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Winning Ways — Ballinacurra Cup winner Tommy Dwyer and crew Harry Coole race their Rankin dinghy to overall victory in Cork Harbour. Photo: Robert Bateman
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…
Close Quarters — The Cork Harbour Combined League fleet bunches at a mark rounding as competitors battle for position on opening night of the 2026 series. Photo: Robert Bateman
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…
“Youth
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…
Youth Charge — Cove Sailing Club sailors Alex Mills and Eoin Jones prepare for racing at the RS Feva Eastern Championships in Greystones, where the Cork Harbour duo secured the overall title in demanding conditions.
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…
“Fleet
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…
Yachts racing off the coast of Cork Harbour during last year's inaugural Triple Crown event, hosted by Royal Cork Yacht Club in partnership with Cove Sailing Club. Photo: Bob Bateman
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…
“'Team
Following Saturday's (September 20th) bumper turnout for the Naval Race in Cork Harbour, the final event of the three-fixture inaugural Triple Crown Series, there was plenty to celebrate in the Officers' Mess at the Haulbowline Naval base. Competitors gather in…
“In
Pat Tanner’s Bateleur88 claimed a clear win in the annual Naval Race, the final race of the new Cork Harbour Triple Crown Series co-hosted by Royal Cork Yacht Club and Cove Sailing Club. On IRC, the Castro 3/4 tonner from…
“Mark
The overall spinnaker winner of Saturday's (13th September) Cork Buoy Race, the second race in the recently announced Cork Harbour Triple Crown Series, was Mark Mansfield's H Boat, Humdinger, of Royal Cork Yacht Club. Rob Foster's Clodagh finished first in…
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Saturday's 2025 Cobh to Blackrock Race saw 15 to 22 knots from the south-east under race officer Niall Hawes of Cove Sailing Club, delivering quick passages and tight finishes across all divisions in the 12 km race.  It turned out…
Boats compete in the 2024 Cobh to Blackrock Race
The 2025 Cobh to Blackrock Race is gearing up for a busy weekend in Cork Harbour this Saturday (6th September), where big wind weather forecasts indicate a fast edition of the annual fixture. More than 30 boats have already registered,…
“Announcing
Cove Sailing Club and the Royal Cork Yacht Club have announced the Cork Harbour Triple Crown sailing competition. The three-race series includes a team event, and the Port of Cork will sponsor the series.  It promises to attract a diverse…
“Pat
At Cobh People's Regatta on Sunday, August 17, George Radley's IMP (IRC Kites), Pat Tanner's Bateleur 88 (Kites ECHO), and Ian Hickey's Cavatina (Whitesail IRC and ECHO) were the top cruisers. Cove Sailing Club Wednesday night dinghy leagues, after eight…
Fireball class racing returns this weekend in Cork Harbour. Sailors take to the water for a series of six races in Monkstown Bay and the Lower Harbour.
This weekend will be a busy one in Cork, with several events scheduled. The Fireball Munsters are being organised by Monkstown Bay in conjunction with the Fireball Class, to be sailed on Saturday and Sunday, in the Bay and the…
Cove Sailing Club has issued a statement about the cancellation of Friday night's scheduled start to the Cork Harbour Combined Clubs League: "Due to unforeseen circumstances involving the Royal Cork Yacht Club, the combined league race on Friday night (…
Rob Foster, Rear Admiral Keelboats of Royal Cork Yacht Club, with Ian Scandrett, Commodore of Cove Sailing Club and Royal Cork Admiral, Annamarie Fegan, and event sponsor Johanna Murphy
The first race of Cork Harbour's Combined League, jointly organised by the Royal Cork Yacht Club and Cove Sailing Club, will start on June 6th.  The two clubs will stage the racing on four Friday evenings in June, with a…