From Drake’s Pool to Lapp’s Quay
The Ocean to City race also known as An Rás Mór (“The Big Race”) is a traditional & fixed seat rowing race that takes place annually in Cork Harbour. From Drake’s Pool (Crosshaven) to Roches Point to Cobh, Monkstown and through Lough Mahon to Lapp’s Quay in Cork city. A distance of 28 kilometres takes you from a shelter estuary at Crosshaven round Camden Fort towards Roches Point .Here the Celtic Sea can turn up a swell that rolls in from the Atlantic Ocean and makes the sea tricky and lumpy.
The crews boat an East Coast Skiff, sharp at both ends handled well as the Malahide crew Ger Duffy, Rob McGrath, Colm Colgan, Cameron Newman ,and Andrew Malone of the Wednesday Scout’s who raced in the 28km course . They completed the massive race in a time of 2hrs and 45mins. Well done lads! and thanks to the supporters and shore crew who accompanied them to Cork for the weekend.