the leaderboard to pole position. Louise Makin & Chris Jones’…

Sam Laidlaw’s Quarter Tonner BLT from the Royal Yacht Squadron made it six straight bullets in the first race on Thursday at Cork Week but came fifth in the second, proving that the team from Cowes is human! BLT was…

Following its 120 nautical miles Fastnet Race on Monday, the Beaufort Cup fleet for the inter-services sailing competition started their inshore Cork Week racing on Wednesday inside Cork Harbour. The Crosshaven RNLI team racing Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo, owned by…

The 44-boat 1720 sports boat class had a stand-alone Cork Harbour Race on Wednesday as part of their European Championships being staged in conjunction with Volvo Cork Week Regatta. The third day of Cork Week was blessed with sunshine and…

Sam Laidlaw’s Quarter Tonner BLT from the Royal Yacht Squadron won their fifth race in a row and have a big lead in IRC Three on Wednesday, day three of Cork Week Regatta.  Dorgan, Marshall & Losty’s Quarter Tonner Illegal…

The Cape 31 Class was once again racing on the national championship windward leeward course on Wednesday (day three) off Cork Harbour's Roches Point. Anthony O'Leary’s Antix from the Royal Cork YC scored a 1-3-1 to take the lead in…

John Maybury’s J/109 Joker 2 from the Royal Irish YC in Dun Laoghaire won Wednesday’s Day three Cork Week IRC 2 race by nearly three minutes from Pat Kelly’s J/109 Storm from Rush/Howth YC. The Evans Brothers racing J/99 Snapshot…

Nick Burn’s Royal Hong Kong YC had a great Volvo Cork Week day three on the Mills 39 Zero II winning the single race by over 10 minutes after IRC time correction. The third day of  Volvo Cork Week incorporating…