Kinsale Yacht Club

The Kinsale Yacht Club was founded in 1950 with John H. Thuillier as the first Commodore.[1]

Kinsale

Development

The club was initial located in Scilly in a pair of cottages. The club races started off the pier and rarely left the harbour. In the 1960s a new premises at the end of the pier road was purchased and developed over time into the building as seen today.[1]

By the time the club had moved to its current location the fleet included Albacores, Mirrors, Flying Fifteens, Dragons, Fireballs and Enterprises. The club began to develop junior sailing instruction. In the 1990s the junior fleet extended to Optimists, Lasers and 420s. The senior fleet still includes the Dragons as well as Squibs and A-Class Catamarans. There are also three Cruiser Classes.[2]

Notable sailors from the club include John Twomey, 11 time Olympian, with 3 medals.[3]

Paul McCarthy is another Olympian from the club.[4]

Ron Holland, international yacht designer was also a regular at the club.[5]

Marina
Kinsale-marina

Kinsale Yacht Club marina is a 200 berth marina located in the heart of Kinsale town providing secure and safe berthing within the virtually landlocked harbour on the estuary of the Bandon river.

The Marina can cater for Superyachts of various sizes up to 75 meters in length and is 8 Meters deep at LWS.

The Marina currently holds: The Fáilte Ireland Quality Assured Standard, 5-Gold Anchor award and An Taisce Blue Flag

Championships

The club started hosting Regional and National Championships from the 1970s. The club now hosts many regional, national, and international sailing events.

  • 1977 World Fireball Championships[6]
  • 1977 Dragon Gold Cup
  • 1984 Flying Fifteen World Championship[7]
  • 1998 Mirror European Championships
  • 2008 Flying Fifteen European Championships [8]
  • 2012 Dragon Gold Cup[9]
  • 2012 Optimist National Championships[9]
  • 2013 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships[10][11]
  • 2015 Sovereign's Cup (incl. 4 national championships) [12]
  • 2017 1/2 Ton Classic Cup
  • The Solitaire du Figaro stopped in Kinsale (Kinsale Yacht Club) as host town (stage stopover) on 19 occasions: 1974-1975-1976-1978-1979-1980-1983-1984-1985-1986-1988-1990-1991-1992-1993-1994-1995-1997 and 2010 (www.lasolitaire.com)
  • 2020 Planned; Dragon Gold Cup[13]
  • 2020 Planned; Squib UK Nationals [13]

Regatta

Kinsale regatta festival takes place every year over the August Bank holiday weekend. It includes both traditional sailing competitions as well as a variety of water sports. These all take place in and around KYC and harbour. There are also land activities from sports to the emigrants return[14]

See also
  • List of Marinas

References
  1. "Afloat magazine". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. "KYC history". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. "Sailor of the month". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. "Paralympian returns". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. "Top Designer in kinsale". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  6. "Fireball World's". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  7. "World Championship results include location" (PDF). Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  8. "Dublin history of Flying Fifteen fleet" (PDF). Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  9. "Optimist Worlds". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  10. "DS Worlds". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  11. "Kinsale Worlds". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  12. "Regatta". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  13. http://www.kyc.ie
  14. "Regatta". Retrieved 8 February 2016.

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