Kinsale Yacht Club News
A well-timed postponement meant the nine-boat Kinsale Yacht Club SCORA Fastnet Race got away in a great breeze this morning at 10 am for its annual offshore race even though the fleet will not now round the Rock but the much closer…
Wins in the second and third races in the Squib Southern Championships at Kinsale Yacht Club this afternoon has handed the overnight lead to Northern Ireland's Peter Wallace and Fiona Ward. The Wallace and Ward partnership from Royal North of Ireland…
Kinsale Yacht Club is hosting the Squib South Coast Championships this weekend. Racing on Saturday and Sunday will be between the Old Head and the Sovereign Islands of Kinsale Harbour. As Afloat reported previously, the Squib Northern Championships on Belfast…
Due to the light winds forecast for Friday night, Kinsale Yacht Club has postponed the SCORA Kinsale Fastnet race until Saturday morning. Sailing secretary David Cullinane told Afloat "We have decided to postpone until Saturday 17th July. First Gun will…
Kinsale J/109 Artful Dodjer Among the Ten Boat Fleet for SCORA Race Round the Fastnet Rock
14th July 2021 Kinsale
An estimated fleet of ten boats is contemplating a light air forecast for Friday evening's SCORA Kinsale Yacht Club Fastnet Race. Sponsored by UK Sailmakers Ireland, the fleet includes the on form host club J109 entry of Artful Dodjer (Finnbarr…
Kinsale Yacht Club Crews Triumph in Dragon East Coast Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
4th July 2021 Dragon
West Cork Dragon sailors dominated the podium of the Irish East Coast Dragon Championships 2021 at the Royal St. George Yacht Club today with Kinsale Yacht Club crews claiming first second and third overall in the 13-boat fleet. Overall winner Cameron…
The largest boat currently racing in the Sovereigns Cup series at Kinsale is Conor Doyle's locally-based Xp50 Freya. For most of us, she's a biggy, and an elegant one at that. But if you were to exit Kinsale Yacht Club…
Kinsale Yacht Club's 'Freya' is Biggest Entry in Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race
7th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
Kinsale Yacht Club rivals its South coast Royal Cork neighbour with four offshore entries into Wednesday's 280-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race. It's a strong turnout for the West Cork club that also has the biggest entry into the race in…
Kinsale Yacht Club Announce Astra Construction on Board for 2024 Dragon Gold Cup
3rd April 2021 Kinsale
There was good news from Kinsale this week as a yacht club member, Stephen McCarthy and his construction company Astra Construction have become the Gold sponsor to back the yacht clubs' hosting of the Dragon Gold Cup in 2024. After…
Kinsale Yacht Club Welcomes Easing of Restrictions & Awaits Clarification on Competitive Racing Status
31st March 2021 Kinsale
West Cork's Kinsale Yacht Club is looking forward to having members who live more than five kilometres from Kinsale visit the club marina to use their boats for family cruises from 12th April. Club Commodore Mike Walsh says KYC is…
It was exactly fourteen months ago – precisely on January 21st 2020 – that we featured the intriguing story of how Stephanie Lyons of Kildare had come to be in a role of active sailing prominence in Australia via training…
The community group at the renowned South Coast landmark, the Old Head of Kinsale, plans to build a major, new Lusitania Museum to replace the present small museum at the site, where they have also constructed a memorial garden. The…
The coronavirus pandemic forced a sudden change of plans for Kinsale Yacht Club’s day skipper course last March. But after jumping in at the deep end and working out on the fly how to adapt the usual on-the-water lessons to…
Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat in Call Out to 50ft Yacht in Difficulties off the Old Head of Kinsale
3rd January 2021 RNLI Lifeboats
The Courtmacsherry All-Weather Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat was called out at 7 am this Sunday morning to go to the aid of a 50 ft-yacht with three people on board which had got into difficulties four miles east of the…
There are only a few harbours in Ireland where you get the feeling that the land is effortlessly embracing the sea rather than endlessly battling it, but Kinsale is undoubtedly one of them. The picturesque port town provides a gentle…
After the disappointment of being forced to cancel its hosting of the Dragon Gold Cup due to coronavirus restrictions, Kinsale Yacht Club has expressed delight at being awarded the event again in 2024. Dragons recently returned to the waters at…
