Topper Winter Regatta Report The first topper event of the year, the annual Winter regatta took place on Feb 23th-24th at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire. Fifty boats launched in spring-like conditions, for 3 races on day 1 with light winds and mild temperatures. RCYC sailors dominated from the off, and after the […]
This year a new award (the Volvo Irish Sailing Sustainability Award) was presented to joint winners Royal Cork Yacht Club and Howth Yacht Club for innovative ideas when thinking about the environment and sustainability. From providing sailors with reusable water bottles at events, using compostable food and coffee containers, paper straws, online documents, to […]
The Royal Cork Yacht Club Junior Laying Up Supper 2018 was held on Saturday 24th 2018 in the club house with parents and junior Sailors making up the 168 attendees. The end-of-year dinner was dispersed with the Class Captains giving an overview of their respective fleets activities during 2018. Rear Admiral Dinghies Brian Jones congratulated […]
The annual Topper and Laser Frostbite Series concluded this afternoon following racing each weekend during November. Fifty one sailors registered and we were delighted to welcome sailors from around Cork Harbour and further afield. The weather varied from light on week one to gusting up to 25 knots on week two. The third week saw […]
The October Bank Holiday weekend normally signals the end of league racing for the Royal Cork fleet, and this year was no different. Saturday saw our annual Lisheen Mines Open Team Racing event. The 25kt North Easterly breeze didn’t look promising, however PRO Ian Venner tucked the racecourse up the river by the Limekiln corner […]
