#Harbour2Harbour - There's not much time left to register for the 2013 Harbour2Harbour Walk in aid of Aware on St Patrick's Day.

The 16.2 mile walk around Dublin Bay begins at 10.30am on Sunday 17 March, taking four to five to complete, and it's your choice whether you begin at Howth Harbour and walk to Dun Laoghaire Harbour or vice versa.

Organisers say over 1,200 people took part in las year's walk, raising more than €40,000 for Aware.

Apart from the great stretch of the legs and experiencing the beautiful vistas of Dublin Bay, the main aim of the day is to raise funds for Aware Support Services, and once registered to take part you will receive information on how to raise sponsorship.

Online registration is €20 per individual or €30 for a group of 2 (children under 16 are free). Late registration will also be available on the morning of the walk itself.

More information about the day can be found at Aware's Harbour2Harbour webpage HERE.

#fireball – On Saturday Dublin Bay was a sheet of glass! Very early Sunday morning saw a repeat condition which prompted this correspondent to think we would have a second Sunday cancelled due to a lack of wind writes Cormac Bradley.  However, as those who sailed the keelboats in the morning reported, when they went afloat the wind started to fill in and by 14:30, when I took up my position on the harbour wall, the weather station on the East Pier was recording winds of 10knots on a bearing of 153º in temperatures of 6.7º C.

Racing had been postponed for an hour to accommodate the HSS which is still operating out of Dun Laoghaire, and this factor combined with the favourable weather – sunshine and blue skies – allowed the fleet to go a short distance outside the harbour for their racing.

My last view of the weather station before the start had the wind at 11.5 knots on a bearing of 139º. While racing outside was to the benefit of the fleet, from a reporting perspective it made my job a little harder as I couldn't quite read the sail numbers rounding the weather mark and a preponderance of red spinnakers also caused some confusion. So while this report should have most of the key details right, thanks to being able to identify boats by the clothing combinations and some distinctive spinnaker colours, if all the details aren't right............my apologies!

The PY and Laser fleets had a mixed approach to the start and early stages of the first beat. In contrast the Fireball fleet was uniformly distributed along the start line by the start signal with Mick Creighton & Joe O'Reilly (14740) on the pin and Neil Colin & Margaret Casey (14775) one back from the pin. All thirteen boats went left initially before the peel to the right was initiated by some of those who were closer to the committee boat. Colin & Casey also peeled off early and were rewarded for their endeavours when they rounded the first weather mark in pole position. As the fleet was outside the harbour, the Fireballs had a separate weather mark, upwind of the mark for the PY and Laser fleets. Interestingly, as they had worked the other side of the beat, Creighton & O'Reilly rounded second. Thereafter the running order was Kenny Rumball & Dave Moran (15058), Frank Miller & Susie Mulligan (14713), Noel Butler & Stephen Oram (15061). From my position the Fireballs seemed to sail very high on the first reach, but the consensus afterwards was that the leg was quite broad so sailing high gave them more speed and allowed an earlier gybe into the mark.

Colin & Casey led the fleet into the gybe but due to some close quarter stuff they believed they had infringed and set about doing a penalty. On getting a second opinion they resumed sailing the second reach but crucially had lost time and distance to Rumball/Moran and Creighton/O'Reilly who got away. Rumball/Moran led into the leeward mark.

The second, and subsequent beats, saw the leaders work the left hand side of the course to varying degrees. Rumball invariably took a port hitch until the second placed boat played their hand and tailored his tactics accordingly. Thus the leaders sailed parallel course up the left-hand side while the chasing group took longer hitches inshore to work inside them but from a position astern. On the second beat Rumball sailed all the way to the port lay line to round ahead of Butler, Creighton and Colin. These positions stayed the same for the remainder of the second lap.

Alexander Rumball & Conor Kinsella (14820) then entered the fray at the third weather mark having worked the beat inside his brother and Butler/Oram. Sailing with a red spinnaker, rather than the blue I would associate with them, this was an instance where the clothing combination allowed them to be identified. Rumball/Moran again rounded first, again favouring a port layline approach, Butler came to the right hand side earlier to approach the mark on starboard tack and Rumball/Kinsella went round third. Creighton/O'Reilly and Colin/Casey closed out the top five, but Gavin Doyle & Dave Sweeney (14953) had come through the fleet to get into sixth while Miller/Mulligan dropped to seventh.

