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Open Hours
September-June
10 am - 5pm Mon - Fri
July-August
10am - 5pm Every day

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"All our photographs are of real sailors here at West Cork Sailing, having real fun - no library shots - you get what you see. " Gail


Where are we?
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EquipmentWest Cork Sailing and Powerboat centre

  


Our aim is to provide high quality instruction, with the best of equipment.  You will be impressed with the range of sailing boats and powerboats:

YACHTS 
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 37.  37foot luxury yacht new in 2005.  Sleeps 9 with comfort.  Pressure hot water showers, flushing heads, fridge and large galley.  Excellent sailing performance with up to the minute equipment.  She is a gem and a pleasure to sailing.  Excellent for exploring the South West Coast of Ireland on an adventure cruise or training course.

A Challenger 72 is being chartered for 3 weeks to provide mile building adventure sailing for our Commercial Yachtmaster training course. This super racing yacht is built to withstand the biggest wildest seas.


KEELBOATS
Jeanneau Sun 2000. x 3 20ft Keelboats with lifting keel, large sail area, massive cockpit and full aysemmitric spinnaker.  These boats are excellent performance and are great for an amazing day of team racing or a comfortable day picnic sailing.  Find out more.

DINGHIES
RS Feva
A fleet of 6 Fevas joined the centre in 2006.  All with 2 sets of sails for different performance  levels and 3 of them have asymmetric spinnaker. These are great dinghies for teens and adults.  Excellent performance, without being too flighty.  You'll love em!

RS Vision
Made by RS, makers of performance dinghies, only this one is in rotamoulded plastic, which is perfect for sail training.  Her design gives fantastic performance and reef her down and she is a lovely steady sail.  This is a three sail trapeze boat, so you can get the spinny out and fly along out on the trapeze or go for a gentle first sail.
TAKES 3-4 ADULTS

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A brilliant high performance 16ft dinghy with Asymmetric Spinny & Trapeze.  This perfect for Improver and Advance Training, as well as Race Training.  WCSC sell these boats for about €6500, alot of boat for not alot of €.

Topper x 6
A brilliant little single hander dinghy, suitable for children and adults.

New BAT 3.6 x 4
A brilliant little performer by New Marine, with traditional rigging system and one has aysemmetric spinnaker and trapeze for advanced training.  A good size jib for improved performance and fully battened main.  WCSC sell these for around €2k.

Laser Picos x 2
A wonderful new dinghy by Laser that is taking over from the Topper for sail training.   A fun and easy boat to sail single handed, with a small jib to improve your technique. As a stable and light dinghy it is a raring success for Laser and we are proud to have a fleet.         TAKES 1 ADULT OR 2 YOUTHS

Optibat x 6
The tough little plastic Optimist for smaller sailors.  Same size and sail type of the optimist, which makes this the perfect sailing training boat for leisure and club sailors.  WCSC sell these for around €1500.

CATAMARAN
New Bat 15 Cat A comfortable 15ft Catamaran that providesa and steady stable sail in light winds and some greate excitement in high winds with full trapeze.  New Marine are well known for the their large range of cats, from 12ft to 16ft, contact Gail if you want prices. gail@westcorksailing.com.

POWERBOATS                

New High Performance Rib now here.
6.5 metre with 1.7 inboard diesel and all the extras for Advanced Training, Diving & Rib Raid Training.  Find out more.

Jeanneau
With a 25hp remote, 15hp, 9hp, 6hp engines 4strokes, all providing an efficient and quiet ride.  Used for powerboat tiller training and as safety boats to the dinghy fleets.

CLOTHING
For your comfort we have all the clothing you will need available to rent by the day.

FULL LENGTH WETSUITS     for adults and children. The new suits are in immaculate condition and the 3ml neopreme will keep you warm.
ANKLE BOOTIES    for size 1 to 12.  The sailing boot rubber sole provides good grip and the neopreme boot keeps your feet warm.
BOUYANCY AIDS    for adults and children.
HELMETS    for children, as protection from the boom for novices.

All ensuring you of a safe and comfortable time on the water.

SEE HOW WCSC HAS DEVELOPED 1998 TO 2008 

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