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Cove Sailing Club's Kieran Dorgan prevailed in the final race of the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club on Saturday in Cork Harbour to win the League and coveted Yard of Ale trophy.  In a light air climax, Dorgan won two of the…

At Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour, where eleven races have been sailed in the club’s Winter Laser League, racing resumed on Saturday when Kieran Dorgan from Cove Sailing Club just around the corner at Whitepoint, continued to lead…

With a third different leader in as many weeks, Monkstown Bay Sailing Club (MBSC) Laser Winter League 2023 has sailed eight races in  Cork Harbour, and Kieran Dorgan from Cove Sailing Club is at the top of the scoreboard. After one discard is…

ISORA's ambitious campaign to promote offshore sailing in the Irish Sea Area was boosted this Christmas by generous coverage in club yearbooks on both sides of the Irish Sea. Not surprisingly, Pwllheli Sailing Club (PSC), the recognised centre for ISORA…

The ‘Holy Ground’ is a legendary part of Cobh, renowned in song and remembered in the Cork Harbour town’s folklore. Now the ‘Holy Ground Lady’ is part of Cove Sailing Club, a boat built by local shipwright Mark Richard in…

Cove Sailing Club is holding a Christmas Dinghy Race this Saturday, 17th December in Cork Harbour.  Rankins, Optimists and mixed dinghies are lined up to take part. The First Gun is at 12.30 pm. The atmosphere will be festive as…

Cove Sailing Club (CSC) elected Quarter Ton yachtsman Dominic Losty as Commodore at Tuesday night's AGM. After a busy and successful year for the Cork Harbour club, Losty takes over from outgoing Niall Hawes. Losty is a long-time Quarter Ton sailor…

The Cove Sailing Club ‘Club Person of the Year Award' was presented to the youngest recipient of the award ever at the Club’s annual Laying Up Supper in Cobh in Cork Harbour at the weekend. 21-year-old Harry McDwyer collected the award…

Cove Sailing Club’s Friday evening cruiser league was won by Gary Mills’ Shipman 28 Tonga. Second was Nick O’Rourke’s First 32, Bright Wings and third was Robbie Allen’s Dehler 34 Rana. Three Rankin dinghies topped the Wednesday evening dinghy league…

Spinnakers were flown from start to finish of the Cobh to Blackrock annual race up the River Lee on Saturday afternoon. It was a great Cork Harbour spectacle as the fleet carried the colourful sails up through Lough Mahon, the…

The annual Cobh to Blackrock Race in Cork Harbour will be sailed this Saturday, with a number of changes from previous years, including the return of dinghies with the support of Monkstown Bay SC to Cove Sailing Club, the overall…

Cove Sailing Club has announced details of the 2022 Cobh to Blackrock Race taking place on Saturday 10 September. The race will encompass a variety of classes and bands to ensure tight racing in Cork Harbour for the highly coveted…

John Cotter’s Miracle won the 12th race of Cove Sailing Club’s Wednesday Night Dinghy League in Cork Harbour. David O’Brien was second in his Laser Radial and Rankin R12 was third, sailed by Maurice and Francis Kidney. The Rankin Class…

Cove Sailing Club's foray into Optimist junior sailing in 2021 bore fruit last weekend when the Cork Harbour club hosted its inaugural Optimist dinghy Regatta. Building on CSC participation at the IODAI Munster Championships earlier this year at Royal Cork and a…

Sean Hanley's HB 31 Luas were the winners of the Titanic Trophy cruiser race on Friday evening, the opening race of Cobh's Peoples Regatta weekend in Cork Harbour. In light winds, Hanley's Royal Cork crew won the drifting white sails race…

Cobh People’s Regatta, with Cove Sailing Club, is on this weekend with events ashore and afloat. Sailing races begin with the young sailors of the Optimist fleet on Friday morning, starting at 10 a.m. The cruisers will race that evening…