For the latter stages of the next beat a shipping movement to the east of the course, parallel to the port lay-line but far enough away not to present a safety issue, was the feature. Six stainless steel silos for the upgrading of the St James's Gate Guinness brewery in Dublin carried on board the Keizenborg of the Wagenborg line, part of a consignment of 27 silos, arrived in Dun Laoghaire. It didn't really influence the cat and mouse game that had evolved between Rumball/Moran and Butler/Oram, the former doing the classic cover of staying between their opposition and the weather mark. However, they did not go all the way to the lay-line but came across earlier to approach the weather mark on starboard. Rumball/Kinsella split the previous pair to round in second place, approaching the mark on the port lay-line. These three had a significant lead on the rest of the fleet, where the chasing order had changed again! Louise McKenna & Hermine O'Keeffe (14691) had passed out Colin/Casey to slot in behind Creighton/O'Reilly and Doyle/Sweeney. By the third leeward mark, Butler/Oram had overtaken the younger Rumball when they went to windward and leeward respectively of a group of Lasers approaching the leeward mark.

Two of these three again worked the left-hand side of the beat, the third taking a more inshore route to the weather mark. Rumball/Moran led around the fourth weather mark, by a margin of 20 seconds, followed by Butler/Oram and his younger brother. McKenna/O'Keeffe pinched more places to go to fourth, with Doyle, Colin, Creighton & Miller chasing them. Rumball K extended his lead on the offwind legs, but the leading three boats were the best part of ¾ of a leg ahead of the rest of the fleet.

As the leaders worked the latter stages of the fifth and final beat the HSS emerged from the harbour, an hour later than had been expected. However, she had no influence on the racing as she turned eastwards on her way to Holyhead. At the fifth weather mark the lead had changed hands. After the race Noel Butler explained how he and Oram had been able to get out from underneath Rumball/Moran to reverse the roles of coverer and coveree and rounding the weather mark for the last time, Butler/Oram had a few boat-lengths of the elder Rumball. Done and dusted...........not quite!
In the final approach to the gybe mark, Butler/Oram nearly went swimming. A very uncharacteristic slip by Oram who was trapezing off the centerboard case saw Butler scrambling to the windward deck to prevent a full immersion. This was enough of a glitch to allow Rumball/Moran to overtake them and go into the lead. On the second reach, the new leaders were able to pull out a few more boat-lengths to hold out for the win.

On my way back along the East Pier the weather station was recording 9.8knots with a "gust-high" of 16.4knots and an air temperature of 6.4º. The blue skies had gone and a mistiness to be replaced by broken grey clouds though the sun still shone.

The post-mortem after the race revealed that Creighton & O'Reilly broke a trapeze wire which explained their drop in the rankings. Doyle & Sweeney were deemed OCS. The day's Frostbite Mugs went to Alexander Rumball & Conor Kinsella.

In overall terms for Series 2, Butler & Oram retain their five point lead which means that their aggregate over the two Series still leaves them on top.

There are three race-days left in the Series, 10th, 17th and 24th March. March 17th is of course St. Patrick's Day and will give us in Ireland a long weekend, as the Monday will be a Bank Holiday in lieu of the Sunday being St. Patrick's Day. The intention is to sail on the 17th and additional day-only entries for the 17th will be accepted. So if you haven't entered for the Series but want to sail on the 17th, you are most welcome and will be included in the day's results.

The expectation is that weather permitting, the last three days will be raced outside the harbour on the assumption that the HSS will still be operating out of Dun Laoghaire.

#frostbites – Saturday afternoon's wintry showers, which significantly reduced visibility in Dun Laoghaire harbour, gave way to sunshine and blue skies on Sunday morning writes Cormac Bradley. Unfortunately, from a racing perspective, the disappeared snow took the wind with it and we were left with a patchwork quilt of calm areas and small pockets of breeze blowing from every which way within the confines of the harbour.

The lack of motive power for the racing fleets meant that another element of harbour traffic had to be considered in the Race Officer's thoughts on the viability of racing.

