Leading racing yachts to grace Cork Week

TWO of the biggest and most recognisable racing yachts in the world, Pyewacket and Morning Glory, will form part of an expected 500 yacht fleet for this year’s Cork Week regatta, which takes place from July 10 to 16.

And, to provide an added frisson of competition between these two magnificent yachts during the course of the regatta, local sailors Donal McClement and Mark Mansfield will crew on either boat, lending their undoubted local knowledge to the expertise already on board.

McClement will be on board Roy Disney’s Pyewacket while Olympics-bound Mansfield will be aboard German industrialist Hasso Plattner’s Morning Glory.