Royal Cork Yacht Club

Last weekend, the WAVE Regatta was held in Howth Yacht Club. The RCYC was well represented by Craig O’Neill’s J24, “Legal Alien”, the Jones family’s “Jellybaby” and James Dwyer’s ½ tonner “Swuzzlebubble”.    Congratulations to James Dwyer and his crew for bringing it home in Class 2 IRC, also winning the Lambay race and finishing 2nd in Class […]

    Last week it was announced that our marina has retained its An Taisce Blue Flag, one of nine Blue Flag Marinas to fly the environmental award flag in 2024/2025. Gavin Deane, General Manager, commented that “The award is really important to the Club as it is a vital part of our overall sustainability […]

There are 2 major keelboat racing events happening this weekend, in both Dublin and Kinsale.  Best of luck to all the Royal Cork Yacht Club boats competing in “WAVE regatta” in Howth. The RCYC will be well represented by Craig O’Neills J24, “Legal Alien”, the Jones family’s “Jellybaby” and the ICRA boat of the year […]

Hi All, For the June weekend we are planning a cruise in company to the Isles of Scilly. This is open to all members and provides a great opportunity to make that introduction to, and experience offshore sailing. The plan is to leave on the evening of Wednesday 29th of May and return on Monday […]

Darkness into Light 2024 On the morning of the 11th May at 04.30 we took to the water to participate in the country wide effort to raise funds for the Darkness into light Charity, Pieta house. There were 28 boats on the water who navigated their way through fog out as far as Roaches Point, […]

Last Thursday night proved to be a tricky one with mixed conditions on the water. Bruce Springsteen was thrilling his fans in Supervalu Pairc Ui Chaoimh and while our sailors may have been a little too far away to hear the concert, it certainly was “Glory Days” for John and Ronan Downing in “Miss Whiplash” […]

    Volvo Cork Week gets underway on Sunday 14th July 2024, with racing beginning on Monday 15th July. Event entry numbers have been steadily climbing, with entries received from far and wide, and the dedicated event team at the RCYC continue their work on preparing for another epic event. RS21 UK & Ireland Cup […]

The Cork Harbour Keelboat Combined league kicks off on Friday the 5th of June. This league is jointly organised between the Royal Cork and Cove Sailing Club. It is open to White sail and Spinnaker and will run for the four Fridays in June. This event is kindly sponsored by Johanna Murphy and Associates, and […]

Over 30 boats went racing last Thursday and Friday night in what was the 2nd week of the may League. Incredibly we had the largest number of boats racing on a Summer Series Friday night in over 10 years! What a remarkable achievement from our members! Let’s keep the momentum going and hopefully we’ll see more […]

Hi all Our up coming Darkness into lights event is nearly upon us, happening this Saturday morning @ 04:15. I would like to invite all members to participate in what will be an exciting and very worth while event. However, if you cannot make the event, your donations or sponsorship would be greatly appreciated. Last […]