Due to the maintenance regime for the ferries that sail out of Dublin and the consequences of damage to one of the berthing facilities in Holyhead, the HSS crossing of the Irish Sea is back operating in Dun Laoghaire. With a scheduled departure that would have coincided with the middle of the racing "window", the absence of wind meant that dinghies could potentially compromise the manoeuvres of the HSS in getting out of the harbour. As the ferries hold the right of way, that was an unacceptable prospect, so racing was abandoned.

So despite glorious sunshine and modest air temperatures, racing was replaced with watching rugby. Don't need to detail the reaction to that exercise!

#dunlaoghaire – Dún Laoghaire will play host to the European strand of the Global Diaspora Forum in May, it was announced today.

The Global Diaspora Forum is a celebration of diaspora communities, and has been held annually in Washington DC since 2011. The forum was inspired by the former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and is coordinated by the US-based charity, the International Global Diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA) and the US State Department.

The European strand will be organised by the Irish International Diaspora Centre (IIDC) Trust, which is working to deliver a world-class diaspora centre in Dublin. The Trust operates under the auspices of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company.

The decision to bring the Global Diaspora Forum to Ireland was taken by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, following an approach by Hillary Clinton during her visit to Dublin in December.

The purpose of the forum is to challenge diaspora communities to forge partnerships with the private sector, civil society and public institutions in order to make their engagements with their countries of origin or ancestry effective and sustainable.

Speaking at the announcement of plans for the Global Diaspora Forum, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said: "Whether in delivering peace in Northern Ireland, spurring economic development, raising awareness of our culture and heritage or building a positive brand in their adopted homes around the world, we are very fortunate to have a diaspora who continue to make a meaningful contribution to life in Ireland.

"By bringing together an impressive line-up of international and Irish experts in Dún Laoghaire, the Irish International Diaspora Centre Trust will make real progress in strengthening diaspora relations and giving diaspora policy a more central focus across Europe.

"Through initiatives like the Emigrant Support Programme and the Global Irish Network, Ireland is now recognised as a world leader in diaspora engagement. I am sure our experiences will contribute to an action-oriented forum," he said.

The Global Diaspora Forum will take place in Dún Laoghaire on 14th and 15th May. The main plenary session of the event will link up live with the forum in Washington DC, when it is expected that the Secretary of State John Kerry will participate.

The full speaker list for the European strand of the Global Diaspora Forum will be announced shortly. Keynote speakers confirmed to date include: Robert Guest, Business Editor of The Economist and author of 'Borderless Economics'; Kathleen Newland, Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute in Washington; and Kingsley Aikins, Director of Diaspora Matters.

Also speaking at today's announcement of the Global Diaspora Forum was John Hennessey-Niland, Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Dublin, who said: ""Diasporas are about ties of trust, culture and kinship, but it is important to see that they also can have powerful economic benefits. The US experience shows that Diasporas are classic networks, and through these networks flow information, investment and ultimately jobs. So, to use shorthand: Diaspora equals prosperity. That is one of the reasons that in the US we are paying more and more attention."

Commenting on the role of the IIDC Trust, Eithne Scott Lennon, Board member of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company said: "Central to the Harbour Company's Master Plan is the delivery of a world-class diaspora centre, which will act as a major visitor location, as well as an information source for people who want to connect with their heritage. In addition, we envision that the diaspora centre will act as a 'space' – both in the physical and virtual sense – where discussions on diaspora can be facilitated. Hosting the Global Diaspora Forum in Dún Laoghaire is a manifestation of our desire to engage with diaspora and on diaspora policy.

"Dún Laoghaire acts as a very significant location for the forum. For centuries, the harbour has served as both the exit point and the entrance point to Ireland for our diaspora communities. This historic association will be an important point of reflection and discussion at the forum," she said.

The Global Diaspora Forum is targeted at leaders of diaspora communities; politicians and policymakers; private sector stakeholders; representatives of international institutions; foundation executives; academic experts; and members of not-for-profit organisations.

Those wishing to secure information on the event can register their interest at: www.globaldiasporaforum.ie

#moorings – Swinging moorings in Dun Laoghaire harbour are being reduced this month in favour of 'low cost pontoon parks' and the town marina but the move has taken mooring users – including the four waterfront yacht clubs –  by surprise with the 2013 boating season just weeks away.

Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company (DLHC) says that approximately 40 of the estimated 400 swinging moorings are not being used in the harbour. The plan is to remove these in advance of the sailing season but the Commodore of the country's biggest yacht club, Martin Byrne of the Royal St. George YC, told Afloat.ie that 'the timing is upsetting for sailors who have used these moorings for over a hundred years. We see no need for the requirement to do this now'.

A Harbour source has told Afloat.ie that there are plans for sizeable cuts in the mooring numbers in the years ahead. The Royal St. George Yacht Club and Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Clubs (DMYC) stand to be the most affected by the first phase of reductions this month.

DLHC says the moorings need to be reduced in order to provide space for the company to handle an increase in commercial shipping activity such as a replacement Holyhead ferry and cruise liner traffic escpecially in and around harbour berthing areas.

According to the source the Royal St George Yacht Club will lose eight moorings in front of its club (for small boats) this year and another eight next year from this area. 17 moorings will be lost from the 'east bight' area this year.

Harbour Company Chief Executive Gerry Dunne told Afloat.ie "It is envisaged that swinging moorings will remain a feature within the harbour, albeit the current quantum will gradually be reduced over the coming years'.

The Harbour Company estimates that it takes up approximately five times as much water-space to accommodate a boat on a swinging mooring versus the space that the same boat would require in a more structured pontoon configuration.

There is uncertainty surrounding some of the National Yacht Club moorings but up to 22 could be gone next year from the east bight.

There will be no change at the Royal Irish Yacht Club at this stage as their moorings are located either inside the marina breakwaters and the west bight (opposite to the marina breakwater) according to the source.

Most of the moorings at the Coal Harbour are to be replaced with a new boat park concept currently in the tender process. The DMYC will lose the outer of the three strings at the west bight. A handful of moorings outside the east marina breakwater will also go.

Ultimately, the harbour masterplan launched in 2011 sees the development of two low-cost pontoon parks, one alongside the East Pier and one in the old harbour. The masterplan drew a substantial response from the yacht clubs.

#ISA -  Supporters of Irish sailing are asked to come together for a night of celebration and pay tribute to some of the outstanding contributors to sailing across six categories including the Mitsubishi Motors Club of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Instructor of the Year and Training Centre of the Year.

Irish sailing's stars of tomorrow - such as ISAF Youth Worlds silver medallist Finn Lynch - are also in the running for the title of Youth Sailor of the Year.

Last year was an incredibly successful year for Irish sailing: 11 sailors represented Ireland at both the London Olympic and Paralympic Games, dozens of medals were claimed at events around the world and we played host to such high profile events as the ISAF Youth Worlds, the Volvo Ocean Race finale, the Tall Ships Race and the MOD 70s, to name but a few.

The ISA Awards Ball is the occasion to celebrate 12 months of successes and also launch the 2013 season in style. Tickets for the ball are €65 per person and must be booked by Friday 22 February 2013. Full details can be found at the ISA website HERE.

#VOR - Despite hopes within Galway after last summer's successful conclusion to the Volvo Ocean Race, it's been announced that the next edition of the round-the-world yachting challenge will have its finish line in Sweden.

Gothenburg was chosen last week as the final stop for the 12th running of the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15. It will be the second time the city - also the headquarters of the title sponsor - has hosted the race after the 2005-06 running.

"Gothenburg is the perfect place to finish a global event of this stature," said Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad. "It's great to know that after sailing tens of thousands of miles around the world we'll be coming to a host port with all the facilities and knowhow to make this a great event, and the history to make it feel like a real homecoming."

The deal announced on Friday also secures Gothenburg's place on the race route for the 13th edition of the race.

It is the fifth of the hosts port announced so far, after the race start at Alicante in Spain, two stopovers in Brazil and a return visit to Auckland in New Zealand.

According to Galway Bay FM, the City of the Tribes is still in the running among 100 host cities that have registered an interest to host the VOR on its next sail around the world.

This is despite claims that last summer's finale organiser Let's Do It Global could be faced with liquidation due to failure to meet its outstanding debts from the event, said to amount to almost half a million euro.

As previously reported on Afloat.ie, Dun Laoghaire may consider its own tender to host the race to cash in on the success of the event for local business and tourism in Galway last year.

#RNLI - Dun Laoghaire RNLI will feature on RTÉ‘s youth programme Elev8 next week.

