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The vintage quarter tonner Diamond (Dorgan/Losty /Marshall) was the Spinnaker IRC division winner of Cobh People's Regatta in Cork Harbour on Sunday.

The Ed Dubois design beat the Jones family J109 Jelly Baby and third was Sean Hanley's Luas.

Cobh People's Regatta results 

Spinnaker IRC 1.Diamond, Dorgan/Losty /Marshall  2. Jelly BabyJones family, 3. Luas Sean Hanley

Standard class 1. DejaVu Brian Curtis, 2 Spindrift 3. Second chance, Jim O 'Meara

White sail -1st Magnet, Kieran O Brien, 2. Mazu, Denis Ellis 3. Big Deal

Cobh People's Regatta photo gallery

Published in Quarter Ton

Organisers of the Cobh People’s Regatta have announced the cancellation of the 2020 event.

The regatta had been due to take place from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 August in Cork Harbour, and its cancellation follows that of the Cork Harbour Festival which had been due to take place last month.

In a statement on Facebook, the organiser said: “It is with heavy heart that we must announce the cancellation of Cobh People’s Regatta 2020. From all our Committee we hope to see you all next year bigger and stronger.”

No date has been confirmed as yet for the 2021 regatta.

Published in Cork Harbour
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Blustery conditions in Cork Harbour for the Cobh Peoples Regatta meant today's dinghy division racing did not include a fine turnout of the historic Rankin class. Regatta organisers, Cove Sailing Club, who celebrate 100-years this season, will race cruisers on Sunday writes Bob Bateman.

Up to 13 Rankins assembled in a pleasant shoreside get together plus a small mix of other dinghies including a Topaz, a Feva, and a Laser 4.7 along with Commodore Kieran Dorgan and his son in a Mirror dinghy.

cobh peoples regatta2Commodore Kieran Dorgan and his son in a Mirror dinghy

Photo gallery below by Bob Bateman

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cobh peoples regatta2cobh peoples regatta2Dave O Keeffe, Eddie English and Joanna Radley

cobh peoples regatta2John Doyle and crew

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cobh peoples regatta2Evelyn Mills and family

cobh peoples regatta2 Eddie, April and Conor English

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cobh peoples regatta2Maurice Kidney and Richard Marshall

cobh peoples regatta2cobh peoples regatta2Rob Scandrett and Ewan O’Keeffe

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Published in Cork Harbour
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#COBH REGATTA - A parish priest is set to join a group of Cobh residents who will abseil from the turrets of the town's cathedral in an effort to save the Cobh People's Regatta.

According to the Irish Examiner, the fundraising challenge aims to support the annual regatta, which will run this year from 17-19 August.

"There are so many worthy causes out there, we needed something unique and this is it," said organiser Kathleen Geary. "I looked for an iconic building in Cobh for the abseil and the cathedral fitted the bill."

Fr Michael Leamy not only gave permission for the group to use the cathedral for the event this Saturday 4 August, but also signed up himself and is training hard with his 14 fellow abseilers at Ardmore Adventures.

Last year's regatta enjoyed plenty of wind and sunshine for the boats taking part, as reported on Afloat.ie.

Published in Cork Harbour

The Irish Cruiser Racing Association (ICRA) Information

The creation of the Irish Cruiser Racing Association (ICRA) began in a very low key way in the autumn of 2002 with an exploratory meeting between Denis Kiely, Jim Donegan and Fintan Cairns in the Granville Hotel in Waterford, and the first conference was held in February 2003 in Kilkenny.

While numbers of cruiser-racers were large, their specific locations were widespread, but there was simply no denying the numerical strength and majority power of the Cork-Dublin axis. To get what was then a very novel concept up and running, this strength of numbers had to be acknowledged, and the first National Championship in 2003 reflected this, as it was staged in Howth.

ICRA was run by a dedicated group of volunteers each of whom brought their special talents to the organisation. Jim Donegan, the elder statesman, was so much more interested in the wellbeing of the new organisation than in personal advancement that he insisted on Fintan Cairns being the first Commodore, while the distinguished Cork sailor was more than content to be Vice Commodore.

ICRA National Championships

Initially, the highlight of the ICRA season was the National Championship, which is essentially self-limiting, as it is restricted to boats which have or would be eligible for an IRC Rating. Boats not actually rated but eligible were catered for by ICRA’s ace number-cruncher Denis Kiely, who took Ireland’s long-established native rating system ECHO to new heights, thereby providing for extra entries which brought fleet numbers at most annual national championships to comfortably above the hundred mark, particularly at the height of the boom years. 

ICRA Boat of the Year (Winners 2004-2019)