Kinsale Yacht Club News
Works on Marina Entrance and Closure of Access Gate at Kinsale Yacht Club Next Week
17th April 2023 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club advises members that next Monday 24 April, LCF Marine Services will be on site to add new support piles to the marina access walkway. Working from a barge, they will be driving new tubular steel piles and…
Fog may have shrouded the reappearance of the classic 33-metre superyacht Mariette off Kinsale Harbour County Cork yesterday, but there was no mistaking the silhouette of the two-masted gaff schooner. Designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff in 1915, Mariette arrived…
A dense sea fog prevented any racing in Sunday afternoon's Axiom Private Clients Spring Series for Cruisers at Kinsale Yacht Club. Two attempts were made to start racing for both Class One and Two spinnaker divisions, but there was a…
Kinsale Yacht Club's second Axiom Private Clients Spring Series race was cancelled on Monday due to strong southerly winds. As Afloat reported previously, Royal Cork Yacht Club boats topped the leaderboard in both Spinnaker One and Two divisions after the first race on…
Royal Cork Take The Spoils on Light First Day of Spring Series at Kinsale Yacht Club
2nd April 2023 Kinsale
On a day that suggested summer is coming, Royal Cork Yacht Club boats topped the Axiom Private Clients Spring Series 2023 in both Spinnaker One and Two divisions at Kinsale Yacht Club on Sunday. Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble (David and James Dwyer) won…
Carroll's Chancer Wins Frank Godsell March League 2023 for Cruiser Racers at Kinsale Yacht Club
31st March 2023 Kinsale
Michael Carroll's Chancer was the overall IRC ratings winner of the Frank Godsell March League 2023 for cruiser racers at Kinsale Yacht Club, while Alan Mulcahy was the IRC White Sails winner of the 41st edition of the league. The Spring…
Two races into the March cruiser league at Kinsale and heading for the conclusion of the Frank Godsell series this Sunday, Stephen Lysaght’s Reavra Too is setting the pace in the cruiser/spinnaker IRC and ECHO fleets, while Alan Mulcahy’s Apache…
St Patrick’s Day Kinsale Maritime Parade and Fireworks Display Give Spectacular Start to West Cork Festivities
17th March 2023 Kinsale
A daring on-the-water display from Zap Cat speedboats began St. Patrick's Day eve proceedings in Kinsale Harbour on Thursday night. A flotilla of 14 Kinsale Yacht Club yachts, local boats and fishing trawlers dressed with fairy lights paraded from Charles…
Waterfront Home in Kinsale’s Exclusive Summercove Could Be Yours for €2.5
12th March 2023 Waterfront Property
Two-and-a-half million euro could snag you a stunning home right on the waterside in the Summercove area of Kinsale. The Anchorage dates from the Victorian era when it was home to a British navy admiral. In more recent times, Hollywood…
Elan 40 'Chancer' Wins First Race of Kinsale Yacht Club Cruiser-Racer March League
12th March 2023 Kinsale
The Kinsale Yacht Club’s 2023 cruiser-racing season kicked off on Sunday, March 12th, with the first race of the Frank Godsell-sponsored March League. On a damp misty day, five boats came out to race on a course set by Race…
Kinsale is Part of 2023 La Solitaire du Figaro Three Stage, 1850 Miles Course
8th March 2023 Kinsale
The course for 2023's 54th edition of La Solitaire du Figaro will be contested over three stages over the period August 27 to September 13 and will call to Kinsale in late August. As Afloat reported earlier, the route was…
Solo Sailor Tom Dolan Aiming for Kinsale Leg Victory as 2023 Figaro Race Detail is Published
7th March 2023 Tom Dolan
A comprehensive sail testing programme completed in January and longer periods of intensive pre-season training races should mean Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan is well equipped to stake his claim to regular podium places over the course of the Figaro…
Kinsale Yacht Club Sailors Make Good Speed on Shindig's Caribbean Voyage
6th March 2023 Tom MacSweeney
“Shindig is an old boat, very traditional, down-to-earth, you wouldn’t have the luxury of the super yachts around down here, some of which are massive cruising machines with every gadget known to man, but she suits us perfectly and makes…
With no racing possible on the final day of Kinsale Yacht Club's Squib Frostbite Series, the overall win went to Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan in Outlaw. There were 15 races sailed and three discards in the 12-boat fleet, leaving Travers…
Outlaw, sailed by Ian Travers and Keith O’Riordan, is nearing overall victory in the Squib Class of the Frostbite Series at Kinsale Yacht Club. They sailed to one first and two second places in Sunday’s three races. Outlaw is closely…
Kinsale Yacht Club is mourning the loss of former Commodore Pat Pyne, who died on February 22nd. Pyne was Commodore from 1995-1998 when the West Cork club's flagship event, the Sovereigns Cup, was launched in 1995. A keen sailor, Pyne competed in KYC…
