Kinsale Yacht Club News
Kinsale's Cinnamon Girl and Dublin Bay's Cian Guilfoyle on Caro are Big Irish Hopes in Competitive Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Fleet
22nd November 2023 Sydney to Hobart
A diverse fleet, including multiple former winners and some key Irish offshore interests, will take on the 628 nautical mile Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on St. Stehpen's Day. One hundred and thirteen boats are entered for the 78th running…
Ten yachts raced in the IRC Fleet 1 on the fifth day of Kinsale Yacht Club’s Victoria Antiques White Sail October-November Series on Sunday. Gavin Lawlor’s ‘Genesis’ won the race, with Thomas Roche’s ‘Meridian’ second and John Godkin’s ‘Godot’ third.…
Kinsale Yacht Club resumed its October/November White Sails series on Sunday; after two cancellation days, John Stallard’s ‘Siboney’ won both IRC and ECHO handicaps in Fleet 1. Gerard and Mathilde Campbell’s ‘Cirrus’ was second in IRC, and Michael Carroll’s ‘Chancer’…
Kinsale Yacht Club held their Laying Up Supper for the 2023 season in the clubhouse on Friday night (3 November). Commodore Matthias Hellstern welcomed Irish Sailing president John Twomey and Julian Renault, Cork County Council senior harbour master, before the…
Dick Hegarty Trophy Race Cancelled Again at Kinsale Yacht Club Due to Lack of Wind
31st October 2023 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club's Dick Hegarty Trophy race was postponed again on Bank Holiday Monday, having deferred racing from Sunday due to weather. The First Gun for the memorial race was scheduled at 13.55, but lack of wind prevented racing. The Victoria’s…
Kinsale Yacht Club to Sail Dick Hegarty Trophy Race on Bank Holiday Monday
30th October 2023 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club sails its Dick Hegarty Trophy race on Bank Holiday Monday, having deferred racing from Sunday due to weather. The First Gun for the memorial race is 13.55. The Victoria’s Antiques White Sails Autumn/Winter Series incorporates the Hegarty Trophy…
Racing at the top of Kinsale YC’s Whitesail October-November series in IRC One Fleet is close. David Riome’s Sigma 33 won the third race on Sunday and leads the fleet. Only a point separates the top three from each other.…
Kinsale Sending Two-Family Campaign To Australia For Two-Handed Challenge In Sydney-Hobart Race
22nd October 2023 Sydney to Hobart
The Sun Fast 3300 Cinnamon Girl from Kinsale, sailed two-handed by Cian McCarthy and Sam Hunt, has been cutting a successful swathe through Irish offshore racing for more than two years now. But in December, they'll be making the top-level…
Conor Doyle's Freya Crew from Kinsale Ready to Defend ORC Title in Middle Sea Race
21st October 2023 Middle Sea Race
The 44th Rolex Middle Sea Race starts this morning, Saturday, 21 October, at 1100 CEST from Grand Harbour, Valletta, with Conor Doyle’s xP50 Freya from Kinsale defending an ORC Class podium place. The Mediterranean’s most renowned offshore race has all the…
After two races of Kinsale Yacht Club's White Sail October-November Series, Gavin Lawlor’s Genesis leads the IRC 1 Fleet, with Meridian (Thomas Roche) second and John Godkin’s Godot. third. In ECHO handicap Cirrus (Gerard and Mathilde Campbell) leads with Godot…
Counting four race wins Kinsale Yacht Club's Shawn Kingston, Donal Small and Conor Hemlock, sailing 'Grey Hare' were the clear winners of the Dragon Class at a cut-short Lough Derg Yacht Club Freshwater Keelboat One Design Regatta on Sunday. Five races…
Kinsale Squib Pair Win Lough Derg Yacht Club's Freshwater Keelboat One Design Regatta
15th October 2023 Squib
A win in race four meant Kinsale Yacht Club Squib duo Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan won a cut-short Lough Derg Yacht Club Freshwater Keelboat One Design Regatta on Sunday. Four races were sailed on Saturday with one discard, but racing…
Kinsale Yacht Club’s opening day for the Victoria Antiques White Sails League October/November last Sunday had seven yachts in IRC Fleet 1 which was won by Gavin Lawlor’s Genesis with John Godkin’s Godot second and David Rime’s Valfreya third. On…
A Season of Success Celebrated at Kinsale Yacht Club's 'At Home' Regatta
20th September 2023 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club's 'At Home' Regatta, sponsored by Victoria's Antiques, was held on Sunday, 17th September, and saw a great turnout despite the damp weather. The event was a big success, with many sailors from the sailability, dinghy, and keelboat…
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…
