Cork Week 2026. Sailing News from Royal Cork Yacht Club's International Regatta
After its launch on Sunday evening, Cork Week 2026 Regatta opened at Royal Cork Yacht Club on Monday with early leaders emerging across the main IRC, Coastal, Non-Spinnaker and Sportsboat fleets. According to Principal Race Officer Con Murphy, competitors on…
The official Cork Week 2026 Musto clothing collection has gone on sale, with the full range now available online ahead of next week's regatta. CH Marine is once again the official supplier of event merchandise, offering a selection of Musto-branded jackets,…
Baltimore RNLI held the early advantage in the Beaufort Cup's opening offshore race as part of Cork Week Regatta on Monday as the fleet settled into the 122-nautical-mile challenge from Haulbowline Naval Base to the Fastnet Rock and back. A…
The Taoiseach officially opened Cork Week 2026 at the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Crosshaven on Sunday, (July 5th) launching one of Ireland's biggest sailing events before competitors from Ireland and overseas take to the water this week. More than…
The Beaufort Cup returns to Cork Week this week as international military and emergency service crews prepare to contest the unique inter-services regatta, now in its 10th year. Launched in 2016 as a joint initiative between the Defence Forces and…
Time was when a disagreement arose about some ancient disputed event between people from England and those from Ireland, you could only expect two conclusions from the heat of the argument. Firstly, if our friends from across the water were…
With just one week remaining before racing begins, Crosshaven is preparing to welcome more than 120 boats and thousands of sailors and visitors for Cork Week 2026. The biennial regatta, hosted by the Royal Cork Yacht Club from July 6…
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…
