SCORA

SCORA Will Provide a Platform for More Offshore Racing Says Commodore
22nd January 2023 Tom MacSweeney
The Commodore of the South Coast Offshore Racing Association (SCORA) says it has a number of aims for the season ahead – getting more boats off the marinas and out racing, creating links between dinghy sailors and keelboat racing and…

The annual South Coast Offshore Racing Association (SCORA) AGM was held on Friday, January 20th, in the Royal Cork Yacht Club, attended by a large body of the sailing fraternity representing south coast clubs. Commodore Daragh Connolly reported on a…

The South Coast Offshore Racing Association (SCORA) annual general meeting will be held in the Royal Cork Yacht Club, Crosshaven on Friday night. SCORA's annual prizegiving will also take place. The discussion will include racing plans for 2023. The usual issue…

Royal Cork Grand Soleil 40 'Nieulargo' to Defend Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race Title in June
3rd January 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
Denis and Annamarie Murphy's successful Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo from Royal Cork Yacht Club will defend its Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race title this June. As regular Afloat readers will recall, after an epic 14th edition of the 'D2D'…

ISORA's ambitious campaign to promote offshore sailing in the Irish Sea Area was boosted this Christmas by generous coverage in club yearbooks on both sides of the Irish Sea. Not surprisingly, Pwllheli Sailing Club (PSC), the recognised centre for ISORA…

Conor Doyle of Kinsale is Sailor of the Month (Offshore) for October
1st November 2022 Sailor of the Month
While the IRC may still be the rating system of choice in northwest Europe, any movement of the action in any international direction quickly finds your boat and crew are soon into hotly competitive offshore racing events where the ORC…

Praise for Royal Cork Yacht Club Race Communications and Offshore Sailing on the South Coast in 2023
20th October 2022 Tom MacSweeney
The Royal Cork Yacht Club (RCYC) at Crosshaven has received a lot of praise for the running of Sunday’s Autumn League during a “weather window” in Cork Harbour, getting the fleet home before a gale hit the Cork area which…

Victory for Sunfast 3300 Cinnamon Girl in UK Sailmakers Kinsale Yacht Club/SCORA Fastnet Race
20th August 2022 Kinsale
Cian McCarthy's Cinnamon Girl of the host club has added to her offshore wins this season with an overall IRC victory in the UK Sailmakers Ireland Kinsale Yacht Club Fastnet Race. A strong fleet of eight started the UK Sailmakers Ireland…

Calves Week 2022 and West Cork's Festival of Yacht Racing Starts on July 30
22nd July 2022 Calves Week
The West Cork festival of yacht racing kicks off on Saturday, July 30th, when SCORA will start an offshore race from Kinsale to Baltimore at 8 am. This race replaces the traditional overnight one from Crosshaven, which had suffered from…

Kinsale Yacht Club's second offshore race of the season indicates a south coast demand for this type of racing. Still, the absence of any Cork boats on July's K2Q 260 race course means organisers look set to alter the timing…

Kinsale Yacht 'Meridian' is First Irish Entry into Malta's 2022 Middle Sea Race
30th June 2022 Middle Sea Race
Some 49 yachts from 21 countries – including Ireland – have entered the Mediterranean’s premier 606-mile classic to date. Thomas Roche's Salona 45 Meridian from Kinsale Yacht Club is entered into the race that has seen a string of Irish boats compete…

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…

Great Start for Kinsale Yacht 'Chancer' in Inaugural Inishtearaght Offshore Race (Photo Gallery Update)
20th May 2022 Inistearaght Race
There were great starts for the host club's Elan 40 Chancer (Brian Carroll) and Denis Murphy's Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo from Royal Cork in the inaugural Inishtearaght Race from Kinsale this morning in the brand new Irish offshore yacht race…

Challenging First Inishtearacht Offshore Race Starts from Kinsale Yacht Club this Friday
18th May 2022 Tom MacSweeney
The idea for the Inishtearaght Race originated because Kinsale sailors thought that the best and most scenic part of the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race is west of Kinsale. So what about a race from Kinsale around the Blaskets and…

Final Race of Axiom Private Clients League Decides Three Classes off Kinsale (Photo Gallery)
1st May 2022 Kinsale
The overall lead changed in three of four classes after the final race of Kinsale Yacht Club's Axiom Private Clients Spring Series on Saturday. Ending in West Cork style, the wind filled in, the sun came out and the dolphins put on…

12 regattas and series will determine the Irish Cruiser Racer Association (ICRA) Boat of the Year award in 2022 including Kinsale Yacht Club's new south coast offshore race around the Blasket Islands. Scoring in the Boat of the Year competition…