The Topper Irish National Championships 2019 were held last weekend July 5th -7th at The Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, Co Down. The Royal Cork had 12 sailors representing the Royal Cork at the event. We had excellent sailing conditions over the first two days with winds ranging from 7 to 13 knots under […]
Well, what a super evening to run the 2019 Dinghy Pursuit race on the Curlane Bank. The longest day of the year proved to be a smashing evening with warm sun and a southerly breeze allowing Chief Race Office Dave Clancy to set up two courses side-by-side on the bank. A broad range of dinghies […]
The Royal Cork National 18 Class have organized an event for all RCYC monohull dinghy classes to showcase the variety and vibrance of dinghy sailing in Crosshaven. The support of all the dinghy classes at RCYC is acknowledged in forming this concept event. The format of the competition is a Pursuit Race under defined […]
The Irish Sailing Youth Nationals were held at the club on April 25th to 28th last. Unfortunately, with a Status Red (Storm Hannah) weather warning in place for a large part of the event – it looked like it would be a big struggle to ensure that all the fleets would get a series in […]
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 […]
