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[…]
2022 GHYC PRIMARY SCHOOL’S REGATTA
Tuesday June 14th saw the conclusion of the GHYC Primary Schools Sailing Programme with the School’s Regatta, an afternoon of racing where the school sailors get to race and, more importantly, have[…]
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[…]
GHYC Dinghy News 2022
GHYC Dinghy News 2022 It’s all go for a very busy Sailing Season 2022! So that dinghy sailors know what’s being laid on for them, the following outlines dinghy racing and related training for the Season. Racing back to Tuesday and Thursday Evenings! During June, July and August all the[…]
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[…]
Update Statement 9.5.22 Re: Proposed Curtailment of Marine Leisure at Glandore Co Cork
On Sunday 8/5/22 as young people gathered for the Spring Dinghy League at Glandore Pier it was easy to envisage the practical implications of the proposed plans to curtail activity at the pier. The entire area as proposed as “Storage” is already full of kayaks, dinghies,[…]
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[…]
YE OLDE PONTOON ARRIVETH !
Swallows, motoring Squibs, and now that other harbinger of a new season, our shrinking pontoon, has arrived for summer. Thanks to Tiarnan, Kieran, Peter and Ben for helping Kevin and I move it from its winter berth under the watchful eye of Vince and family. Please[…]