Crosshaven’s Croi na Coille is ship-shape for discerning buyers

CORK Week, the sailing extravaganza, has sailed in, and swanned back out again, leaving an estimated €40 million boost to the local Crosshaven economy.

It even helped shift some local properties which had been on the market. The conventional wisdom is that every two years the mega-sailing event raises Crosshaven’s profile another notch.

Left behind in its departing wake is the €2m home Croi na Coille, and if you think that’s expensive try this comparison for size. One of the sailors, US industrialist Dan Myers, brought his €5m racing yacht to the event, and supported it and his racing crew with its mother ship, the stunning 170’ €50m classically-styled schooner Meteor. €50 mill? That’s 25 of these well-anchored houses (by the way, for further on-shore comfort, Mr Myers also rented the period restored Crosshaven House for the week’s sailing off Cork harbour, paying a reported €38,000 for the privilege. More modest two-beds got a handy, not to be sneezed at €2,000 for that week’s rent, by the way.)