A number of the lifeboat station’s volunteer crew took time out on Monday to spend the afternoon filming a segment for the show, which will be broadcast at 4pm next Thursday.

The segment, called 'Fact Finders', follows presenter Sean Regan and 10-year-old Justin Lazarev from Dublin as they go head-to-head to find out as much as they can about the RNLI. They will be brought back to the studio tomorrow and tested on how much they have learned.

Justin and Sean were welcomed to the station by Stephen Wynne, Dun Laoghaire RNLI lifeboat pperations manager, and given a tour around both the inshore and all-weather bases by Billy Scully, Dun Laoghaire RNLI lifeboat education and visits officer and a former member of the crew.

The reporters were also brought on board the all-weather lifeboat which was launched under Coxswain David Branigan with mechanic Rory Bolton and crew members Jack Shanahan, Ronan Adams and Dave Farrell on board.

Farrell, who is also the volunteer lifeboat press officer at the station, said filming with RTÉ’s Elev8 was a great opportunity to showcase the volunteer ethos that exists at Dun Laoghaire and indeed the many other communities around the coast.

“Volunteers come from all walks of life within their communities,” he said. “The crew here in Dun Laoghaire will readily exchange leisure, comfort and sleep for cold, wet and fatigue as is required.”

Last year Dun Laoghaire RNLI brought the highest number of people to safety in Ireland, with 76 individuals rescued by their volunteer lifeboat crews during 46 callouts.

Speaking following Monday’s filming, Justin’s mother Adriana said: “It is so refreshing to see that there are still people out there with a big heart who would risk their own life to save others without looking for a financial gain.

“I was really impressed by the dedication, courage and humanity that you all are sharing. Fair play to you all.”

Elev8 can be seen at 4pm next Thursday 7 February on RTÉ Two.

#ISA - The ISA Dubarry National Conference is back for its seventh year with even more exciting and interesting seminars and workshop than ever before.

Taking place on 2 March 2013 at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire, the conference is open to all with an interest in sailing, windsurfing and powerboating and is free to all ISA members.

A total of 20 interactive seminars and workshops will run throughout the day covering five different themes: Marketing and Events; Funding and Initiatives; Training; Race Management; and High Performance.

Whether you're involved in your club at committee level, you work in or run a training centre, you are involved in race management or are just a sailor looking to expand your skills and knowledge, there will be a range of diverse topics to suit all interests.

New for 2013 is a High Performance stream specifically for sailors with an interest in racing and performance. ISA team physic Mark McCabe will deliver a no-nonsense workshop on Strength & Conditioning followed by ISA team psychologist Kate Kirby who will discuss how mental factors can influence performance.

And Olympic 49er sailor Matt McGovern will talk about the highs and lows of London 2012 and how it has prepared him for his Rio 2016 campaign.

The conference is free to all members of the Irish Sailing Association but you must register in advance. Download the conference timetable and register online HERE.

#fireball – Thirteen Fireballs braved the waters of Dun Laoghaire harbour yesterday on what must have been the coldest day of the series thus far. The Wicklow hills, viewed from the harbour were covered in a thick blanket of snow, while the closer Dublin hills were also covered in white but not to the same intensity. While temperatures hovered at 3º for the afternoon, there was neither snow nor rain for the race duration. The east pier weather station was recording winds of approximately 20 knots from the SE with gusts getting up to 25 knots, but on the water the wind didn't seem to be quite that strong and crews later suggested an ambient wind strength closer to 15 knots. There were lots of squalls on the water which meant that capsizes were the order of the day – not so much in the Fireball class, but in the other classes quite a few impromptu baths were taken.

Given the weather conditions, the Race Officer set a four lap race for the Fireballs and they had a clean start with the entire fleet heading left initially, in contrast to the preceding class starts, PY Classes and Lasers, who went exclusively right and a mix of left and right respectively.

Alexander Rumball & Conor Kinsella (14820) worked the left-hand side to best effect to round the weather mark in first place, chased by Noel Butler & Stephen Oram (15061), Neil Colin & Margaret Casey (14775), Mick Creighton & Joe O'Reilly (14937) and Kenny Rumball & Dave Moran (15058). Down the first spinnaker reach, Rumball/Moran appeared to take Creighton & O'Reilly to weather, but as the fleet went around the gybe mark and sailed off to the leeward mark and away from my vantage point it was difficult to see whether they retained this position to the bottom of the course. The first gybe mark was treated conventionally by the fleet - tight gybe on the mark – but the line to the leeward mark soon showed up as having a number of variants.

