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Monkstown Bay Sailing Club began their season in Cork Harbour on Tuesday night with the first race of the May League. Thirteen dinghies raced in Class 1. The race was won by Brian Jones and Gary Frost, sailing a 505.…

Cove Sailing Club's Kieran Dorgan prevailed in the final race of the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club on Saturday in Cork Harbour to win the League and coveted Yard of Ale trophy.  In a light air climax, Dorgan won two of the…

At Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour, where eleven races have been sailed in the club’s Winter Laser League, racing resumed on Saturday when Kieran Dorgan from Cove Sailing Club just around the corner at Whitepoint, continued to lead…

With a third different leader in as many weeks, Monkstown Bay Sailing Club (MBSC) Laser Winter League 2023 has sailed eight races in  Cork Harbour, and Kieran Dorgan from Cove Sailing Club is at the top of the scoreboard. After one discard is…

Monkstown Bay Sailing Club (MBSC) Laser Winter League 2023 got a full three races in at Cork Harbour on Saturday, January 14th, in a 15 to 20 bitingly cold westerly breeze but bitingly cold coupled with a 3.5-metre tide sluicing past Monkstown.…

Monkstown Bay Sailing Club (MBSC) Laser Winter League 2023 got off to a blustery start in Cork Harbour on Saturday, January 7th, when the scheduled third race was cancelled as gusts hit 30 knots. James Murphy's results of two and…

Monkstown Bay Sailing Club's Winter Laser League in Cork Harbour begins this weekend and runs for six Saturdays until February 11th. There will be an all-in start as close as possible to the village's Sand Quay at 10.12 am, with…

A sunny day brought the crowds out for the annual Monkstown Bay Sailing Club St Stephen’s Day Race in Cork Harbour. The dinghy club combined the annual fixture with its fun raft race from the Sand Quay. The event was…

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…