West Cork Sailing & Boating News
CD Environmental Calves Week Regatta 2023 at Schull in West Cork has welcomed the latest entry of the 1898-built Cork Harbour one design “Jap”, scheduled to compete in the August event. Having spent over twenty years on the European classic boat…
Tiernan Roe of Ballydehob is “(Classics)” Sailor of the Month for April
2nd May 2023 Sailor of the Month
Irish classic boatbuilders and owners are no strangers to the podium at the annual International Classic Boat Awards in London, and 2023’s ceremony in April was no exception. Simon O’Keffe of Schull – the current family owner of the 1902…
Rob O'Leary and his Baltimore Sailing Club crew from West Cork returned to their winning ways at Howth Yacht Club when the North Dublin Club hosted the resurgent 1720s for the class’ first regional event of the 2023 season on Saturday and Sunday (29-30 April). Conditions…
Former Vice-Admiral Mark Mellett of the Irish Naval Service, who retired as head of the Defence Forces in September 2021, has been saluted by Kinsale Yacht Club at the weekend for his distinguished award from the French Government of 'Commandeur de…
Baltimore RNLI Lifeboat Provides Second Medical Evacuation from Irish Island Within a Week
26th April 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
Baltimore RNLI was called out to provide a medical evacuation yesterday evening (Tuesday 25 April) from Cape Clear Island off the coast of West Cork. Last week the crew performed a Medvac from Sherkin Island, as Afloat reported. The volunteer…
Howth 17s Celebrate 125 Years of One Design Racing in West Cork Trip to the Fastnet Rock
26th April 2023 Howth 17
As part of the 125th year celebrations for the oldest one design racing keelboat class in the world, the Howth 17s will be travelling to Baltimore, West Cork, this year. As Afloat reported previously, they will be launching on Saturday,…
Five J109s - including the ISORA Champion - Line up for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race
24th April 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
The all-conquering North Wales-based Mojito is one of five highly competitive J109 offshore cruiser racers that will contest June 7th's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race organised by the National Yacht Club. Two of the J109s entered are West Cork based,…
Royal Cork Yacht Club Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble stays top of the Spinnaker 1 - IRC fleet after two more races at Kinsale Yacht Club's Axiom Spring Series. After a fortnight of cancellations due to big winds and fog, the KYC league…
Baltimore RNLI was called out to provide a medical evacuation yesterday evening (Thursday, 20 April) from Sherkin Island off Baltimore, West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 8.20 pm, following a request from the Irish Coast…
Kinsale Yacht Club will begin midweek sailing for cruisers on Wednesday, May 3. One Design keelboats Squibs and Dragons will start their evening sailing on the following evening, Thursday, May 4. The club’s Keelboat Regatta, sponsored by the Kingston Kinsale…
Ireland's World-girdling Saoirse Is Re-born - All Welcome At Thursday's Skibbereen Launching Of Photo-Book Of The Magical Process
18th April 2023 Conor O'Brien
Anyone who doesn't respond at several emotional levels to the atmosphere in an ancient boat-building shed when a traditional wooden boat is being re-created in the time-honoured style can only be soul-dead. And when the boat in question is Conor…
Fog may have shrouded the reappearance of the classic 33-metre superyacht Mariette off Kinsale Harbour County Cork yesterday, but there was no mistaking the silhouette of the two-masted gaff schooner. Designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff in 1915, Mariette arrived…
80 Boats Entered as Kinsale's Sovereign's Cup Has Just 20 Places Left for June Regatta
14th April 2023 Sovereign's Cup
With over 80 entries already registered, the Simply Blue Group-sponsored Sovereign’s Cup has less than 20 places left at Kinsale to reach its official cap. The biennial regatta takes place 21st to 24th June in Kinsale Yacht Club and this year,…
Calves Week Regatta 2023 Expected to Reach 70-Boat Entry Limit by Early Summer
14th April 2023 Calves Week
With over 40 confirmed entries already, Calves Week Regatta in Schull Harbour, West Cork, from August 8th-11th, is expected to reach its 70-boat cut-off by early summer. The top end of the entries looks particularly competitive, with seven J Boat models…
Good Friday Agreement’s 25th Anniversary Coincides With Howth 17s’ Epic Centenary Sail Home from Carrickfergus Through Irish Sea
11th April 2023 Howth 17
The events in Ireland this week with President Joe Biden and others marking the 25th Anniversary of the signing of Good Friday Agreement in Belfast on 10th April 1998 are a reminder that, at exactly the same time just a…
Baltimore Sailing Club ILCA Sailors Top 108 Boat Fleet on Home Waters of West Cork
9th April 2023 Laser
After four races, host club sailors lead two divisions competing for 2023 Munster ILCA/Laser Championship honours in Balimore, West Cork. Fionn Lydon tops the ILCA 7 division with youth sailor Sorcha Ní Súilleabháin in charge of the ILCA 4s. The threat of…
