Kinsale Yacht Club News
Entry for the Axiom Private Clients Spring Series in Kinsale Yacht Club is now open online. The series starts on Sunday 3 April and runs for five weeks, finishing on Saturday 30 April. One race per day is scheduled for…
Elan 333 'Reavra Too' Wins Opening Race of Kinsale Yacht Club's March League
20th March 2022 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club's first cruiser race of 2022 was won today on IRC rating by the host club's Elan 333 Reavra Too (Stephen Lysaght) in the opening race of the Frank Godsell sponsored March League. Scheduled as a three-race event,…
Travers and O'Riordan Are Squib Frostbite Winners at Kinsale Yacht Club (Photo Gallery)
13th March 2022 Squib
The Squib Outlaw sailed by Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan were the overall winners of the Custom Rigging Frostbites at Kinsale Yacht Club yesterday in a mix of conditions that included some heavy squalls. After 12 races sailed, and with a…
After nine races sailed at Kinsale Yacht Club's Custom Rigging Frostbites Series, Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan took three wins yesterday in Outlaw to lead overall by a single point. The duo lead Colm Dunne and Fiona Ward in the 13-boat fleet. …
After a difficult two years when sailing activities were restricted by the Covid pandemic, the Commodore of Kinsale Yacht Club on the southern coastline of County Cork, Matthias Hellstern, says the ”main focus this year is club racing and getting…
After six races sailed at Kinsale Yacht Club's Custom Rigging Frostbites Series, Colm Dunne and Fiona Ward in Allegro lead by three points. The duo lead KYC Commodore Matthias Hellstern and Colm Daly in the 13-boat fleet. Third is Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan on…
Kinsale Yacht Club has launched its Under 25 Team’s J24 and named it ‘Kinsailor.’ The boat is the last J24 to have been built by Jeremy Rogers, who also built Contessas, on the Isle of Wight. “At 31 years old…
21 420 racing dinghies have arrived at Kinsale Yacht Club for their annual February Mid-Term coaching camp. This record number has doubled in number since it was last held at Schull in 2019. Boats have travelled from Wexford Harbour, Waterford Harbour,…
Squibs Get Match Practice as Kinsale Yacht Club League Gets Underway (Photo Gallery)
13th February 2022 Kinsale
Race Officers John and Valerie Stallard and Michele Kennelly got the first races of the Custom Rigging Kinsale Yacht Club League off to a gentle start in a patchy 10-knots on Sunday. The first day of scheduled racing was last Sunday…
Kinsale Yacht Club Cancels First Dinghy Races of 2022 Due to Strong Wind Forecast
5th February 2022 Kinsale
The much-anticipated return to the water for Kinsale Yacht Club's mixed dinghy and one design keelboat scheduled for Sunday has been cancelled due to the weather forecast. The Custom Rigging Frostbite Series was due to start for Lasers, Squibs, Toppers and…
The sailing season kicks into an increased level this Sunday in Cork when the Custom Rigging Frostbite Series starts at Kinsale Yacht Club. Lasers, Squibs, Toppers and Mixed Dinghies are included in the series which has a First Gun at…
It’s a long way for crew and boats to travel from Belfast Lough and Strangford Lough to Kinsale but eight from the northern-based Squib class will be making that 300 mile trip in June for the eight-race Bandon Co-Op Squib…
Squib Majors At Kinsale In June Provide Ideal Launching Pad For Ireland’s Reviving International Sailing Scene In 2022
15th January 2022 W M Nixon
When the Irish Squib Class signed off their 2021 season with boats from all parts of the country taking part in the successful though socially-distanced Freshwater Regatta for four national keelboat classes at Dromineer on Lough Derg in October, the…
Royal St George's Phantom is Top Irish Dragon as 2024 Gold Cup in Kinsale Comes Closer
11th January 2022 Dragon
The Irish Dragon Fleet continues to build interest as the 2024 Gold Cup in Kinsale comes closer. News that the Glandore and Kinsale fleets particularly are experiencing strong growth in numbers and standard of sailors is contained in the International…
Kinsale Yacht Club's Squib Nationals Has 42 Early Bird Entries for June Event
6th January 2022 Kinsale
Preparations at Kinsale Yacht Club for the Bandon Co-op Squib National Championships 2022 are off to a fabulous start with 42 teams entered to date from the UK and Ireland. Entries thus far availed of an attractive early bird entry…
The weather gods were shining at Kinsale Yacht Club for the annual Gunsmoke Bell race sponsored by Sammy Cohen. In sunny weather, a fleet of 12 boats competed for the Gunsmoke Bell trophy. Race Officer, Donal Hayes, set a course…
