West Cork Sailing & Boating News
Baltimore RNLI has paid tribute to long-serving mechanic Cathal Cottrell as he retires after 38 years with the lifeboat station. Cottrell’s connection with the RNLI began in childhood through time spent with his father at the old Baltimore station. His…
New Bespoke Trophies Unveiled by Kinsale Yacht Club for Inishtearaght Race
28th May 2026 Inistearaght Race
Kinsale Yacht Club and race sponsor Cantor Fitzgerald have unveiled a new set of bespoke trophies for this Friday's Inishtearaght Skelligs Race. The trophies were presented at a club function on Tuesday night and have been specially commissioned for the…
Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival from 22nd to 24th May in West Cork was blessed with glorious weather, much welcomed after successive blowouts in recent years writes Rob O’Leary. The last of the rain fell on the Friday night, but that…
Weather, memory and the restless pull of the sea are themes of Time & Tide, a new book of poetry by West Cork writer Seamus Harrington. Author and poet Thomas McCarthy, poet Seamus Harrington and publisher Dominic Taylor at the…
Baltimore’s waterfront was busy with boatbuilders, rowers and families today as the West Cork harbour hosted another day of its Woodenboat and Seafood Festival. The Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival is now well under way, with large crowds gathering around the…
More than €500,000 in State funding has been allocated to five marine infrastructure projects in West Cork as part of a nationwide €4.8 million coastal investment scheme. The funding, announced by Minister of State for Fisheries Timmy Dooley, will support…
West Cork is supposed to be an easygoing and laid back sort of place, so this coming weekend's three day double bill Woodenboat and Seafood Festivals in Baltimore face the challenge of putting through mind-bending but supposedly "pruned and tuned"…
"Refresh" of Garda Siochána's Coastal Watch Initiated In Southern Region
14th May 2026 Coastal Notes
The Garda Síochána has initiated a “refresh” of its Coastal Watch in the southern region. The event was marked on Wednesday (May 13th) in Castletownbere Co Cork, by Assistant Commissioner for the Southern Region, Eileen Foster. Coastal Watch’s purpose is…
West Cork is a State of Mind as much as anything else. But the programme on 22nd to 24th May for the annual Baltimore Woodenboat & Seafood Festivals suggests that “easygoing” is not the adjective that would immediately spring to mind…
Courtmacsherry RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat Val Adnams was called out just before 4pm on Sunday afternoon (10 May) to go to the immediate aid of a swimmer who had got caught in offshore winds off Garrylucas Beach, near the Old Head…
Charity Cycle For RNLI and Castletownbere GAA In Memory of Late Coxswain Dave Fenton
8th May 2026 RNLI Lifeboats
A charity cycle is taking place next month in West Cork in memory of the late RNLI Castletownbere lifeboat deputy coxswain Dave Fenton. Dave Fenton, who died unexpectedly in August 2024 at the age of 41, was an experienced Garda…
The 2026 cruise season at Bantry Bay opened on Sunday with the arrival of Le Lapérouse, the first of 12 vessels scheduled to visit West Cork. The Ponant-operated expedition ship, launched in 2018, carried up to 184 guests and 110…
Being family-oriented, encouraging sailing that combines good racing with leisure, is at the heart of Calves Week in Schull, West Cork, where there are already sixteen boats on the entry list for the event in August. Mark Murphy, Communications and…
Could Bantry Harbour become a location for superyachts? The marketing approach of Cork Port Company representatives at the Seatrade Cruise Global conference in Miami, Florida, is interesting! The conference is the world cruise shipping industry’s largest gathering. The Cork delegation…
A historic waterfront cottage overlooking Bantry Bay in West Cork has come to market, offering direct proximity to the shoreline and local sailing activity. Sea Lodge Cottage is positioned on the approach to Bantry town, directly opposite a slipway and…
A coastal farmhouse near Schull has come to market with direct proximity to some of Ireland’s most renowned sailing waters, offering immediate access to sheltered anchorages and Atlantic cruising routes along the West Cork coast. The four-bedroom coastal farmhouse has come to…
