2024 Cantor Fitzgerald Irish South Coast Dragon Championship – Day 3 The last day of the championship dawned with a flat calm! As the morning progressed there was just enough breeze to allow the fleet to follow the RC support boat out to the start area, about 1.25km south of[…]
2024 Cantor Fitzgerald Irish South Coast Championship Day 2
2024 Cantor Fitzgerald Irish- South Coast- Dragon Championship – Day 2. Day 2 of the event saw a major comeback by the Dublin fleet with three firsts shared by two of the Dublin fleet, Jaguar and Phantom. Moderate W/SW breezes aided Race Officer John Corkery and team in successfully running[…]
2024 Cantor Fitzgerald Irish South Coast Dragon Championship – Day One
2024 Cantor Fitzgerald Irish- South Coast- Dragon Championship – Day 1. It was the Battle of Kinsale at the head of the fleet in Glandore today as the planned two races were achieved with the benefit of a steady, moderate southwest breeze. The first of the event day prizes was[…]
Glandore Harbour Yacht Club Cantor Fitzgerald Irish South Coast Championship 2024
The Dragon Fleet at Glandore will swell to a very impressive 18 boats this weekend as visiting craft arrive from around Ireland to crane in for the 2024 Cantor Fitzgerald Irish South Coast Championship Regatta to make what will be the biggest Dragon event in the region before the Gold[…]
2024 Irish South Coast Championship
Glandore Harbour Yacht Club is proud to announce that they will host this year’s Dragon Southerns, which is generously supported by principal event sponsor Cantor Fitzgerald. The Notice of Race and entry form links can be found below. GHYC would also like to thank further sponsors: Fehily Timoney, Glandore Marine[…]
Pre Season Cleanup 2024
Ahoy, fellow members! ⚓ Calling all shipmates! It’s time to spruce up our home away from home for the upcoming season! We’re hosting a Yacht Club Cleanup Day on 4th May from 0900 to 1700 and we need your deckhands on deck! Let’s work together to give our beloved yacht[…]
Rossa Lordan Endeavour Trophy and Junior Sailor of the Year 2023
Ben Perez (Jr Sailor of the Year) Although he’s no longer small, still mighty Ben has been an asset to junior sailing for a long time now, but really flourished this season. Ben’s raw talent and skill, can be seen through all elements of the race course, placing high up[…]
KAREN HORGAN MEMORIAL 2023- PHOTO FOLLOW UP
In follow up to yesterday’s event report please see herewith some great shots from Kathleen Hayes (AFIAP):
Karen Horgan Memorial Race and other news from this week.
A moderate to fresh, but gusty, northwest breeze greeted the Squib and Dragon fleets early on Saturday August 26th 2023 for the Karen Horgan Memorial Race. The race differs from the usual Castletownshend racing format with an additional “Karen Horgan” mark in the Small Sound rounded to port, the[…]
Dragon Derby 2023
DRAGON DERBY 2023 The Dragon Derby was established in 1987 by Don Street who presented, as a perpetual trophy, a ships decanter, together with sponsorship of two bottles of Mount Gay rum each year. Tradition has it that the competitors and support team consume all the rum after the award[…]