This post is a follow up on WbW#6 where Larrie Martin beautifully described his long career as an Oppie Parent. In it we unscientifically examine the changes to the way Junior Sailing is approached and try to illustrate with photographs from 2007 and some 40 years earlier. (more…)

Times have moved on but today is a good day to salute the committee members who helped celebrate the last anniversary and also to give all boat crews an important job to do! (more…)

The Royal Cork may well have the record for the longest continuous Oppie parent career in the world. A former Rear Admiral and Oppie parent of 17 consecutive seasons recalls his time with the fleet. (more…)

In WbW#4 we discovered the ladies bar that was behind the fireplace up to 1946. By coincidence we have a nice photograph from that year of a ladies race in dinghies with some nice connections to both the past and the present. (more…)

Ever-changing yet somehow very familiar. This is the dining room of 1970 which despite all the changes is instantly recognisable. (more…)

Members make any club and today’s photograph from 1971 is not just a snapshot of that time – it also illustrates nicely the inherent strength of the Royal Cork. (more…)

The Royal Cork and the One Designs – here club member and current Elsie owner Pat Dorgan outlines a brief history of the class and today’s state of play with each boat. (more…)

This year we celebrate the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the club in 1720. Much has been recorded and published about the clubs origins and illustrious past. This series looks at the club in the living memory of the current membership. (more…)