Royal Cork Yacht Club

There is a long history of boat building in the harbour. This article by Dan Cross relates the tale of one yard which in it’s relatively brief existence produced over 100 yachts and helped make Cork Harbour a center of excellence on the international sailing scene. (more…)

No matter what, our members have a great ability to rise to the occasion. In this post Marina Rose outlines some of the fun and frolics of the wonderful “Royal Corkers” – the group that took no prisoners in their hilarious annual review at the Laying Up supper for many years. (more…)

This post is a follow on to WbW#15 where we republished some fabulous photographs by Bob Batemen as part of the celebration of the work he and Claire did over the years. Here are more of Bob’s great photos, with a focus on the crews. (more…)

This post is a lovely article by Conor English, one of the principle drivers of the great Rankin dinghy revival of the last five years. The Cobh built Rankin has a large following all over the harbour including being a popular transport on the river… (more…)

The WbW series relies primarily on photographs for its mission to tell interesting stories about the club, the boats, the members and indeed the wider harbour community. This post celebrates one photographer and his better half that have done so much for so long…. (more…)

The Club Boats are to most of us like wall paper, rarely getting a second glance. Here we look at some of the hardest working boats in the harbour and we have unearthed a letter and a fishing boat registration to add a little bit more to the knowledge bank. (more…)

This is a combo of two lovely articles – The Cadets – by John Cudmore and – The Fireballs – by Richard Leonard. The Cadet was the junior class for many years, until  gradually surpassed by the Mirror dinghy during the 1970s. The Fireball was the performance trapeze boat of that time. (more…)

This months calendar picture is the classic clubhouse view. We have some entertaining and informative extracts from the memoirs of it’s architect, his vision for club development from the late ’60s, and a little background to the first club amalgamation in the river….. (more…)

In one of the Royal Cork yearbooks there is an article about a yacht that has been in continuous use on Cork Harbour since 1936.  This led your WbW team to wonder if this is a record or whether others could lay claim to the title. So we went investigating… (more…)