Cork Week 2026. Sailing News from Royal Cork Yacht Club's International Regatta
Cork Week 2026 returns to Cork Harbour from 6–10 July with two major championships added to the regatta programme and a packed week of racing planned across one of Ireland's premier sailing venues. Hosted by the Royal Cork Yacht Club…
In the secret world of sailing, we readily use terms like “One Ton Cup” and its offshoots in a way that assumes total awareness by the listener of its multiple meanings, thereby further excluding those who find the language of…
The Royal Cork Yacht Club has expanded eligibility for the Coastal Fleet at Cork Week 2026. The regatta runs from 6th–10th July in Cork Harbour. In response to competitor feedback, the Coastal Fleet is now open to all boats 30ft…
Cork Week will return to Cork Harbour from July 6 to 10, 2026, with cruiser racing at the heart of the programme. The Royal Cork Yacht Club is already preparing for the flagship regatta, which has been a fixture of…
The Etchells 22 class will return to Cork Week in 2026, hosting its European Championships in Crosshaven from 6–10 July. It will be the first time the Etchells have raced at the biennial regatta since 1990—the same year the QE2…
The Royal Cork Yacht Club will host the 2026 ICRA National Championships as part of Cork Week, taking place from 6–10 July. This edition starts slightly earlier than previous years, promising five days of competitive racing across multiple classes. The…
The Royal Cork Yacht Club has announced the dates for its biennial Cork Week 2026 Regatta in Cork Harbour. The event is set to take place from Monday, 6th July to Friday, 10th July. Since its inception in 1978, Cork…
Cork Sailmaker Barry Hayes Builds Ireland's First Signal Cannon for Sailing Events
8th December 2024 Tom MacSweeney
Crosshaven sail designer and sailmaker Barry Hayes has built his own cannon which will be used as the starting gun for the inter-Services Beaufort Cup during Cork Week Regatta and for the Naval Race and other naval occasions. He has…
Johnny Treanor of the National YC is "Sailor of the Month (Regatta)" for July
1st August 2024 Sailor of the Month
Volvo Cork Week had its own exquisite torture in that, until the announcement at the final prize-giving in Crosshaven, people could only guess at which team the secret formula had extracted as "Boat of the Week". It went to the…
Simon Coveney of Crosshaven is "Sailor of the Month (Offshore)" for July
1st August 2024 Sailor of the Month
Competitors in Volvo Cork Week 2024 thought they'd quite a rugged time following the main programme, even though they were in port every night. But the select Services groups competing for the Beaufort Cup had the full menu, including a…
Miss Whiplash Moves Up to Second and Swuzzlebubble Drops to Fourth After Protest in Volvo Cork Week Class IRC Two
22nd July 2024 Cork Week
Volvo Cork Week organisers have updated the regatta's overall IRC Two class results following a protest on the final day of racing by the regatta's technical committee against second-placed competitor Swuzzlebubble. The updated results do not affect the winning Half…
"Never mind the weather, have we a good racing breeze?" That became the mantra for Volvo Cork Week 2024. And the eclectic fleet competing had a busy time of it, with the Race Officers putting through a remarkably complete programme.…
It would be stretching it a bit, and then some, to say that the J/109 has taken more than twenty years to become an overnight national success in Ireland. Nevertheless the versatile Rod Johnstone design – which first appeared in…
Simon Coveney Steers the Irish Defence Forces to Beaufort Cup Victory at Volvo Cork Week
19th July 2024 Cork Week
The Irish Defence Forces J/109 Artful Dodger, skippered by Brian Mathews, followed up their win in the offshore race around the Fastnet Rock by winning all of the inshore races at this week's Volvo Cork Week Regatta. Simon Coveney on…
Hong Kong regular visitors to Crosshaven Nick Burns and Andy Pidden’s King 40 Blitz (RHKYC) scored three race wins in the ten-race series to clinch the big-boat IRC Zero class at Volvo Cork Week. Nick Burns and Andy Pidden’s King…
Twomey’s Blazer 23 Shillelagh (KYC) Scores Six Straight Bullets in Volvo Cork Week's Non-Spinnaker IRC Two
19th July 2024 Cork Week
Irish Sailing President John Twomey’s Blazer 23 Shillelagh (KYC) scored six straight bullets to dominate the Non-Spinnaker IRC Two class of Volvo Cork Week. John Twomey’s Blazer 23 Shillelagh (KYC) Photo: Bob Bateman Alan Mulcahy’s Albin Express Apache (KYC) was second…
