No rest for our dinghy sailors as we head into the festive season.
Best of luck from everyone at Royal Cork to current European 29er Champions Alana Twomey(RCYC) , Lucia Cullen(RstG,RCYC), Ben O’Shaughnessy (RCYC) and Ethan Spain (NYC) as they head to Brazil this week to represent Ireland at the World Sailing – Youth Sailing World Championships the 1st of 12 scheduled races start next Monday December […]
Volvo Cork Week 2024 – already heating up!
Entries are steadily flowing in for the next edition of Volvo Cork Week. The dates for Volvo Cork Week 2024 are Monday 15th July to Friday 19th July. This facilitates plenty of time for boat deliveries before and after the event. The Notice of Race is available to view here. The early entry […]
Christmas Supper Club Night
Saturday 9th December Christmas Supper Club Night. All bookings to be made online, Arrival 19.00hrs for Dinner 19.730hrs. (more…)
Dinghy Instructor Recruitment 2024
The Club is currently recruiting Dinghy Instructors for the Junior Sailing courses 2024 (more…)
Final Day’s Racing for the Carrigaline Court Frostbite League
The final day of the Carrigaline Court Frostbite league at the Royal Cork looked like it could live up to its name on Saturday, Nov 25th as a large anticyclone settled in over the south coast leaving clear skies and very little wind on the preceding days. With not a breath of wind at […]
Junior Laying Up 2023
The Annual Junior Laying Up 2023 was held this evening at the club. The annual celebration of dinghy sailing at the club was held inconjunction with the Frostbites Prizegiving. An account of the season was given by each Class Captain along with End of Year prizes. (more…)
Congratulations to Club Member Stephen O’Shaughnessy on his appointment as Racing Manager at Irish Sailing
Congratulations to our own Stephen O’Shaughnessy who has been appointed to the role of Racing Manager at Irish Sailing. Irish Sailing earlier today announced the appointment of Stephen O’Shaughnessy to the role of Racing Manager. A native of Cork City, Stephen has significant sailing experience from a very young age, cutting his teeth in the mirror […]
Brilliant day of wind & sunshine for Week 2 of the Carrgaline Court Dinghy Frostbite Series
Sunday, November 12th turned out to be another brilliant day of sunshine and decent breeze in advance of storm Debi for round two of the Carrigaline Court Dinghy Frostbite series. Race officer Ciaran McSweeney had some challenges with significant wind shifts, but settled on a course with a complex mixture of fleets. Six 420s […]
Santa Visit – 16th December
We can confirm that Santa will visit the club on Saturday December 16th between 3pm and 6pm. (more…)
Ensure you put the dates for Volvo Cork Week 2024 into your diary!
Entries are already flowing in for the next edition of Volvo Cork Week since the formal launch of the event in October. This legendary event has always attracted a large number national and international entries since its inception. A warm welcome and unparalleled entertainment has prompted entries to return from afar, again and again. […]
Fabulous start to the Carrigaline Court Hotel Frostbites
The Carrigaline Court Hotel Dinghy Frostbite league launched into racing on Sunday 5th with a strong fleet aided by a surprising November day with sunshine and decent consistent wind from the west on the Curlane Bank. The racing was greatly enhanced through the efficient skills of the Race Officer Ciaran Mac Sweeney who managed […]
RS21S – A NEW ADDITION TO VOLVO CORK WEEK 2024
Volvo Cork Week 2024 will welcome an exciting addition to its line-up of competitive sailing classes as the RS21 One Design Class makes its debut at this years event, 15th – 19th July 2024. Volvo Cork Week has earned a reputation as one of the premier sailing events in Europe, with a rich history dating […]
Stag Laying Up Supper 2023
Come and join us for the Stag Laying up Supper 2023 on Friday 3rd November for supper with all the traditional trimmings. Price €40 per head. (more…)
Volvo Cork Week 2024 launches Notice of Race & Entries Open
The Royal Cork Yacht Club, sounded the starting gun for its Volvo Cork Week 2024 regatta today. Its online entry was also opened today. As previously announced, the next edition of the regatta will take place from Monday July 15th to Friday July 19th 2024 and entries can now be submitted at here. Since its inaugural […]
Laser/ILCA Winter Coaching Plan
Welcome to our winter coaching plan for Laser/ILCA. There are still some exciting events to come this year with frostbites in November and our laying up supper where we will present some of the league prizes and awards. Our coaching has a number of focus areas. New to the laser Ongoing development of sailors for […]
At Home 23 ILCA Blackrock to RCYC passage Race
As part of the RCYC At Home 23 regatta, the ILCA fleet took on the Blackrock castle to RCYC passage race. (more…)
ILCA Summer Series Finale
On Sunday 17th, Royal Cork ILCA (lasers) hosted the finale of the ILCA summer sprint series. This series incorporated racing across five venues through the summer. The series finale held on the Curlane bank had twenty seven lasers compete in three classes from five separate clubs. The tri-series trophies were presented on the basis […]
Royal Cork Yacht Club Naval Race 2023
Naval race takes place this Saturday 16th September (more…)
Royal Cork YC Autumn League 2023
This year our Autumn League starts on Sunday 1st October and continues each Sunday until Sunday 29th October inclusive. (more…)
Busy Youth Pathway weekend
It is that time of year when our junior sailors get back to school and are busy with new subjects, teachers and the like. It is much the same in the club with many sailors looking for a new challenge, a different boat, and different social scene. The RCYC Youth Pathway weekend provided the perfect […]
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