Plans in place for Yacht race stopover

PREPARATIONS are under way for the arrival in Kinsale and Cork city next month of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race for its first stopover in Europe since it departed Britain last September.

The project is sponsored by Cork City Council, Cork County Council and Fáilte Ireland with the principle objective of building Cork brand awareness internationally.

Kinsale has developed a very exciting programme which highlights what Kinsale does best – arts, cultural, cuisine and good craic. The festival will kick off on July 2 to ensure a warm welcome for the 180 crew when they arrive. An artisan food and craft fair will run for the whole weekend and Kinsale Arts Week will run STOPOVER, an exhibition of an artwork from each of the regions participating in the Clipper Race.