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Monkstown Bay Sailing Club members elected Jacqui O’Brien as Commodore at their annual meeting on Sunday. Richie Harrington was appointed Vice Commodore and Alan Fehily Rear Commodore. Sandy O’Brien is Hon. Secretary and Kieran O’Leary Hon.Treasurer. Committee members are: Ewen…

Conditions were tough for dinghy sailors in Monkstown Bay in Cork Harbour on Saturday, the final day of the club’s October Dinghy League, with strong, gusty winds and heavy, driving rain showers. The Race Committee decided conditions were too strong…

Changing from solo sailing a Laser, Ronan Kenneally, who won Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s September dinghy league in Cork Harbour, is helming a National 18 in the October league. After four races, sailing National 18 M2 with crew Robert O'Sullivan…

Laser sailor Brendan Dwyer leads the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club October League after two races sailed in the Cork Harbour club's first races of its October League on Saturday. Medium westerlies gave some exciting racing to the combined fleet of…

At Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour on Sunday, RS Feva dinghies raced their club championships. There were six races, with five to count, allowing for one discard. Ten Fexa XLs raced. Ben and Charles Dwyer won the first…

55 dinghies competed across the fleets at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club 'At Home' 2022 regatta in Cork Harbour on Saturday. As regular Afloat readers will know, the event was postponed from earlier in the season when strong winds cancelled the…

Spinnakers were flown from start to finish of the Cobh to Blackrock annual race up the River Lee on Saturday afternoon. It was a great Cork Harbour spectacle as the fleet carried the colourful sails up through Lough Mahon, the…

Lasers are dominating Class 1 of Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s August dinghy league. Philip Doherty in his Laser Radial has built a five-point lead on a total of 5 after four races sailed at the time of writing, with Judy…

Philip Doherty in his Laser Radial is leading Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s Class 1 in the August dinghy league after three races on a total of 5 points. Second is John Moynihan on 11 points, in another Laser and third…

Laser sailor David O’Connell won Cork Harbour's Monkstown Bay Sailing Club July league in Class One after nine races on 10 points with Judy Moynihan and Therese Loesberg second in their Laser Two on 27. Charles McCarthy and Barry O'Connor were…

David O’Connell, Laser, has increased his lead at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s July Dinghy League in Class 1, winning Race 7 to have just 5 points overall. Double-handed Laser sailors Judy Moynihan and Therese Loesberg, continue second on 18 points,…

After five races and with one discard allowed, Laser sailor David O’Connell continues to hold a big lead in Class 1 of the Monkstown Bay SC July dinghy league in Cork Harbour on a total of four points. Second is…

David O’Connell is leading Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s July dinghy league Class 1 on 3 points after three races, the result of his hat-trick of wins. That puts him clear of Judy Moynihan and Therese Loesberg in second place in…

Chris Bateman and John Coakley won the 505 dinghy Irish Nationals raced at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club over six races in Cork Harbour. Six 505s competed. They won four of the six races, for a total of 7 points. Second…

Monkstown Bay Sailing Club has postponed its 'At Home' which had been scheduled to take place in Cork Harbour on Saturday. The club says this is due to the forecast of adverse weather predictions. A new date of Saturday, September…

Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour will hold its ‘At Home’ this Saturday, at a time when it is experiencing “fantastic support” for dinghy sailing according to its Commodore. “We have put a lot of effort into popularising sailing,…