Sitting just inside the harbour mouth, the gybe mark was in relatively heavy swell which would provide fun and games later in the race.

By the second weather mark Butler/Oram had taken over the lead. They had worked the middle and left of the beat. Rumball/Kinsella, more easily identified by the red spinnaker that was not fully into the spinnaker bag after the leeward mark, took more of a right hitch before chasing the leaders up the middle. Team Clancy, Conor and James, were well back, by their standards, on the first lap but worked hard/got the second beat right to pop into 3rd place at the second weather mark. Colin/Casey and Creighton/O'Reilly closed out the top five.

In their first appearance of 2013 Frank Miller & Grattan Donnelly (14713) made their seasonal debut and their position on the first lap suggested there might be some rustiness in their sailing. However, as the race progressed they made significant progress to join the group of boats chasing the lead bunch of five. An unscheduled bath on the third gybe mark put a halt to their progress.

The wind shifted as the race progressed so the gybe mark was no longer the significant turning mark of the first lap. Some boats chose to sail past it on starboard tack to the end of the west pier before gybing while others did the conventional thing, gybing immediately but then requiring another gybe to set themselves up for the leeward mark. Thus the fleet were criss-crossing each other (and the other fleets) on the second reach which had become that much broader. The growing swell at the gybe mark, with hulls disappearing in the troughs of the waves meant that gybe management took on extra emphasis. The off-wind legs were fast and furious without being overpowering.

Butler/Oram still had the lead at the third weather mark with two Rumballs chasing them, Alexander ahead of Kenny! The two "Rs" were then followed by three "Cs" Clancy, Colin and Creighton. Butler & Oram looked in a comfortable position but as the boats emerged from the melee of the leeward mark (from a visual perspective) it was the Clancy brothers who were in the lead, their distinctive 3-number main making identification easy. Where had Butler/Oram lost out? Post-race it turns out they had an interaction with a Laser in the approach to the leeward mark and rather than run the risk of disqualification they took turns. Team Clancy stayed hard right and rounded the fourth weather mark in the lead. Rumball/Kinsella, sailing a very consistent race, rounded in second followed by Butler/Oram with Alexander's older brother Kenny & David Moran in third. The battle of the remaining "Cs" was being led by Creighton in 4th with Colin in 5th.

These positions remained to the finish – a race that had taken less than an hour. Given the cold and wind chill factor there were no protests at the short duration of the race. Alexander Rumball has now sailed two races in this series and after last week's 5th place has followed it up with a 2nd. While we all know about the Rumball pedigree on the race course, these performances are significant for this fleet for a young man that we speculated afterwards is probably only 17 or 18! Unfortunately for Alexander, after yesterday's race a protest panel sat to hear the protest lodged by Team Clancy last week. Rumball & Kinsella were the protestees and the panel found in favour of Team Clancy.

42nd Frostbite Series, hosted by DMYC: Series 2, Round 3.

1 Conor & James Clancy 150** RStGYC

2 Alexander Rumball & Conor Kinsella 14820 INSC

3 Noel Butler & Stephen Oram 15061 DMYC

4 Kenny Rumball & David Moran 15058 INSC

5 Mick Creighton & Joe O'Reilly 14937 ISA/Coal Harbour

For the second week in a row, the Frostbite Mugs have gone to the northside of Dublin Bay and Howth Yacht Club. Luke Malcolm and Shane Divinney finished eighth on the water but were rewarded for their perseverance by getting the day's prizes.

42nd Frostbite Series, hosted by DMYC: Series 2 Overall.

1 Noel Butler & Stephen Oram 15061 DMYC 6pts

2 Conor Clancy & James Clancy 150** RStGYC 12pts

Kenny Rumball & Conor Kinsella/David Moran 15058 INSC

4 Andy Boyle & Brian Flahive 14934 RIYC 14pts

5 Neil Colin & Margaret Casey 14775 DMYC 16pts

6 Louise McKenna & Hermine O'Keeffe 14691 RStGYC 20pts