Teamwork pays off as 10th Rás Mór is the best yet

The sun blazed down on 550 rowers and paddlers who were cheered through Cork harbour and into Cork city as they took on the gruelling task of completing the 10th Rás Mór, Ireland’s number one rowing race.

Now an all-inclusive rowing event, with wooden working boats, currachs, skiffs, gigs and longboats, contemporary ocean racing shells, kayaks and canoes, it included crews from England, Scotland, The Netherlands, Spain and Canada.

Races were held over four distances with the 28 kilometre ocean course running from Crosshaven to Roche’s Point to Cobh, Monkstown and through Lough Mahon to Lapp’s Quay.