Volvo Cork Week 2024. Sailing News from Royal Cork Yacht Club's International Regatta
![A Class 2 start of race 3 of Volvo Cork Week 2022 A Class 2 start of race 3 of Volvo Cork Week 2022](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000IHdC_FNaGvY/s/767/I0000IHdC_FNaGvY.jpg)
16 teams in Cork Week IRC Two raced on a laid course in Ringabella Bay, three J/109s swapped the lead during the three races on Day One. Barry Cunningham’s Royal Irish YC team racing Chimaera won a hotly contested first…
![Journeymaker II Louise Makin & Chris Jones’ J/111 Journeymaker II from the Royal Southern YCc](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000vaTULE4Jy1I/s/767/I0000vaTULE4Jy1I.jpg)
Louise Makin & Chris Jones’ J/111 Journeymaker 11 from the Royal Southern YC won today’s first Volvo Cork Week race in IRC One by just under a minute from Team Knight Build racing J/112 Happy Daize from the RORC. Jonathan…
![The first 1720 fleet race at Volvo Cork Week The first 1720 fleet race at Volvo Cork Week](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000RW.DpHXq0XQ/s/767/I0000RW.DpHXq0XQ.jpg)
Current 1720 European champions Robbie English, Aoife & Ross McDonald from Royal Cork YC / Howth YC lead after the firsthree races sailed at Volvo Cork Week. Despite the balmy air temperature, RCYC's own sportsboat class’s return was marked by dense fog on the…
![2022 Beaufort Cup The 2022 Beaufort Cup gets underway in Cork Harbour in light airs. The International Inter-Service Sailing Regatta is hosted by the Royal Cork Yacht Club and supported by the Irish Defence Forces.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000wapmqhYKZGA/s/767/I0000wapmqhYKZGA.jpg)
Beaufort Cup Fastnet Race at Cork Week Regatta Gets off to a Gentle Start in Cork Harbour
11th July 2022 Cork Week
The first race of Cork Week 2022 got underway this morning (Monday, July 11) in light airs and slack water from the Naval base at Haulbowline in Cork Harbour. Royal Cork Race Officer Clem McElligott positioned at the base's Signal…
![Royal Cork Yacht Club Admiral Kieran O'Connell Royal Cork Yacht Club Admiral Kieran O'Connell addresses guests at Cork Week's official opening that includes Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney TD (left) and An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_gMIplNPT5E/s/767/I0000_gMIplNPT5E.jpg)
An Taoiseach Officially Opens Cork Week 2022 Regatta at Royal Cork Yacht Club
11th July 2022 Cork Week
Volvo Cork Week kicked off with a fun-filled Family Day on Sunday that was preceded by an official opening by Royal Cork Yacht Club Admiral Kieran O'Connell and Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney TD. The…
![weekend's UK J/24 Nationals at Plymouth Horizon job......Headcase recording one of her six wins (out of eight races) in the](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OfrYGmi3iqU/s/767/I0000OfrYGmi3iqU.jpg)
Irish J/24s have won seven out of the eight races in the weekend's UK Nationals at Plymouth, with the all-Ireland-crewed Headcase taking six bullets and the overall title to add to her recent success in toppingthe class in Kiel in…
![Almost 200 boats have arrived at Crosshaven to race at Volvo Cork Week 20220 from Monday, July 11 Almost 200 boats have arrived at Crosshaven to race at Volvo Cork Week 20220 from Monday, July 11](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000POmVla.ueMw/s/767/I0000POmVla.ueMw.jpg)
After a four-year hiatus, it took a long time coming, but now the fleet has arrived, and there is great excitement in Cork Harbour for Monday's first races of Cork Week 2022 Regatta for a fleet of almost 200 boats.…
![the RCYC Regatta of 1896 Cork has a long history of regatta hospitality at the top level. It’s 1896, and the Royal Cutter Britannia with Willie Jameson of Dublin as Sailing Master is seen here chasing the giant Fife thoroughbred Ailsa down Cork Harbour. Yet at the same time, smaller more accessible craft were beginning to take part – the RCYC Regatta of 1896 was the first time that the new Cork Harbour One Designs appeared as a class](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000lfZEAGV6r58/s/767/I0000lfZEAGV6r58.jpg)
Volvo Cork Week 2022 Is The Exuberant Expression Of The Spirit Of Cork Sailing
9th July 2022 W M Nixon
It may seem a bit odd to talk about Volvo Cork Week 2022, which gets going this weekend, as being “the exuberant expression of the spirit of Cork sailing”, when any detailed study of the hugely-varied entry list eloquently affirms…
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8th July 2022 INSS
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![Belfast Lough's Game Changer Belfast Lough's Game Changer is competing in a competitive fifteen-strong Class 1 fleet](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000y0gdEDT.ZWo/s/767/I0000y0gdEDT.ZWo.jpg)
Cockle Island is a small club in the village of Groomsport on Belfast Lough and members there will be rooting for one of their own who is racing the only Northern entry in this year’s Cork Week, Shaun Douglas in…
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![North Sails Ireland will be providing overnight sail repair services for next week's Cork Week in Crosshaven North Sails Ireland will be providing overnight sail repair services for next week's Cork Week in Crosshaven](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000087nRTX_aaz4/s/767/I000087nRTX_aaz4.jpg)
North Sails Ireland's On-Site Sail Repair Service for Next Week's Cork Week - Save These Numbers!
