Inishtearaght Race
Strong Interest in 2024 Inishtearaght Race as Kinsale Yacht Club Reports Eight Entries in First 24 hours
19th February 2024 Inistearaght Race
Online entry has opened for May's 2024 Inishtearaght Race, and Kinsale Yacht Club is reporting a strong south coast entry for the 240-miler. As well as the defending champion, Cinnamon Girl, the Sunfast 3300 was sailed by Cian McCarthy and…
Notice of Race Now Available for Kinsale YC Inishtearaght Race 2024
19th January 2024 Inistearaght Race
The Notice of Race is now available for Kinsale Yacht Club’s Inishtearaght Race, once again generously sponsored by Matthews of Cork. Cian McCarthy and Sam Hunt on Cinnamon Girl won the race on IRC in 2022 and they have confirmed…
Following a successful inaugural race in 2022, the date for the 2024 Kinsale Yacht Club Inishtearaght Race has been set to start on Friday, 24th May 2024. The date has been set to be one month before the Round Ireland…
Overall IRC and ECHO honours in Kinsale Yacht Club's inaugural Matthews Centre sponsored Inishtearaght Race went to double-handed duo Cian McCarthy and Sam Hunt of the host club. McCarthy and Hunt sailing the Sunfast 3300 Cinnamon Girl finished with a corrected…
Royal St. George Yacht Club's 'Aurelia' is Line Honours Winner of Kinsale's Inishtearaght Race
22nd May 2022 Inistearaght Race
Chris Power Smith's J/122 entry Aurelia from the Royal St. George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire was the line honours winner of the inaugural Inishtearaght Race, finishing at 9 pm on Saturday. The only Dublin entry in the Kinsale Yacht…
Great Start for Kinsale Yacht 'Chancer' in Inaugural Inishtearaght Offshore Race (Photo Gallery Update)
20th May 2022 Inistearaght Race
There were great starts for the host club's Elan 40 Chancer (Brian Carroll) and Denis Murphy's Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo from Royal Cork in the inaugural Inishtearaght Race from Kinsale this morning in the brand new Irish offshore yacht race…
Challenging First Inishtearacht Offshore Race Starts from Kinsale Yacht Club this Friday
18th May 2022 Tom MacSweeney
The idea for the Inishtearaght Race originated because Kinsale sailors thought that the best and most scenic part of the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race is west of Kinsale. So what about a race from Kinsale around the Blaskets and…
Royal St. George Yacht Club J/122 Joins Kinsale Yacht Club's Inaugural Inishtearaght Race Fleet
24th April 2022 Kinsale
A competitive eight boat fleet is building in Kinsale for the inaugural Matthews Inishtearaght Race taking place in less than a month's time. The race, promoted as an 'ideal shakedown race' for boats entering June's Round Ireland Race, has attracted top…
With 50 days to go to the start, Kinsale Yacht Club in West Cork has opened the online entry for its inaugural Inishtearaght Race. The new Irish offshore fixture race will take place on Friday, 20th May with a first starting gun…
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…
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…
