Kinsale Yacht Club

Kinsale

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

Development

The initial location was in Scilly in a pair of cottages. The races were not terribly onerous as the races started off the pier and rarely left the harbour. In the 1960s the new premises at the end of the pier road was purchased and developed over time into the building 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

The first Marina was begin by the club in 1978. Today it is a blue flag Marina.^[6] Of the four Marinas in the harbour it is the closest to the centre of the town.

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^[7]
• 1977 Dragon Gold Cup
• 1984 Flying Fifteen World Championship^[8]
• 2008 Flying Fifteen European Championships ^[9]
• 2012 Dragon Gold Cup^[10]
• 2012 Optimist National Championships^[10]
• 2013 Disable Sailor's World Championship^[11][12]
• 2015 Sovereign’s Cup (incl. 4 national championships ^[13]

Regatta

Kinsale regatta festival takes place every year on 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. "Marina". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
7. "Fireball World's". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
8. "World Championship results include location" (PDF). Retrieved 9 February 2016.
9. "Dublin history of Flying Fifteen fleet" (PDF). Retrieved 9 February 2016.
10. "Optimist Worlds". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
11. "DS Worlds". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
12. "Kinsale Worlds". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
13. "Regatta". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
14. "Regatta". Retrieved 8 February 2016.

Coordinates: 51°42′04″N 8°31′07″W / 51.7012466°N 8.5185559°W