5th July 2022 North Sails Ireland
As has become our custom and practice over the past 15 years at most of the major events, North Sails Ireland will be providing overnight sail repair services for next week's Cork Week in Crosshaven. Our Service Manager Shane Hughes…
![The restored Cork Harbour One Design Jap will compete at Royal Cork's first Classic Boat Regatta being staged as part of Volvo Cork Week The restored Cork Harbour One Design Jap will compete at Royal Cork's first Classic Boat Regatta being staged as part of Volvo Cork Week](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GGy6NZp0hYs/s/767/I0000GGy6NZp0hYs.jpg)
Royal Cork Yacht Club will host a Classic Yacht Regatta for the first time this year as part of Volvo Cork Week Regatta starting next Monday. The 37-foot classic yacht Persephone, the 1919 classic Erin, the famous Opposition (Ex Morning…
![Andrew McIrvine's British Ker 39 La Reponse will be one of many teams competing from overseas at Volvo Cork Week Andrew McIrvine's British Ker 39 La Reponse will be one of many teams competing from overseas at Volvo Cork Week](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000m4oJpfXkl94/s/767/I0000m4oJpfXkl94.jpg)
British Boats Expected to Make an Impact at ICRA Nationals as Volvo Cork Week Fleet 'Nears 200 Entries'
4th July 2022 Cork Week
Racing at Volvo Cork Week starts 11th of July, after a four-year hiatus. The Royal Cork Yacht Club was 300 years old in 2020, but due to Covid the regatta couldn’t happen. Waiting two more years to celebrate the first…
![1720s in Cork Harbour Controlled excitement – 1720s in Cork Harbour in a breeze that does them justice](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00006sRdhGy62o0/s/767/I00006sRdhGy62o0.jpg)
Resurgent 1720s Will Celebrate 30th Anniversary At Volvo Cork Week In July With Large Fleet
29th June 2022 Cork Week
When anybody asks how the concept of the Cork 1720 Sportsboat Class first came to see the light of day in Crosshaven in the early 1990s, the response these days tends to be “Which version of the story would you…
![Andrew Hall's Welsh J125 Jackknife First look - Andrew Hall's Welsh J125 Jackknife is among the entries for the inaugural K2Q race on July 1 from Dun Laoghaire to Cork Harbour](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OgiT81kC6BQ/s/767/I0000OgiT81kC6BQ.jpg)
July's Dun Laoghaire to Cork 'K2Q' Offshore Yacht Race Will Provide Two Races in One
26th June 2022 ISORA
Just as the 2022 Round Ireland Race concludes at the end of June, a new Irish biennial offshore racing fixture between Dublin and Cork has launched with a start in five days' time, and a 'novel set up' to provide…
![ICRA National Championships at Volvo Cork Week The new Cape 31 class will have six boats racing for the inaugural Irish National Championships at the](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000YfhJGA0mc3g/s/767/I0000YfhJGA0mc3g.jpg)
IRC Class Band Announcement Gives First Look at Volvo Cork Week Regatta Fleets
26th June 2022 Cork Week
The announcement of the IRC class bands gives a first look at the various classes for next month's Volvo Cork Week Regatta. Class Zero will now benefit from the addition of the new Cape 31 class, which will have six…