Kinsale Yacht Club News
The largest boat currently racing in the Sovereigns Cup series at Kinsale is Conor Doyle's locally-based Xp50 Freya. For most of us, she's a biggy, and an elegant one at that. But if you were to exit Kinsale Yacht Club…
Kinsale Yacht Club's 'Freya' is Biggest Entry in Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race
7th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
Kinsale Yacht Club rivals its South coast Royal Cork neighbour with four offshore entries into Wednesday's 280-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race. It's a strong turnout for the West Cork club that also has the biggest entry into the race in…
Kinsale Yacht Club Announce Astra Construction on Board for 2024 Dragon Gold Cup
3rd April 2021 Kinsale
There was good news from Kinsale this week as a yacht club member, Stephen McCarthy and his construction company Astra Construction have become the Gold sponsor to back the yacht clubs' hosting of the Dragon Gold Cup in 2024. After…
Kinsale Yacht Club Welcomes Easing of Restrictions & Awaits Clarification on Competitive Racing Status
31st March 2021 Kinsale
West Cork's Kinsale Yacht Club is looking forward to having members who live more than five kilometres from Kinsale visit the club marina to use their boats for family cruises from 12th April. Club Commodore Mike Walsh says KYC is…
It was exactly fourteen months ago – precisely on January 21st 2020 – that we featured the intriguing story of how Stephanie Lyons of Kildare had come to be in a role of active sailing prominence in Australia via training…
The community group at the renowned South Coast landmark, the Old Head of Kinsale, plans to build a major, new Lusitania Museum to replace the present small museum at the site, where they have also constructed a memorial garden. The…
The coronavirus pandemic forced a sudden change of plans for Kinsale Yacht Club’s day skipper course last March. But after jumping in at the deep end and working out on the fly how to adapt the usual on-the-water lessons to…
Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat in Call Out to 50ft Yacht in Difficulties off the Old Head of Kinsale
3rd January 2021 RNLI Lifeboats
The Courtmacsherry All-Weather Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat was called out at 7 am this Sunday morning to go to the aid of a 50 ft-yacht with three people on board which had got into difficulties four miles east of the…
There are only a few harbours in Ireland where you get the feeling that the land is effortlessly embracing the sea rather than endlessly battling it, but Kinsale is undoubtedly one of them. The picturesque port town provides a gentle…
After the disappointment of being forced to cancel its hosting of the Dragon Gold Cup due to coronavirus restrictions, Kinsale Yacht Club has expressed delight at being awarded the event again in 2024. Dragons recently returned to the waters at…
At the recent Squib one-design keelboat class Irish AGM held on Zoom, it was confirmed that Kinsale Yacht Club will host the combined Irish and UK National Championships 19-24 June 2022 with an expected fleet of 75 or more Squibs.…
Tralee Bay's Cunnane Wins as Laser Munsters is Blown Out in Kinsale on Day Two
4th October 2020 Laser
Day Two of the 60-boat Laser Munsters at Kinsale Yacht Club has just been cancelled due to weather conditions with winds forecast to gust to nearly 40 knots today. With four races sailed yesterday, as Afloat reported earlier, the championship…
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2nd October 2020 Waterfront Property
"Unique" and "iconic" are words so overused they've almost become meaningless. So it says something about a very special harbourside house on the market in Kinsale, that it should so confidently restore the vitality and meaning of those terms -…
Artful Dodger Leads Kinsale Yacht Club September Series in IRC One Division (Photos Here!)
6th September 2020 Kinsale
Finbarr O'Regan's Elan 333 leads IRC One in the Kinsale Yacht Club 'Mary P' September Saturday Series for cruisers after yesterday's first light airs race. O'Regan leads Thomas Roche's Salona 45 Meridien in second. Third from four starters is Conor Doyle's Xp 50, Freya. In…
Irish Ferries Isle of Inishmore Locates Kinsale Orkney Longliner Adrift 150-Miles from Home
30th August 2020 Irish Ferries
The Irish Ferries Isle of Inishmore cross channel ferry spotted a 20-foot Kinsale-based fishing boat capsized off the coast of Wales this afternoon. The ferry, under the command of well-known Irish yachtsman and tall ship skipper Captain Gerry Burns, was…
Kinsale Yacht Club’s Mary P September Series Starts Next Saturday For Cruisers & White Sails
29th August 2020 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club has announced details of its Mary P September Saturday Series for cruisers and White Sails which starts next weekend. Races will take place each Saturday in September starting next Saturday 5 September, with first gun for Cruisers…
