Kish Race
Having had to postpone the Leinster Boats sponsored Kish Challenge on its original date due to a severe lack of wind, the sense was that the hosting of the event a week later might also be in jeopardy due to…
After last Sunday’s cancellation due to a complete lack of wind, organisers are confident the inaugural Kish Challenge will go ahead this Sunday (October 5th) on Dublin Bay. As of 16:30 on Saturday (October 4th), Race Officer and organiser Cormac…
Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club Cancels Inaugural Kish Challenge Due to Lack of Wind
28th September 2025 Kish Race
Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club's inaugural Kish Challenge was cancelled today due to no wind on Dublin Bay. Race Officer and organiser Cormac Bradley will try again next Sunday (October 5th) for the event that has attracted fifty entries. The…
As of 19:00 Friday evening, the entry for the inaugural Kish Challenge for the racing and cruising fraternities has reached the fifty mark, with twenty-eight racing entries and twenty-two cruising entries. Further, in my engagement with Dublin Port Company without…
We are three weeks away from the Kish Race, weather permitting, with this summer season close-out scheduled for Sunday, 28th September. Hosted, again, by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club, and sponsored by Leinster Boats, the race will have a new…
It has been quite the weekend for sailing all over Ireland, with flashes of pure sunlit joy. This was despite a weather prognosis which, at its gloomiest, had suggested that there might be no significant sailing at all anywhere. An…
After a previous cancellation due to weather, the 2024 DMYC Kish Race - supported by Lenster Boats - from Dun Laoghaire on Dublin Bay sailed on Sunday (October 6th), albeit to the Shanganagh buoy in Killiney Bay, because of heavy…
The rescheduled DMYC Kish Race, supported by Leinster Boats, will be sailed this Sunday 6th, October from Dun Laoghaire Harbour. "The current forecast suggests that Saturday 5th is almost a repeat of last Sunday, whereas Sunday looks much more reasonable",…
Given a deteriorating weather forecast, Sunday's Kish Race on Dublin Bay has been postponed to next weekend. With the DBSC Summer Series racing concluding this Saturday, DMYC organisers will consider hosting the race on Saturday or Sunday next weekend (October…
DMYC 2024 Kish Race Sets Sail on Sunday, September 29th from Dun Laoghaire
21st September 2024 Kish Race
The Annual Kish Race, sponsored by Leinster Boats and hosted by the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club, with the cooperation of Dublin Port Company, Dublin Bay Sailing Club and Dun Laoghaire Harbour, will take place on Sunday 29th September this…
The forced postponement of the Kish Race, with sponsorship from Leinster Boats, from the last Sunday of September to the first Sunday of October was completely vindicated with a forty-plus fleet who enjoyed glorious sunshine and pleasant wind conditions to…
Smyth's Sunfast 3600 'Searcher' is 2023 Kish Race Winner on Sunny Dublin Bay
1st October 2023 Kish Race
Pete Smyth's Sunfast 3600 Searcher from the National Yacht Club was the overall handicap winner of Sunday's Leinster Boats-sponsored DMYC Kish Race on Dublin Bay. Smyth's crew led the 36-boat fleet from Dun Laoghaire Harbour's start to finish line in the last big…
After the disappointment of not getting sailing last Sunday, and with Storm Agnes passing through on Wednesday afternoon, the Weather Gods are looking more favourable for DMYC's rescheduled Kish Race on Dublin Bay on Sunday, 1st October. The starting time…
Due to a strong wind forecast, Sunday's annual DMYC Kish Race on Dublin Bay has been postponed one week until 1st October. The Leinster Boats sponsored race is typically the last major race on the Bay's summer racing calendar. The DMYC…
Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) on Dublin Bay has reported a steady flow of entries for this weekend's highly anticipated Kish Race. In a recent announcement, the club has introduced a new perpetual prize for the first Under 25 Skipper…
Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) has published the Notice of Race for its annual Kish Race on Dublin Bay, with support from Leinster Boats yacht brokers. The race will start from the West Pier at 11.00 am on Sunday,…
