Thrills and spills were again the order of the day as the Calves Week Regatta fleet was met with blustery southwesterly winds and misty conditions.
Race Officer Alan Crosbie started all 61 competitors from a line at the mouth of Schull Harbour in winds gusting to 20 knots.
Calves Week Race Officer Alan Crosbie (centre) with Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Hon Sec Rosemary Roy and the Calves Week Committee Boat team on station in Schull Harbour Photo: Bob Bateman
Having initially cancelled the smaller boat fleets for the proposed Fastnet Race, a final call was made at 9.30 am to abandon the rounding of the rock for all competitors, when the race committee received a report from a local fishing boat that there was a three metre swell in the area.
Opting to keep most of the fleets in relative shelter, the various courses ran inside Castle Island and Long Island, with only Classes Zero and One crossing Goleen Bay to the Crookhaven mark.
Overall leader John Treanor's J112 Valentina from the National Yacht Club crosses the Burke/Lemass/Rigley syndicate in the First 40, Prima Forte in race two of Calves Week 2024 Regatta off Schull Harbour Photo: Bob Bateman
John Treanor's J112 Valentina from the National Yacht Club leads in a five-boat IRC Zero division but shares the same three points as Paul O'Higgins's JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI from the Royal Irish Yacht Club, whose score includes an on-the-water penalty from race two.
John Treanor's J112 Valentina from the National Yacht Club Photo: Bob Bateman
The Burke/Lemass/Rigley syndicate in the First 40, Prima Forte stayed third.
George Radley's Cove Sailing Club Holland 39 Imp (above) stays at the top of a ten-boat IRC One Class after a second comprehensive win of over five minutes on corrected time on Wednesday over Chris Moore's Powder Monkey from the National Yacht Club (below) in race two of Calves Week 2024 Regatta off Schull Harbour Photos: Bob Bateman
George Radley's vintage Holland 39 Imp stays at the top of a ten-boat IRC One Class after a second comprehensive win of over five minutes on corrected time on Wednesday over Chris Moore's Powder Monkey from the National Yacht Club. In a repeat of Tuesday's opening race, James Donegan's Jalapeno from Kinsale Yacht Club was third.
Dave and James Dwyer's half-tonner Swuzzlebubble - two wins from two races sailed at Calves Week Regatta 2024 Photo: Bob Bateman
Dave and James Dwyer's half-tonner Swuzzlebubble won the IRC Two division again. The Royal Cork crew beat two local Elan 31s by just under three minutes on corrected time. Alan Dwyer's Joxer stays second, and Flor O'Riordan's 3 Cheers is third.
Alan Dwyer's Elan 31 Joxer Photo: Bob Bateman
Flor O'Riordan's Elan 31 3 Cheers Photo: Bob Bateman
Patrick Collins's Dehler 34 Ealu from Baltimore Sailing Club stays as the IRC Three leader, repeating the results of the opening day. In race two, the Collins crew beat Colman Garvey and Kieran Kelleher's Dubois Quarter-Tonner Diamond by just under a minute. Third overall is Conor Phelan's Farr Quarter-Tonner Anchor Challenge.
Colman Garvey and Kieran Kelleher's Dubois Quarter-Tonner Diamond competing on day two of Calves Week Regatta Photo: Bob Bateman
Michael Murphy's Moody 30 Shelly D (left) and Richard Hanley's GK 24 Saoirse from Kinsale Yacht Club Photo: Bob Bateman
Richard Hanley's GK 24 Saoirse from Kinsale Yacht Club leads Mick Murphy's Moody 30 Shelly D from the host club in a two-boat turnout in IRC Four.
Denis Murphy & Annamarie Fegan's Nieulargo Grand Soleil 40 on port tack at the start of Calves Week race two Photo: Bob Bateman
Denis Murphy & Annamarie Fegan's Nieulargo Grand Soleil 40 leads White Sails One IRC from clubmates James O Mahony/Dan Murphy in the X99, Anteex. Frank Caul/John Mulloy sailing Prince Of Tides are lying third.
Stewart Hosford at the helm of the Cork Harbour One Design Jap Photo: Bob Bateman
Stewart Hosford in the Cork Harbour One Design Jap has taken the lead In White Sails, Two ECHO from Simon O Keeffe's Lady Min.
Having examined weather forecasts, the organisers expressed doubt on Wednesday evening about whether they would sail to the Fastnet Rock on Thursday.
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