Inishtearaght Race
Malone's Loinnir Honoured At Kinsale Prizegiving After Inishtearaght Victory
31st May 2026 Inistearaght Race
Overall winner John Malone and the crew of Loinnir were honoured at Kinsale Yacht Club on Sunday evening (May 31) following their victory in the 2026 Cantor Fitzgerald Inishtearaght-Skelligs Race. The Lough Ree Yacht Club entry claimed overall honours in…
Lough Ree and National YCs Share Honours in Kinsale YC Inishtearaght Race
31st May 2026 Inistearaght Race
One thing to be said in favour of a slow but steady deterioration of the weather after a period of heatwave is that the declining millibars should be close enough together to provide a decent sailing breeze from between south…
Loinnir Leads as Rounding Sets Up IRC Battle to Kinsale in Inistearaght Race
30th May 2026 Inistearaght Race
Kinsale Yacht Club's Inishtearaght Skelligs Race fleet has rounded Inishtearaght, and is now racing east toward Kinsale in a firm west to west-north-west breeze of 15 knots in blue skies and sunshine. One of the race favourites, the former winner,…
The preliminary instructions suggest that the race from Kinsale would be round either the faraway Inishtearaght on the edge of the Blaskets, or the less distant but equally majestic Skellig Michael. It’s an opening salvo that gives a sense of…
Defending champion Chris Power Smith’s J/122 Aurelia leads the Inishtearaght Skelligs Race after the opening hour of racing from Kinsale. Nineteen of the 22 entries are currently competing, with three boats not appearing on the live tracker. The Cantor Fitzgerald-sponsored…
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…
Twenty-two boats are entered for this Friday’s Inishtearaght/Skelligs Race, organised by Kinsale Yacht Club and SCORA. The fleet includes defending champion Aurelia (J122), Cristina (NMD43), Blue Oyster (Oyster 37) and double-handed entries such as Katanca, Cinnamon Girl, Valfreya and Mach2.…
Interest is building strongly for the Kinsale Yacht Club Inishtearaght Skelligs Race sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, with 18 boats already entered and less than 20 days remaining before the offshore start. Several boats preparing for this summer’s Round Ireland Yacht…
John Treanor’s new NMD43 Cristina has entered the 2026 Inishtearaght Skelligs Race. The National Yacht Club/Royal Irish entry becomes the second Dun Laoghaire-based boat on the entry list. The entry list now stands at 12 boats, organisers confirm. Defending champion…
Cantor Fitzgerald Sponsors Kinsale's Biennial Inishtearaght Skelligs Race
2nd January 2026 Inistearaght Race
Kinsale Yacht Club has announced that financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland is the sponsor of the 2026 Inishtearaght Skelligs Race, held biennially off Ireland’s south-west coast. Ten boats have already entered the offshore challenge, including previous winners Aurelia and Cinnamon Girl.…
Nine Boats Enter For Kinsale's 2026 Inishtearaght Skelligs Race
20th December 2025 Inistearaght Race
Kinsale Yacht Club has confirmed nine early entries for the 2026 Inishtearaght Skelligs Race and announced a new title sponsor. The biennial offshore race will take place over the June Bank Holiday weekend in partnership with SCORA. As previously reported,…
RStGYC's Chris Power-Smith to Defend Title in Kinsale's Newly Renamed 'Inishtearaght Skelligs Race'
3rd November 2025 Inistearaght Race
Defending champion Chris Power-Smith will return to the start line as Kinsale Yacht Club hosts the biennial offshore race—now rebranded as the 2026 Inishtearaght Skelligs Race—over the June Bank Holiday weekend in partnership with SCORA. The race, formerly known as…
Kinsale Yacht Club on Cork's southern coastline is returning to the format of pre-Covid years for its racing programme this season; Vice Commodore Anthony O'Neill has told members. Its Fastnet Race will be held on alternative years with the Inishteraght…
Chris Power Smith of Royal St George YC is "Sailor of the Month (Offshore)" for May
5th June 2024 Sailor of the Month
While the first weekend of June suddenly brought summer, the last weekend of May seemed to be winter re-asserting itself on the Atlantic coasts, and merely to finish the shortened Kinsale YC Inistearaght Race(it rounded the Bull Rock off Kerry,…
Royal St. George Yacht Club's J122 Aurelia Wins Kinsale's Inistearaght Race
25th May 2024 Inistearaght Race
Finishing in a sub-one-day elapsed time frame, Royal St. George Yacht Club's Chris Power Smith, on board his J122 Aurelia, won line honours and IRC victory on Saturday in Kinsale Yacht Club's eight-boat offshore Inistearaght Race. Having won line honours…
Royal St. George's J122 Aurelia Returns to Kinsale for Inishtearaght Offshore Race
10th May 2024 Inistearaght Race
With just two weeks to go until the start of Kinsale Yacht Club's biennial Inishtearaght Race sponsored by the Matthews Centre, all of the boats that raced the 2022 edition are returning for another shot at offshore glory in the 280-miler…
