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Racing Round Up: Lasers, E Boats, Puppeteers,DBSC, VDLR, Royal Cork, Cove and Sailor of the Month
In Cork Harbour 'Mid-Summer Madness' regatta attracted 40 Boats. We have the photos. There was a Fun Time for Cruisers at Cove Sailing Club's 'At Home' Regatta.
Galway's Martin Breen is June's Sailor of the Month and the Waterford Tall Ships Parade of Sail Photos are here.
Reasons to be cheerful? You bet. Click here to read how Dublin Bay sailors celebrate these wins.
Gold Dust Wins Howth Puppeteer Race
Ibis Comes Home First in Howth
Rita Wins Howth 17 Race
Big Turnout Expected for Howth's Lambay Race
According to Regatta Chairman James Markey, the entries are on target for another 160+ boats across the 13 classes participating. "We traditionally have a late surge in the week leading up to the Race and this year will be no different," he said.
An Offshore Committee Boat will start the races for Classes 1, 2, 3, White Sail Cruisers (A and B fleets) and Shipman.
On the Inshore Course, the one-design classes racing are Etchells, SB3, Puppeteers, Ruffian 23s, E-Boats, Squibs and Howth 17 Footers.
Feeder races have been organised for the Shipman and E-Boat classes from Dun Laoghaire and Clontarf respectively.
The 'Lambay Lady Trophy' will be awarded to the class winner with the largest time differential over the runner-up.
Tiger Beats Trinculo in Howth Yacht Club Race
Shockwave Wins SB3 Howth Race
Trinculo Triumphs in IRC One
Oona's Race in Howth
The RS Feva Leinster Championships taking place at Howth Yacht Club were postponed today following gusts of over 40-knots in the race area. Today's sailing schedule was initially postponed before the championship was scrubbed at lunch time. The hope is to rerun the event later in the Summer.
Two races were completed on Saturday in 12 knots of wind in Howth sound.Louise Flynn Byrne and David Johnston started where they left off at the Mitsubishi Youth Nationals earlier this month and lead the 15 boat fleet ahead of Conor Totterdell and Stephen Craig of the RStGYC.
An error in rounding the windward mark ensured that Conor and Stephen won the first race, HYC's Claude Mollard and Jennie Harris were second and HYC's Nickie Delamer and Conor Howard came third.
With gusts of over 24 knots the race offer took the decision to shorten the course and allowed the sailors to return ashore. Race 2 was won by Louise and David, with Claude and Jenny in 2nd place and Conor Totterdell and Stephen Craig in 3rd.