Laser 4.7
The Laser 4.7 fleet came ashore early when their first race of the day was abandoned. Henry McLoughlin is the leader going into the final day of racing tomorrow (Fri 17th April). However the next four sailors; Wesley Brownlow, John Flynn, Mark Condy and Michael Molloy also have 20 points and all will be eager for the opportunity to race on Friday.
420
Timmy O’Laoire & Brian Kelleher won both their races today and have emerged as the new overnight leader with 14 points in the 420 fleet. Rob Lehane & Iarlath Kennedy are 4 points behind but still within reach of O’Laoire & Kelleher.
Laser Radial
Chris Penney (18points) maintains his lead in the Laser Radial fleet, just one point ahead of Matthew O'Dowd who placed second in both races today. Oliver Loughead, who won both races today lies in third place with 21 points. It will be hard to predict the outcome in advance of tomorrow’s racing.
Rory Fitzpatrick, ISA Youth & Development Manager commented:
“The competition is very tight this year and as this is also a selection trial there is an added incentive to achieve.”
The ISA Youth Nationals encompasses selection trials for the Laser Radials and 420. It also acts as a qualifier for sailors interested in the ISAF Youth World Championships, which will take place in Brazil in July.
Junior Pathway Championship
The Race Committee decided not to allow the Topper 4.2 class go afloat today in the strong 18-20 knot wind. However both the Feva and Topper fleets completed their two races in Schull Harbour.
Topper
Despite Stephen Duke’s two race wins, he is 2nd overall on 14 points. The fleet leader is Finn Lynch who is in a very strong position with 8 points and counts 6 race wins todate.
Feva
In the Feva class Richard Roberts & Paul Martin (8 points) maintains their overnight lead after counting a first and fourth in today's races. Isabella Morehead & Conor Deegan are in 2nd place with 20 points following a win in the final race of the day.
Detailed results on the website here: http://www.sailing.ie/youthsail/inside/default.asp?pageId=686
Top 5 positions:
LASER RADIAL
Provisional results after 8 races (inc 1 disc)
1st C Penney Chris East Antrim Boat Club 18pts
2nd O'Dowd Matthew RSGYC 3 3 28 3 4 2 2 2 47 19pts
3rd Loughead Oliver BYC/RUYC 2 1 5 6 5 6 1 1 27 21pts
4rd Brien Tiffany ( RNIYC / BYC 4 5 2 1 1 4 8 8 33 25pts
5th Ruigrok Alan (Howth YC) 39pts
420
Provisional results after 8 races (inc 1 discard)
1st T O Laoire & B Kelleher (Howth YC & Royal St George) YC 14pts
2nd Lehane Rob Kennedy Iarlath (Royal Cork YC) 18pts
3rd O Regan Cian Boylan Mark (Kinsale YC & Skerries SC) 25pts
4th S Flannigan & L Malcolm (Howth YC) 29pts
5th D Kissane & H O'Neil (Howth YC) 30pts
LASER 4.7
(No races completed today)
Provisional results after 6 races (inc no disc)
1st E Keller (Lough Derg YC) 17pts
2nd H McLoughlin (Carlingford Lough YC) 21pts
3rd W Brownlow (Royal Cork YC) 21pts
4th M Molloy (East Down YC) 21pts
5th J Flynn (Dungarvan Harbour SC) 21pts
FEVA
Provisional results after 9 races (inc 2 discards)
1st R Roberts & P Martin (Royal Cork YC) 8pts
2nd Morehead Isabella Deegan Conor (Royal Cork YC) 20pts
3rd Tingle Julie Lyden Dermot (Royal Cork YC) 24pts
4th O Flynn Kirsti Power Ciara (Royal Cork YC) 30pts
5th C Lyden & P Stokes (Royal Cork YC) 30pts
TOPPER
Provisional results after 9 races (inc 2 discards)
1st F Lynch (Blessington SC) 8pts
2nd S Duke (Courtown SC) 14pts
3rd J O'Hare (Carlingford Lough YC) 15pts
4th B Regan (East Down YC) 29pts
5th E Curran (East Down YC) 37pts
Topper 4.2
(no races sailed today)
Provision results after 7 races (inc 1 discard)
1st C Sherriff (Courtown SC) 8pts
2nd A Dolan (Blessington SC) 14pts
3rd R Duke (Courtown SC) 18pts
4th N Doran (Courtown SC) 18pts
5th C Murphy (Courtown SC) 36pts
