#multihull – Competitors from all the cat clubs came to Ballyholme Yacht Club last weekend to have some great racing over short course format with multiple starts. Saturday dawned with little and fickle winds but when the SW building breeze settled the fleet was treated to five competitive races. Adrian Allen and Barry Swanston were in dominant form with five wins.
A great challenging NW breeze of 15kts – 22 kts met us on Sunday to test every one with very fast downhill rides. Adrian and Barry again won the races, but with all five leading F18's hitting the top mark together in a wall of spray and curses racing was very competitive !
Wyatt Orsmond in his new Goodall C2 from Blessington Sailing Club was however biting at his heels finishing second overall and is sure to provide stiff competition in the events to come.
Maxie who was put in at the deep end with Biddy from Swords Sailing Club may well have wished for a softer introduction to Catamaran F18 sailing but finished extremely well in third place. Jenni Brittain sailing with Swannie in her first Irish event counting only a few hours F18 sailing experience had some very encouraging results and began to show some form even in the big breeze, finishing on joint points with Biddy and a very bruised Maxie, loosing out on discard to fourth place.
