Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Judy Moynihan has taken an early lead in the MBSC April Dinghy League 2026 Class 1 standings after three races. She sits first overall on 16.5 points. Sailing a Laser II alongside Therese Loesberg, Moynihan posted consistent results despite a…
Chris Bateman has secured overall victory in the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club Laser Winter League after the completion of all 12 races. Bateman finished the series with a net score of 12 after three discards, following six race wins and…
Bateman Leads MBSC Laser Winter League After Nine Races in Cork Harbour
25th January 2026 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Chris Bateman leads the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club Laser Winter League after nine races, with the series entering its final stage. Bateman holds a net score of 18 after counting seven races, following three wins and consistent top-two finishes in…
Ronan Keneally Leads Tight MBSC Laser Winter League Battle
17th January 2026 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Following light air racing on Saturday, January 17, local ace Ronan Keneally has taken an early lead in the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club Laser Winter League 2026 after six races and one discard. Sailing in the ILCA7 class, Keneally sits…
MBSC Laser Frostbite League Day Two Cancelled by Calm Cork Harbour
10th January 2026 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Racing on day two of the Laser Frostbite League at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club was cancelled on Saturday, January 10th. The Cork Harbour course was left idle due to a lack of wind. The winter series had opened a week…
Shifty Winds Challenge Sailors at Monkstown Frostbite Opener
6th January 2026 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Day one of the Laser Frostbite League hosted by Monkstown Bay Sailing Club kicked off last Saturday, January 3rd, in an uncharacteristically early start for the event. Sailors undeterred, this proved to continue on the fine momentum created by the previous week's…
Pritchard Wins MBSC Christmas Race on St Stephen’s Day
27th December 2025 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Harry Pritchard took overall honours at the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club (MBSC) Christmas Race on 26 December. Sailing an ILCA 7, he won on corrected time. Second place in the Cork Harbour race went to Thomas Chaix in an RS…
Monkstown Bay Sailing Club will host its annual Christmas Dinghy Race on St Stephen’s Day, Thursday 26 December 2025. The event is open to all dinghy classes with a Portsmouth Yardstick under 1370. It carries no entry fee, and is one…
Monkstown Bay SC Names New Flag Officers for 2026 Season
19th November 2025 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour has announced a new team of Flag Officers to lead the club into its 2026 season. The appointments follow the recent AGM at the clubhouse overlooking Monkstown Bay. Ewen Barry takes over as…
There is some concern in the Cork Harbour village of Monkstown about the impact on sailing in the future of a plan by Cork County Council to put a car park at the Sand Quay from where Monkstown Bay Sailing Club…
Irish dinghy sailors have finished top of the UK's prestigious Endeavour Trophy, taking the top two places overall on Sunday (October 5th) in Britain's champion of champions event at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. Big winds reaching over 30kts tested the 30 dinghy champions to…
Racing an ILCA 7, Tim O’Connor won the August Dinghy League Class One at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour, finishing on an overall 10 points. In second place were the Laser Two duo of Judy Moynihan and Therese…
Monkstown Bay SC August League Sees Tight Racing Battles
20th August 2025 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Tim O'Connor in a Laser/ILCA 7 leads Monkstown Bay Sailing Club's August League in Class 1 on 6 points, two ahead of the Laser II duo of Judy Moynihan and Therese Loesberg on 8, with Colin Johns in another Laser…
Davy O'Connell Secures July Dinghy League Title at Monkstown Bay
3rd August 2025 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
With a total of 17 points over the seven races, Davy O'Connell added yet another league title to his string of successes at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club when he won the July League, which concluded this week. Sailing his ILCA/Laser…
Monkstown Bay's Chris Bateman and Lucy Loughton Shine at Lord Birkett Trophy
7th July 2025 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Monkstown Bay Sailing Club B14 World Champions Chris Bateman and Lucy Loughton took second overall in the weekend's B14 at the UK's Lord Birkett Memorial Trophy at Ullswater Sailing Club in Cumbria. The two-day, all-class handicap dinghy and keelboat race is…
Fireballs Dominate Class One Dinghies of Monkstown Bay Sailing Club's ‘At Home’
6th July 2025 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
Monkstown Bay Sailing Club's ‘At Home’ on Saturday (July 6th) was held under a pursuit format for dinghies in Classes One and Two. In a clean sweep for the Fireball dinghy design, Colin Barry and Ronan Kenneally won Class One from Adrian…
