A few hours after qualifying for his 11th consecutive Paralympic Games, John Twomey, was brought back down to earth — or to a Melbourne kitchen, to be exact.

A Co Cork harbour will be awash with sails for a famed racing extravaganza where four national titles will be up for grabs.

Inspired by the sea, stunning Tanglewood is a perfect place to drop anchor, says Tommy Barker.

TWO big Kinsale offers come to market independently this week for receivers — one being 95 acres of spectacularly-sited land at Pregane, next to where a €200m golf resort development was proposed a decade ago.

The novice sailors who survived the summertime grounding and sinking of the tall ship Astrid will be reunited, next year, at sea.

After enjoying a wonderful IFDS Worlds 2013 regatta in Kinsale, we would like to thank the people who contributed a great deal to make Kiwi Gold Sailing very welcome.

One of Ireland’s greatest Olympians has said the disabled sailing world championships, which drew to a close in Co Cork yesterday, will leave a lasting legacy that reaches far beyond the sport.

The captain of the stricken tall ship Astrid fought back tears yesterday as he recalled the moment he knew his beloved ship was lost.

Teenage sailors who were at the centre of a dramatic sea rescue after their tall ship sail training vessel sank are eager to get back on the water.

A teenage sailor dramatically rescued with 29 crew mates when a historic tall ship struck rocks and sank off the Cork coast has said emergency training helped them keep calm as they awaited help.

A second day of superb sailing conditions graced the 90-strong fleet competing in the Covestone Asset Management Sovereigns Cup at Kinsale yesterday.

The economy of a Cork harbour town is to get a boost of up to €600,000 thanks to a major regatta.

A classic outcome for a classic one-design boat, celebrating the 65th anniversary of one of sailing’s best known trophies, was completed off the Old Head of Kinsale yesterday when Germany’s Tommy Mueller discovered he had won the event overall in a remarkable comeback.

A finishing place anywhere inside the top 12 in today’s final race of the Brewin Dolphin Dragon Gold Cup should secure the 65-year old trophy for Britain’s Lawrie Smith, who is sailing for Glandore Harbour Sailing Club.

Irish paralympic sailor John Twomey has urged people to get out on the water this weekend to experience the thrill of sailing.

World champions, Olympians and the next generation of sailing stars will light up the waters around Kinsale in Co Cork this summer.

THERE were few changes on the top of the leader-boards after the second day of the ISA Youth National and Junior Pathway Championship in Schull yesterday.

Paralympic sailor Paul McCarthy has been nominated for the Pierre de Coubertin International Fair Play Trophy.

KINSALE will benefit to the tune of €2.5 million as the Sovereign’s Cup Regatta gets underway today.