Kinsale Yacht Club News
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…
Kinsale Yacht Club Launch Inishtearaght Offshore Race Along Cork & Kerry Coast (Download Notice of Race Here)
24th December 2021 Kinsale
To meet a growing demand for offshore racing, Kinsale Yacht Club Commodore Matthias Hellstern along with Dave Cullinane (SCORA Vice-Commodore) and Harvey Matthews representing sponsors Matthews of Cork, launched the inaugural Inishtearaght Race in Kinsale on Wednesday, December 23rd. As Afloat…
Jack Roy’s Huge Contribution To Sailing Was Only One Part Of An Exceptional Life
14th December 2021 News Update
When we published a comprehensive overview of Jack Roy’s achievement-filled career ashore and afloat on 14th July 2017, it was in light of his recently-elected position as President of Irish Sailing. With someone who lived life a hundred per cent…
The death of former Irish Sailing President and Olympic Games Race Officer Jack Roy of Greystones and Dun Laoghaire has deprived our sport of one of its most popular and enthusiastic devotees, both in terms of services to sailing and in…
Kinsale Yacht Club has elected Matthias Helstern as its new Commodore at last night's online AGM. The former Mirror dinghy ace and Dragon keelboat sailor takes over at a busy time for the West Cork club from outgoing Commodore Mike Walsh.…
Afloat Photographer Bob Bateman's essential role in promoting sailing in Ireland was recognised again last night, this time at the Kinsale Yacht Club AGM. Bateman was made an honorary member of the West Cork club for his support of the…
SCORA AGM Hears of New 2022 Kinsale Yacht Club Blasket Islands Offshore Race
5th December 2021 SCORA
The increasing interest in Irish offshore yacht racing events was illustrated at last Friday's South Coast Offshore Racing Association AGM with the announcement of a new race on the Cork and Kerry coast next May. The twenty-first annual SCORA meeting was…
Cohen’s Gunsmoke Wins Class One of Kinsale Yacht Club's October/November Series
28th November 2021 Kinsale
A fleet of sixteen boats took part in the final race of the Kinsale Yacht Club October/November Series on Sunday 28th November. Northerly winds meant that the Race Officer, Donal Hayes, was able to send the fleet on a beat…
At Kinsale Yacht Club on Sunday, Stephen Lysaght’s Reavra Too an Elan 333 continued her successful arrival into Fleet 1 of the White Sails October/November Series. Having won her first race the previous week she repeated the victory on Sunday…
