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Cantor Fitzgerald Sponsors Kinsale's Biennial Inishtearaght Skelligs Race

2nd January 2026
Ten boats, including Aurelia and Cinnamon Girl, are entered in Kinsale Yacht Club’s biennial Skelligs Race, now sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland. More entries are expected.
Ten boats, including Aurelia and Cinnamon Girl (above), are entered in Kinsale Yacht Club’s biennial Skelligs Race, now sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland. More entries are expected Credit: Afloat

Kinsale Yacht Club has announced that financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland is the sponsor of the 2026 Inishtearaght Skelligs Race, held biennially off Ireland’s south-west coast.

Ten boats have already entered the offshore challenge, including previous winners Aurelia and Cinnamon Girl.

“We are seeing strong interest in entering,” KYC Rear Commodore, Dave Cullinane, told Afloat.

The race is expected to draw further entries from Round Ireland Race competitors using the event as a preparatory run ahead of June’s classic.

The current entry list features a diverse cruiser-racer fleet:

  • Aurelia (J122) – RStGYC/RORC
  • Prime Suspect (Mills 36 Custom) – KQBC
  • White Tiger (Beneteau First 44.7) – Kinsale YC
  • Katanca (Elan 31) – RIYC
  • Jalapeno (J109) – Kinsale YC
  • Artful DodJer (J109) – Kinsale YC
  • Chancer (Elan 41) – Kinsale YC
  • Meridian (Salona 45) – Kinsale YC
  • Cinnamon Girl (Sun Fast 3300) – Kinsale YC
  • Reavra Too (Elan 333) – Kinsale YC
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About Kinsale Yacht Club's Inishtearaght Offshore Yacht Race

To meet growing demand for offshore racing, Kinsale Yacht Club Commodore Matthias Hellstern along with Dave Cullinane (SCORA Vice-Commodore) launched the inaugural Inishtearaght Race in Kinsale on Wednesday, December 23rd in 2021.

The race is a new south coast offshore race to be held biennially commencing in 2022.

 

The course will be approximately 240nm long and will run along the spectacular coast of West Cork and Kerry, round Inistearaght island and back to Kinsale. The first race start is scheduled for Friday, 20th May 2022 with a fleet of seven entries for the first race.

 

The Thuillier family have kindly allowed the oldest trophy in Kinsale YC to be presented as the line honours trophy for the race. The Thuillier Cup is 150 years old, having been originally presented by the Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers in 1871 and won by Michael Thuillier. The cup was presented to Kinsale YC by the Thuillier family to acknowledge the long tradition of yacht racing in Kinsale.

 

 

 

 

 

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