The South Coast Dragon championship took place last Wednesday to Friday at Cork Week 2022. Seven boats comprising of teams from Royal St George YC, Kinsale YC and Glandore Harbour YC competed for the honours in Cork Harbour. Three days of varied wind speeds proved[…]
CASTLETOWNSHEND RACE TO MARY ANN’S SATURDAY 16/7/22
The combined fleets of Dragons and Squibs raced to Castletownshend on Saturday before a light but steady southeasterly breeze and in beautiful sunshine. The majority of the Dragon Fleet chose to stay on or south of the direct line after rounding High Island but Sonata with helm[…]
DRAGON DERBY 2022
The Dragon Derby was founded by Don Street in 1987. The the 14 races of the 35th Derby were sailed over weekend 9/10 July. After 7 races on Saturday in very challenging light winds in the inner harbour 3 boats were tied on 17 points, Zu, Moonshine & Sonata. The[…]
At home regatta and BBQ 2022.
The At Home Regatta and associated social events have been victim to the Pandemic for two years now but made a welcome, if truncated, return this last weekend. The passing of a weather front saw local racing cancelled but a valiant Kinsale fleet set out running before a[…]
UKRAINIAN REFUGEE SAILORS IN IRELAND
Refugees from the ongoing war in Ukraine are arriving on our shores in numbers and include sailors among them. Approaches by Irish Sailing to their Ukrainian counterpart have now seen enquiries begin from Ukrainian sailors here who are interested in getting back on the water. If you[…]
CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHLEEN HAYES (AFIAP).
Congratulations to our own Kathleen Hayes, Club Member and Photographer in Residence ! who has for years now been producing beautiful images from across the fleets at GHYC as well as her other work. Some shots taken by[…]
2022 ROBOTIC MOWERS KINSALE KEELBOAT REGATTA
Six GHYC Dragons travelled up for the Kinsale Keelboat Regatta over the Bank Holiday weekend, generously sponsored by Robotic Mowers Cork. This was a great turnout to kick off the 2022 Season – very much appreciated by the local fleet. Sunday saw freshening, low-teen, winds with rain at[…]
Annual Club Crane in
The club Crane in will take place on the 7th May at The Pier in Union Hall. Let’s get sailing safely and support the club Keelboat Launch Keelboat Launch Crane in for GHYC keelboats at Union Hall Keelbeg Pier 7th May. Contact Diarmaid +353 (87) 253 0919 or lee 0879612342[…]
THE GLANDORE INN ROSE BOWL 2021
This past weekend, August 28th/29th, was Rose Bowl weekend for Dragons and Squibs generously sponsored by the Glandore Inn as always. Race officers David Forde and Siobhan Keane Hopcroft and a team of top notch volunteers provided five great races in Glandore Bay for each fleet. The weather Gods[…]
COVID THREAT & KAREN HORGAN MEMORIAL RACE
The safety and welfare of all our members, staff, volunteers and local community has always been a priority so following a short pause in Club activity on Friday, to assess emerging events, activity resumed yesterday Saturday 21st August 2021 with the successful running of the Karen Horgan Memorial Race to[…]