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Reavra Too Leads Kinsale IRC One as High Winds Cancel Racing

11th October 2026
Too on Top: Reavra Too, pictured in a file photograph, leads Kinsale Yacht Club’s Victoria Antiques White Sail Series after one race. Sunday’s racing was cancelled due to forecast high winds.
Too on Top: Reavra Too, pictured in a file photograph, leads Kinsale Yacht Club’s Victoria Antiques White Sail Series after one race. Sunday’s racing was cancelled due to forecast high winds. Credit: Bob Bateman

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 scheduled race, leaving the opening standings unchanged.

Reavra Too Leads IRC One

Lysaght’s Elan 333 tops the provisional standings with one point. Alan Mulcahy’s Dufour 44 Godot is second on two points, with Samuel Cohen’s First 32 Gunsmoke II third on three.

The published results, dated 4 October, record one race sailed with no discard.

High Winds Halt Sunday Racing

Sunday’s race was scheduled for 13:55. The race officer’s cancellation notice said the decision followed consultation with the club’s stakeholders.

The race was cancelled “due to high winds forecast for the afternoon”, the notice confirmed.

Previous White Sail Success

Reavra Too’s opening lead follows success in the previous edition. As Afloat reported last November, Lysaght’s yacht won both IRC and ECHO Class 1 in the 2025 series.

Race Results

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Kinsale Yacht Club located in Kinsale, County Cork lies just 120 nautical miles from Wales, 240 from North West France and only 500 from the Galician Coast of North Spain.

Kinsale Yacht Club is only a few minutes walk from every shop, hotel, pub and restaurant in Ireland’s gourmet capital but most significantly it is only 30 km by road from Cork, Ireland’s second city, and between the two lies one the region’s main assets - Cork International Airport - with its daily links to many European capitals.

Club members, of which there are more than 600, race Cruisers, One Design Keelboats and Dinghies.

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Beyond the club’s own marina is the club house itself and the dinghy park. Within the clubhouse are changing rooms, bar and restaurant all with full wheelchair access. The club’s full-time secretariat, steward and marina manager are there to look after sailing visitors and members alike in a relaxed, informal and fun environment.

The club welcomes new members and has always got room on its members’ yachts for new comers to the sport.