Kinsale Yacht Club News
Lysaght’s 'Reavra Too' Wins Kinsale Yacht Club's Fifth Race of November League
16th November 2021 Kinsale
The fifth race of Kinsale Yacht Club’s cruiser White Sails October/November Series was won in IRC Fleet 1 by Stephen Lysaght’s Reavra Too, the boat’s first outing in the league. Michael Carroll’s Chancer finished second and Valfreya (D.Riome & M.Leonard)…
Class 1 IRC at Kinsale Yacht Club’s White Sails October/November series has been seeing changes at the top with Valfreya (M. Leonard & D. Riome’s Sigma 33) taking back first place after winning on Sunday and now on four points…
Kinsale Yacht Club's Freya for Malta Coastal Race Ahead of Saturday's Middle Sea Offshore
19th October 2021 Middle Sea Race
Kinsale Yacht Club's Freya skippered by Conor Doyle is part of an international fleet of over 40 boats expected to take part in the Yachting Malta Coastal Race tomorrow, a shakedown race before Saturday's 600-mile Middle Sea Race tomorrow. The…
The first-ever UK and Irish Squib National Championships featuring combined fleets will take place next year in Kinsale. The rescheduled Squib National Championships incorporating the Irish Squib National Championships will sail from Kinsale Yacht Club from 19th to 24th June 2022.…
Kinsale Yacht Club's October/November White Sails series has six boats entered in the IRC 1 fleet where the leader is Anthony O'Brien's White Tiger, with Meridian (Thomas Roche) second and Valfreya (M.Leonard/D.Riome) third. The IRC 2 leader is Patrick Beckett's,…
Kinsale Yacht Club plans for an Under 25 sailing team are progressing in West Cork. The plan is to acquire a suitable yacht (most likely a J/24) that will compete on the under 25 keelboat circuit around Ireland. It follows expressions…
The Laser End of Season regatta sponsored by Matthews of Cork concluded at Kinsale Yacht Club yesterday with Munster sailors taking the prizes in each of the three rig divisions after four races sailed in the 63-boat fleet. The PRO,…
As many other fleets have put their boats to bed for the winter, Kinsale Yacht Club is gearing up to host the Laser Class for an end of season event this coming weekend. The event is proudly sponsored by James…
Irish Interest Grows in Malta's Middle Sea Race as Entry Reaches 100 Yacht Milestone
6th September 2021 Middle Sea Race
With 50 days to the start of the 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race, the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) is preparing itself for a stellar fleet and there is Irish offshore sailing interest in the lineup too with Kinsale's XP50…
The final race of the championship decided the top four places overall of the O'Leary Life Irish Dragon Nationals at Kinsale with Dublin Bay sailors Peter Bowring, Neil Hegarty and David Williams taking the title. The race was sailed in a consistent…
Royal St.George Phantom Crew are Still Ahead, But Last Dragon Race at Kinsale Could Be the Decider
5th September 2021 Dragon
Neil Hegarty, Peter Bowring and David Williams in Phantom held on to the overall lead during Day three of the O'Leary Life Irish Dragon National Championships. 14 knots of easterly wind and a reduced swell made for near-perfect sailing conditions.…
Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat in Rescue of Lone Sailor off Old Head of Kinsale
31st August 2021 RNLI Lifeboats
A lone sailor was rescued after his boat suffers engine failure and a sail blow out off the Old Head of Kinsale. The Courtmacsherry All-Weather Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat was called out this afternoon Tuesday at 2 pm to go…
Conor Doyle's Kinsale XP50 Freya is Fifth in Palermo to Montecarlo Race
27th August 2021 Middle Sea Race
In a warm-up for October's Middle Sea Race, in which Cork yacht Freya is the only Irish entry, the Kinsale Yacht Club XP50 skippered by Conor Doyle took fifth overall on IRC and ninth in line honours in this week's…
Kinsale Yacht Freya Competing in Palermo to Monte Carlo Race (Tracker Here!)
21st August 2021 Offshore
Conor Doyle’s XP50 ‘Freya’ from Kinsale Yacht Club starts in Saturday's 450-mile Palermo to Montecarlo Race as the sole Irish entry in the Italian classic. An international fleet of 56 boats will race in the fixture organised by the Circolo…
Following the departure of Paul Murphy after 18 years of service, Richard McKinlay has been appointed Marina Manager at Kinsale Yacht Club. He is joined by Ciaran Newport as Maintenance Technician on the marina. The club has installed a mesh…
It was a one, two overall for the J109 design in this weekend's Kinsale Yacht Club SCORA Fastnet Race. Royal Cork yacht Jelly Baby claimed a victory in a corrected time of 21 hours:13 minutes: 26 seconds from the host club's Artful Dodger (Finbarr…
