Kinsale Yacht Club News
Stephen Lysaght’s Reavra Too and Padraig O’Donovan’s Chameleon lead the IRC divisions after two races in Kinsale Yacht Club’s Victoria’s Antiques White Sail Series. Four points separate Stephen Lysaght’s Reavra Too from her nearest rivals in IRC 1, while Padraig…
Kinsale Yacht Club's Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin has won the 2026 Irish Sailing Keelboat Champions Cup at the Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dún Laoghaire, defeating defending champion Cillian Dickson by a single point in Sunday's (11 October) four-race final. Representing…
Stephen Lysaght’s Reavra Too leads the seven-boat IRC 1 fleet after the only race sailed so far in Kinsale Yacht Club’s Victoria Antiques White Sail Series. High winds forecast for Sunday afternoon, 11 October, prompted the cancellation of the next…
Stephen Lysaght’s Elan 333 Reavra Too and David Riome’s Sigma 33 Valfreya were the two ECHO winners at Kinsale Yacht Club’s traditional At Home fixture on Sunday (September 27). The end-of-season gathering was finally sailed after the original August 30…
Three Irish sailors have secured Corinthian bronze at the Melges 24 World Championship in Harbor Springs, Michigan, after Team Barbarians won the amateur division in the final race of the 49-boat championship. KInsale's Sam Hunt, Bernard Fitzpatrick and Mark Hassett…
Irish Trio Stay in Melges 24 Worlds Corinthian Battle Ahead of Final Day
26th September 2026 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club sailor Sam Hunt and fellow Irish crew members Bernard Fitzpatrick and Mark Hassett remain in contention for Corinthian honours at the Melges 24 World Championship in Harbor Springs, Michigan, after a tightly fought Day Four. The three…
Kinsale sailor Sam Hunt is in the thick of the Corinthian battle at the Melges 24 World Championship in Harbor Springs, Michigan, where he is racing as crew aboard Stuart Simpson’s British Team Barbarians. Hunt is racing aboard Stuart Simpson’s…
Kinsale Yacht Club will hold its annual ‘At Home’ on Sunday, September 27th, with an afternoon of keelboat racing followed by a barbecue at the clubhouse. The first gun for the keelboat fleet is scheduled for 1.25 pm. The traditional…
Jakub Belica’s GK24 Guinness Kann completed a clean sweep of Kinsale Yacht Club’s Midweek Series 3, winning all five races in IRC 3 and also taking the ECHO 3 title. The fifth and final race was sailed on Wednesday, September 9,…
Cameron Good’s Little Fella Wins Irish South Coast Dragon Championship at Kinsale
13th September 2026 Dragon
Kinsale Yacht Club’s Cameron Good has won the Cantor Fitzgerald Irish South Coast Dragon Championships 2026, completing a six-race series at Kinsale with a two-point victory. Good’s Little Fella (IRL 211), crewed by Simon Furney and Donal Small, went into…
Kinsale Yacht Club’s Cameron Good has retained the overall lead in the Cantor Fitzgerald Irish South Coast Dragon Championships, but his advantage has been cut to just two points after Saturday’s racing at Kinsale. Good’s Little Fella (IRL 211), crewed…
Kinsale Yacht Club’s Cameron Good has taken a commanding early lead in the Cantor Fitzgerald Irish South Coast Dragon Championships 2026 after winning two of Friday’s opening three races at Kinsale. Good’s Little Fella (IRL 211), crewed by Simon Furney…
Junior racing at Kinsale Yacht Club has drawn to a close for the summer season following the conclusion of the Kinsale Collective August League, which attracted fleets of more than 20 boats for its Tuesday evening racing off Charles Fort.…
Kinsale Yacht Club has postponed its At Home Regatta, which had been scheduled for this Sunday, August 30th, due to the forecast weather conditions. The club said the expected combination of rain and wind would make it impracticable to hold…
Kinsale Sailors Shine at Irish Optimist Nationals in Cork Kinsale Yacht Club sailors returned with podium finishes and a national team racing title from the 2026 Irish Optimist National Championships, staged at the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Crosshaven from…
Kinsale Yacht Club Celebrates Atomic's Reclaim of the Irish Squib National Title
22nd August 2026 Squib
Five boats from Kinsale Yacht Club’s growing Squib fleet travelled to Killyleagh Yacht Club on Strangford Lough for the Irish Squib National Championships, where Ian Travers and Keith O’Riordan reclaimed the national title in Atomic. As Afloat reported, the six-race…
