SCORA
A preliminary list of cruiser racing events on the Cork coastline lists the Kinsale YC Spring Series set for an Easter Monday start, April 1. At the RCYC in Crosshaven, evening racing is set for a start on Thursday, May…
Royal Cork’s New Admiral Demonstrates Sailing In Ireland’s Leading Role In Gender Equality Process
27th January 2024 W M Nixon
This week’s election of Annamarie Fegan as Admiral of the Royal Cork Yacht Club, the first woman sailor to fill the top posting in this extraordinary organisation’s 304-year history, is remarkable in that it doesn’t seem to have been seen…
Involvement of Young Sailors Noted at SCORA AGM (Photo Gallery and Podcast Here)
21st January 2024 SCORA
The Commodore of the South Coast Offshore Racing Association (SCORA) has a clear, direct aim for this year’s season – get more boats sailing. “That is it, that is what we will be aiming to do, encourage boats from the…
Kinsale's Cinnamon Girl is One of Ten International Sydney Hobart Entries
22nd December 2023 Sydney to Hobart
For Kinsale Yacht Club's Cian McCarthy, owner and co-skipper with Sam Hunt of the Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300, Cinnamon Girl – Eden Capital, the two-handed entry from Ireland, this will be their first Sydney-Hobart Race, one of ten international entries…
The South Coast Offshore Racing Association (SCORA) has cancelled its Fastnet Race scheduled to start, in conjunction with Kinsale Yacht Club, this Friday from Kinsale, due to weather, but this time because the forecast conditions are too light! It is…
Kinsale Yacht Club's UK Sailmakers Fastnet Race Rescheduled for September 1
15th August 2023 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club Kinsale Yacht Club has confirmed that the UK Sailmakers Ireland KYC (SCORA) Fastnet Race has been rescheduled for September 1, 2023. As regular Afloat readers will recall, the race was cancelled in July due to the "huge…
This week's Calves Week Class Zero entrant, the J122 Jelly Baby, won Sunday's seven-hour SCORA Kinsale to Baltimore Race. Just three boats, all from Royal Cork Yacht Club, made the line for the race, postponed until Sunday due to weather. The…
SCORA, the South Coast Offshore Racing Association, has cancelled Saturday's Kinsale to Baltimore race, a 'feeder' to West Cork prior to Calves Week, due to expected weather conditions. SCORA Commodore Daragh Connolly announced this afternoon that the race will be…
The South Coast Offshore Racing Association (SCORA) has cancelled the Kinsale-Fastnet Race scheduled for July 28. SCORA Commodore Daragh Connolly said: "We have a huge number of sailors from the South Coast competing in the Rolex Fastnet Race, and we…
Second Canting Keeler to Contest Key Irish Offshore and Coastal Fixtures This Summer
7th April 2023 Offshore
A second canting keel 50-footer is set to contest June's Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle offshore yacht race. Afloat sources say the Elliott 57 has been purchased by an as-of-yet-unnamed Irish sailor who will contest not only the 280-mile D2D…
Royal Cork Take The Spoils on Light First Day of Spring Series at Kinsale Yacht Club
2nd April 2023 Kinsale
On a day that suggested summer is coming, Royal Cork Yacht Club boats topped the Axiom Private Clients Spring Series 2023 in both Spinnaker One and Two divisions at Kinsale Yacht Club on Sunday. Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble (David and James Dwyer) won…
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…