Cove Sailing Club
Jon McClean and Mark Mansfield’s Fareast 28R Resolute emerged with a perfect score from the 2026 Hibernia Line Cork Harbour Triple Crown as the three-race series concluded with its overall prizegiving at the Naval Base in Haulbowline on Saturday (September…
Fresh conditions in Cork Harbour provided the backdrop for the annual Naval Race on Saturday (September 19th), the third and final racing fixture of the 2026 Hibernia Line Cork Harbour Triple Crown. The race followed the opening Blackrock Race on…
The second race of the 2026 Hibernia Line Cork Harbour Triple Crown has been postponed from Saturday (12 September) until Sunday due to weather conditions. The Cork Buoy Race was due to follow last weekend’s Cobh-to-Blackrock opener but will now…
Resolute, Don't Dilly Dally, Obsession, Big Mac and Four Seas took IRC class wins in the Cobh-to-Blackrock Race as the 2026 Hibernia Line Triple Crown opened in Cork Harbour on Saturday (5 September). Two of the IRC divisions were decided…
Four of Cork Harbour's sailing clubs will join forces again this September for the second running of the Cork Harbour Triple Crown, bringing three established harbour races together in an inter-club series that attracted more than 50 boats in its…
George Radley’s Cove Sailing Club Sun Fast 32 Tuco took both IRC and ECHO honours in the spinnaker cruiser division at Cobh People’s Regatta on Sunday (August 16th). The cruiser racing followed Saturday’s dinghy programme at Cove Sailing Club, with…
John Horgan won the Rankin Brothers Cup at Cobh People's Regatta on Saturday (15 August), producing two second places in light airs to take the overall prize in the traditional Cork Harbour clinker-built fleet. Horgan, sailing TR2, counted a pair…
The 2026 Joanna Murphy & Sons Cork Harbour Combined League concluded on Friday evening (June 26th) with the final race of the three-race series sailed off Cobh before competitors gathered at The Last Drop for the prizegiving. Racing was held…
The Rankin class returns to the spotlight this weekend when its annual 'World Championships' are staged in Cork Harbour. Hosted by the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Crosshaven, the two-day event will bring together one of Ireland's most distinctive traditional…
Tuco, Magnet And Elegance Among Early Cork Harbour Combined League Leaders
22nd June 2026 Cove Sailing Club
The early pecking order is beginning to emerge in the Johanna Murphy & Sons-sponsored Cork Harbour Combined League, with the Echo divisions producing several closely fought contests after two races sailed. Jointly organised by Royal Cork Yacht Club and Cove…
Ballinacurra Cup 2026 Draws 25-Boat Fleet to Historic Cork Harbour Race
13th June 2026 Cove Sailing Club
Tommy Dwyer's Rankin dinghy emerged as the overall winner of Cove Sailing Club's Ballinacurra Cup on Saturday, leading a fleet of 25 boats in one of Cork Harbour's most distinctive handicap races. The annual "All-In" contest sent competitors from Cobh…
The Johanna Murphy-sponsored Royal Cork Yacht Club and Cove Sailing Club Combined Friday League opened in Cork Harbour on Friday night after the previous week’s racing was cancelled by weather. The first race of the 2026 series attracted fleets across Echo, IRC…
The RS Eastern Championships delivered two days of high-intensity racing at Greystones Sailing Club as 42 boats competed across four classes on Dublin Bay’s southern coastline. Sailors in the RS 200, Feva, 400 and Aero fleets faced shifting breeze, heavy…
Two young sailors from Cove Sailing Club in Cork Harbour claimed overall victory at the RS Feva Eastern Championships in Greystones, Co Wicklow, over the weekend. Alex Mills and Eoin Jones represented Cove SC at the event, which attracted 42…
The revival of the Rankin Class continues apace in Cork Harbour with two further boats located in the campaign to restore the dinghy fleet. “It might have seemed a pipe-dream when we started, but we now have an active fleet…
'Triple Crown' Returns as Busy Year Forecasted for Royal Cork Yacht Club
8th January 2026 Royal Cork YC
The ‘Triple Crown’ racing series will be held again in Cork Harbour this year, following “a fantastic series when 40 boats raced it last year,” the Rear Admiral Keelboats at the Royal Cork YC, Crosshaven, has told members. In his…
