One Hundred and four RS Dinghy Sailors enjoyed a great weekends Racing in Baltimore Sailing club this past weekend. Blessed with stunning weather and perfect breeze for sailing all the crews arrived and departed West Cork with a simile on their faces………. Baltimore Sailing Club gave everyone a fantastic welcome and immediately the visitors started […]
“No water, no life. No blue, no green.” – Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer, Mission Blue Foundation Volvo Cork Week 2018 has been awarded Gold Certification by the International ‘Sailors for the Sea’ Clean Regatta programme with the event sustainability partners MaREI Centre for Marine & Renewable Energy and An Taisce’s Clean Coasts programme. The […]
The “29er Ulster Championship 2018” was held at Ballyholme Yacht Club last weekend in Northern Ireland. The double-handed event, called the “Weekend of Speed”, included advanced skiffs like the 29er, 49er and catamaran multihulls. In the 29er class, the Royal Cork Yacht Club sent four skiffs that earned the top four spots at the event. […]
Saturday 20th October Pádraig Wooley – Officer of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Pádraig Wooley will be our guest speaker for the evening and provide us with an informative talk on Whales and Whale Watching Along the Cork Coast. This talk will also focus on the Citizen Science agenda and how the wider sailing […]
The Optimist fleet travelled to Tralee Bay Sailing Club for the last event of the year at the weekend. It was another test of character; Saturday had rain, breeze, big chop, a long trek to the racecourse all of which took their toll on the fleet. Sunday was a little more pleasant – the sun […]
