Last weekend saw a large Royal Cork convoy head north to Ballyholme Yacht Club to compete in the second Regional event of the year – the Ulster Championships. One hundred sailors competed with 25 from the Club (22 in Main Fleet and 3 in Regatta). On Saturday morning after an hour’s postponement the Race Officer, […]
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The Future Is Bright!
Forty seven sailors took to the water this morning on the last day of the Optimist Beginner/Improver Sessions. The sessions started on April 25th and five Saturdays provided perfect conditions for the young sailors to have lots of fun, make new friends and get afloat. We had 84 children participate in one or more of […]
Optimist Munsters 2015 Report
The first Regional event of the year – the Munster Championships were hosted by Kinsale Yacht Club this past weekend. 139 sailors took to the water with 29 Royal Cork sailors competing spread across the fleets. Well done to all our sailors. Conditions proved challenging with variable wind and sea conditions testing all the sailors. […]
Another Great Day Afloat For The Beginners and Improvers
Last Saturday morning 48 new sailors participated in the “Beginner/Improver Optimist Sessions” run by Darren O’Keeffe and his many helpers. While it was only an increase of 5 sailors on the previous Saturday session held 25th April – 22 of the sailors were new!. A large number of our experienced Optimist sailors turned out to […]
Finding Nemo!
What an amazing start to the season! This morning saw 43 new young sailors dip their toes in the water and participate in the Beginner Sessions led by Darren O’Keeffe. There were a few sailors missing so it is expected this number will increase next Saturday!. They were all afloat by 1130 and came ashore around […]