![Cong-Galway Race Cong-Galway Race: this year's unique historic event - the oldest and longest inland sailing race in Europe 30 nautical miles - will take place on Saturday, June 26th.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000gJogoSdiZmA/s/500/I0000gJogoSdiZmA.jpg)
![Father and son winners Sean (left) and Yannick Lemonnier of Galway Bay Sailng Club](/media/k2/items/cache/99b9dca2e5a09ce1cfd721135045fcf1_L.jpg)
Cong-Galway Hat Trick for Yannick & Sean Lemonnier in Ireland’s Oldest & Europe’s Longest Inland Yacht Race
25th August 2020 Cong-Galway Race![A variety of dinghy types complete what is the longest race on inland waterways in Europe and the oldest such race in Ireland is a great achievement](/media/k2/items/cache/563dbc7e8c9ee915d0fff794fb3328a6_L.jpg)
![Cong-Galway Race Date Set for Ireland's Oldest Inland Yacht Race](/media/k2/items/cache/13e69201ffafa1e6a425b66d207e82e1_L.jpg)
![Pre-start manoeuvres before the second stage. The historic Cong-Galway Race attracts a mixed fleet, with catamarans setting the pace. Photo: Pierce Purcell](/media/k2/items/cache/050d85f80995819d2158e5941e321622_L.jpg)
![Attractive start port – Lisloughry Harbour at Cong will see the start of Saturday’s Cong-Galway race on Lough Corrib](/media/k2/items/cache/8c640591717fbc25ce4f3f336e369a75_L.jpg)
Who Will be King Cong in Race the Length of Lough Corrib this Saturday?
26th June 2019 Galway Harbour![Galway Boating Clubs Unite For Historic Cong-Galway Sailing Race Across Lough Corrib This June](/media/k2/items/cache/e420c367a4a6019a7a4cb25dbe7a36f2_L.jpg)
The annual Cong – Galway Sailing Race is Europe’s oldest and longest inland water sailing race.
The original Cong-Galway Race started at the Royal Galway Yachting Club in Galway City and travelled to Ashford Castle in Cong before returning to Galway City, a race distance of 61.5 nautical miles.
The 2020 race is the 137th such race.
The Cong-Galway Race was a huge social event in Galway until 1914. It never recovered after the First World War and was last held in its old format in 1931. The race was later revived in 1972. Now half the original length, the race starts at Lisloughrey pier, near Ashford Castle, and ends just past the Quincentennial Bridge in Galway City.
The winner, which will be determined based on the Portsmouth handicap scheme, will be presented with the CRYC Trophy, a treasured possession of the Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club.
The Cong to Galway Race start is from Lisloughrey Pier in Cong, Co. Mayo and is typically scheduled for 10.30 a.m. on a course through Upper and Lower Lough Corrib to the finish line at Corrib Village on the River Corrib in Galway. The race makes a stop for lunch at Kilbeg Pier, approximately half way, where timings will be taken for the restart.
Corrib Rowing & Yachting Club, Galway Bay Sailing Club, Galway City Sailing Club and Cumainn Seoltóireacht an Spidéil.