2025 Keelboat racing forum held at the Royal Cork Yacht Club
The 2025 edition of the keelboat racing forum was held at the club dining room last Sunday. The keelboat committee surveyed the members in advance of the forum to get a flavour of what the members wanted for the 2025 season. It was a very successful afternoon and those in attendance retired to the club bar afterwards to watch Ireland beat Scotland in the six nations championship.
So, what is the plan for 2025? The keel boat racing calendar can be seen here on the keelboat notice board section of the website and through the link below but below are some highlights:
March: Sail Cork are running a safety on board training course on the 1st March. Please see the link here to enter.
April: Reintroducing a Non-Spin league every Saturday for four weeks in April.
May: The Summer series returns with Thursday and Friday night racing. The May league commences on Thursday 1st May. This year we are introducing a new Saturday series. This will be a monthly league and will run for every Saturday in May, June and July and will comprise of a mixture of destination races, coastal, round the cans, round the Island etc.
June: Thursday, Friday and Saturday June series and we look forward to the return of the Cork Harbour combined league every Friday in June for all classes. The J24 Southerns are being hosted by the club in June and we will hold our mid-summer madness the same weekend.
July: Thursday, Friday and Saturday July league.
August/September: Thursday and Friday August/September league and on the 16th, we plan to race to Kinsale, the Cruisers will cruise down and we will be hosted by KYC at the clubhouse for food and refreshments. More on this to follow! We can also look forward to the Naval and Blackrock races.
Later in the year our Autumn series will run for five weeks and the Winter league will conclude the season in early December.
We also plan to hold more on the water training days throughout the season. It’s shaping up to be a fantastic season and your keelboat committee look forward to seeing you all on the water soon.
