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New Bespoke Trophies Unveiled by Kinsale Yacht Club for Inishtearaght Race

28th May 2026
Trophy Reveal — Kinsale Yacht Club and Cantor Fitzgerald officials display the newly commissioned Inishtearaght Skelligs Race trophies created by West Cork sculptor Paddy McCormack.
Trophy Reveal — Kinsale Yacht Club and Cantor Fitzgerald officials display the newly commissioned Inishtearaght Skelligs Race trophies created by West Cork sculptor Paddy McCormack.

Kinsale Yacht Club and race sponsor Cantor Fitzgerald have unveiled a new set of bespoke trophies for this Friday's Inishtearaght Skelligs Race.

The trophies were presented at a club function on Tuesday night and have been specially commissioned for the offshore fixture.

West Cork Craft — The new bespoke Inishtearaght Skelligs Race trophies, designed and sculpted by Paddy McCormack, will be presented to overall and Echo winners in Kinsale.West Cork Craft — The new bespoke Inishtearaght Skelligs Race trophies, designed and sculpted by Paddy McCormack, will be presented to overall and Echo winners in Kinsale.

“This year we wanted to mark the occasion with something genuinely special, so we commissioned renowned West Cork sculptor Paddy McCormack to create a set of bespoke trophies,” said KYC Commodore Anthony O’Neill

“The results are spectacular. A piece of West Cork artistry waiting for the winners,” he added

The sculpted awards reflect the race’s growing profile on the Irish offshore calendar and its West Cork setting.

The Inishtearaght Skelligs Race is organised by Kinsale Yacht Club in association with SCORA and is sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald.

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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.