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Kinsale Yacht Club Gets Set for 'Full-Strength' 2023 Simply Blue Group Sponsored Sovereign’s Cup Regatta

25th November 2022
Kinsale X-yacht Freya, skippered by Conor Doyle, sailed to ORC success in the 2022 Middle Sea race in October and is pictured above competing on her home waters at the 2021 Sovereign's Cup
Kinsale X-yacht Freya, skippered by Conor Doyle, sailed to ORC success in the 2022 Middle Sea race in October and is pictured above competing on her home waters at the 2021 Sovereign's Cup Credit: Bob Bateman

Sovereign's Cup Regatta Director Tony Scannell has published the Notice of Race (downloadable below) for next June's 15th Cup for Cruisers, Coastal and White Sails fleets.

Scannell confirmed Kinsale Yacht Club is looking forward to welcoming everyone back to a 'full-strength' regatta in the town post-COVID.

The biennial regatta, one of the most important south coast regattas, will run from 21st to 24th June 2023, and, as Afloat reported previously, it will incorporate the 1720 sportsboat European Championships and has attracted a new sponsor.

The 1720s will stage their 2023 European Championships as part of the Sovereign's Cup at Kinsale Yacht Club in June Photo: Bob BatemanThe 1720s will stage their 2023 European Championships as part of the Sovereign's Cup at Kinsale Yacht Club in June Photo: Bob Bateman

The West Cork club confirmed the Blue Economy Project Developer, Simply Blue Group, headquartered in Cork, as the title sponsor, a welcome boost first announced by Scannell at the Cork Week 2022 prizegiving in July.

Kinsale Yacht Club Regatta Director Tony Scannell is looking forward to a bumper 15th edition of the Sovereign's Bropu with a new title sponsor, Simply Blue Group Photo: Bob BatemanKinsale Yacht Club Regatta Director Tony Scannell is looking forward to a bumper 15th edition of the Sovereign's Group with a new title sponsor, Simply Blue Group Photo: Bob Bateman

The Notice of Race for Cruisers, Coastal and White Sails fleets and the 1720 Euros are available to download below.

The fleet's in - the 2021 Sovereign's Cup fleet gathered at the Kinsale Yacht Club marina in West Cork Photo: Bob Bateman. The 2023 edition will be held from 21st to 24th June Photo: Bob BatemanThe fleet's in - the 2021 Sovereign's Cup fleet gathered at the Kinsale Yacht Club marina in West Cork. The 2023 edition will be held from 21st to 24th June Photo: Bob Bateman

Registration is now open for 2023 Simply Blue Group Sovereign’s Cup here.

Scannell says there is a substantial Early Bird discount across all the fleets. An Early Bird Draw will take place on 15th March. Details of regatta fees are outlined in the NOR and the registration form.

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