Royal St. George Yacht Club J/122 Joins Kinsale Yacht Club's Inaugural Inishtearaght Race Fleet

24th April 2022

Chris Power Smith's potent J/122 Aurelia (meaning The Golden One) from the Royal St. George Yacht Club is the only Dublin entry so far for May's inaugural Inishtearaght Race from Kinsale

Chris Power Smith's potent J/122 Aurelia from the Royal St. George Yacht Club is the only Dublin entry so far for May's inaugural Inishtearaght Race from Kinsale Credit: Afloatt

A competitive eight boat fleet is building in Kinsale for the inaugural Matthews Inishtearaght Race taking place in less than a month's time.

The race, promoted as an 'ideal shakedown race' for boats entering June's Round Ireland Race, has attracted top Dublin J/122 Aurelia from the Royal St. George Yacht Club.

Having only narrowly missed out on overall Round Ireland race victory previously, Chris Power Smith's potent ISORA entry is showing the depth of the Dun Laoghaire crew's ambitions by taking on the new Kinsale offshore challenge.

As Afloat already reported, the race will take the fleet along the coast of West Cork and Kerry, around Inishtearaght and return to finish in Kinsale.

Cian McCarthy's Sunfast 3300 Cinnamon Girl from the host club will race in May's Inishtearaght Race Photo: Dave Cullinane

The starting times are planned so that boats would stand the best chance of rounding the island in daylight.

The race was formally launched last December by KYC Commodore Matthias Hellstern. The first race will be sponsored by Matthews of Cork.

The course will be approximately 240nm long and will run along the spectacular coast of West Cork and Kerry, round Inistearaght and back to Kinsale.

KYC Inishtearaght Race Current Entry List (April 24th)

Boat Name	Owner/Help	Boat Type	Club
Blue Oyster	Noel Colman	Oyster 37	Royal Cork YC
Cinnamon Girl	Cian McCarthy	Sunfast 3300	Kinsale YC
Mynx	Kenneth Cunnane	Swan 46	Tralee Bay SC
Chancer	Carroll Bros	Elan 40	Kinsale YC
White Tiger	Tony O’Brien	First 44.7	Kinsale YC
Aurelia	Chris & Patanne Power Smith	J/122	Royal St.George YC, RORC
Humdinger	John Conlon	Jeanneau Sunfast 37	Arklow SC
Meridian	Tom Roche	Salona 45	Kinsale YC

Sailing Instructions for the race will be available shortly.

The inaugural Matthews Inishtearaght Race takes place on Friday 20th May with FG 08.55hrs

Published in Kinsale, Offshore, RStGYC, Inistearaght Race, West Cork, Island News

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