Kinsale Yacht Club News
J109 'Artful Dodjer' is IRC1 Winner of Eden Capital Mid-Week Series at Kinsale
15th September 2023 Kinsale
The J109 Artful Dodjer, skippered by Finbarr O'Regan, secured the victory in the final race of the Eden Capital Mid-Week Series for cruisers at Kinsale Yacht Club, winning by a narrow margin of 9 seconds over the Sunfast 3300 Cinnamon…
The annual Draper family ‘Spalpeen Race’ will be sailed at Kinsale Yacht Club this Friday. This is an All-In ECHO Trophy Race for cruiser-racers, with the first gun at 1825 and a time limit to finish by 2030. The race…
The South Coast Offshore Racing Association (SCORA) has cancelled its Fastnet Race scheduled to start, in conjunction with Kinsale Yacht Club, this Friday from Kinsale, due to weather, but this time because the forecast conditions are too light! It is…
The Commodore of Kinsale Yacht Club, Matthias Hellestern, has congratulated the club's Under 25 team on another success. As Afloat reported, the Under-25 Kinsale team competed at the J Cup Ireland in the J24 division and managed to stay in…
The 54th La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, a renowned solo sailing race, kicked off its first stage today at Ouistreham beach off Caen on France's Normandy coast. The 32 solo skippers were given a purposeful but relatively straightforward start on…
Cameron Good, Simon Furney and Henry Kingston sailing ‘Little Fella’ maintained their lead to defend their Irish National Dragon Championship in Kinsale on Sunday (27 August). The host club leaders finished with a four-point margin after a total of seven…
Kinsale's 'Little Fella' Moves into the Lead at Dragon National Championships
25th August 2023 Dragon
Defending Champions Cameron Good, Simon Furney and Henry Kingston sailing 'Little Fella' have moved into the lead at the Irish National Dragon Championships in Kinsale on Friday (25 August). The host club leaders have a five-point margin after five races sailed over Dublin Bay's Phantom…
Whisper — sailed by Daniel Murphy, his brother Sean and Brian Goggin — tops the fleet after the first day of racing in the Irish National Dragon Championships in Kinsale on Thursday (24 August). The home team scored a bullet…
The Black Tom Race for cruisers will be sailed out of Kinsale Yacht Club on Saturday with First Starting Gun at 1155 am. The IRC prize will be the Horserock Trophy with the Mary P for ECHO. The course will…
Kinsale Yacht Club is gearing up to host the Irish National Dragon Championships next weekend, which is set to attract boats from the UK, Dublin Bay and Glandore, who will join the strong local Kinsale fleet. The event, sponsored by…
Kinsale Yacht Club's UK Sailmakers Fastnet Race Rescheduled for September 1
15th August 2023 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club Kinsale Yacht Club has confirmed that the UK Sailmakers Ireland KYC (SCORA) Fastnet Race has been rescheduled for September 1, 2023. As regular Afloat readers will recall, the race was cancelled in July due to the "huge…
Kinsale Fireworks and Superyacht Arrival Means South Coast Regatta Season is Underway
7th August 2023 Kinsale
The south coast regatta season is in full swing, and Kinsale was the place to be at the weekend for sailing activities and a spectacular fireworks display set off from the commanding position of James Fort at Kinsale Harbour. The…
This week's Calves Week Class Zero entrant, the J122 Jelly Baby, won Sunday's seven-hour SCORA Kinsale to Baltimore Race. Just three boats, all from Royal Cork Yacht Club, made the line for the race, postponed until Sunday due to weather. The…
In its 224th year this August weekend, Kinsale Regatta is claimed to be “the oldest regatta in Ireland.” The varied regatta programme includes sailing for both Cruisers and Dinghies. There will be racing for Cruiser Classes 1,2, and 3 and…
Sixteen yachts raced at Kinsale Yacht Club on Friday night (July 21) for the Bertoletti Trophy. This race commemorates the late KYC steward Mario Bertoletti who served at the club from the 1970s for over 30 years. John Godkin and…
Racing in westerly winds gusting to 30 knots, local crews hold the top three places overall after the first two races of the Squib South Coast Championship at Kinsale Yacht Club. National champions Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan won both races…
