Only a single point separates the top of the leaderboard in IRC Zero and One, but there's no doubting the winning margins in IRC Two, Three and Four divisions as West Cork's 2025 Calves Week Regatta prepares for a fitting fourth and final race climax on Friday morning.
The Calves Week Thursday Course for Classes Zero and One
O'Higgins' Rockabill VI inches closer in IRC Zero standings
Tim MacCarthy and Wan Waterman's J111 Joyride Photo: Bob Bateman
With his first IRC win of the series on Thursday, Paul O'Higgins' JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI is one point off the IRC Zero lead held by Johnny Treanor's J112e Valentina on four points. Lying third is Tim MacCarthy and Wan Waterman's J111 Joyride on nine points. On three points, O'Higgins leads on ORC rating from Valentina on six, with Joyride on nine. The order is repeated in ECHO, but with only a one-point margin for Rockabill VI.
Radley's Imp secures race win, closing in on IRC One leader O'Brien
Denis Ellis's Microspan 33, IZimbra Photo: Bob Bateman
Royal Cork's George Radley showed the depth of his Calves Week ambition by winning the third race of the series in his vintage One Tonner Imp, putting him a single point off the IRC lead held by Tony O'Brien's J109 Tighey Boy on four. Lying third on nine is Denis Ellis's Microspan 33, IZimbra. Radley, with three wins from three races, has a tight grip on the ORC division, leading O'Brien by four points. Third, again, here is IZimbra. On ECHO, Tighey Boy leads from Imp by two points with IZimbra trailing by three.
The Calves Week Thursday Course for Classes Two and Three and WS1
Swuzzlebubble in charge of Class Two IRC; Lisador Leads ECHO
Pat Tanner's Castro 3/4 Tonner, Bateleur 88 Photo: Bob Bateman
In Class Two IRC, James Dwyer's custom Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble is in charge on four points, having secured a second win on Thursday. Norbert Reilly's J70 Ghostraider from Howth Yacht Club is lying second, four points behind on eight. Lying third overall is Flor O'Riordan's Elan 31, Three Cheers on 11. On ECHO, Henry Hogg's freshwater Dehler 36, Lisador, representing Garrykennedy Sailing Club on Lough Derg, leads from Pat Tanner's Castro 3/4 Tonner, Bateleur 88, with Three Cheers lying third.
Diamond dominates Class Three IRC with strong six-point lead
Colman Garvey and Keirin Kelleher's quarter tonner Diamond from Royal Cork Photo: Bob Bateman
It's a clean sweep so far in Class Three IRC for Colman Garvey and Keirin Kelleher's quarter tonner Diamond from Royal Cork, who now have a six-point margin over the J24's Jungle Juice (Clinton Copithorne) on nine. Third is Royal Cork's Quarter Tonner Anchor Challenge (Conor Phelan) on ten points. On ECHO, Tadg Dwyer's Huzar 30, Brazen Huzie leads from Anchor Challenge. Third is the Sigma 33, Muscateer (Gary O Neill/James Kelliher).
O'Reilly's Bon Journo Leads Class Four as Raffles Fights Back
The Dublin Bay vintage Shamrock Teascali skippered by Darius Kryzevicius in winning mode on ECHO handicap in Class Four of Calves Week
Rob O'Reilly's Dynamo 25 Bon Journo Part Deux also has three wins in Class Four IRC to lead by six points overall from the Kirby/Norris Sadler 32 Raffles. Lying third, but on the same nine points as Raffles, is Richard Hanley's GK 24, Saoirse. In ECHO, the long-travelled Dublin Bay vintage Shamrock of Darius Kryzevicius leads from Simon Nelson's Oyster 26, Witchcraft with Bon Journo Part Deux lying third.
Two Elan 333s vie for White Sails 2 IRC title
The McJenkins family's S&S 34, Morning After Photo: Bob Bateman
In a 16-boat WS2 IRC division, two Elan 33s are on top with Reavra Too, skippered by Stephen Lysaght, leading by two points from David Greene's White Pearl on seven. Lying third is the McJenkins family's S&S 34, Morning After on eight.
Calves Week 2025 concludes with a final round-the-cans race in Roaring Water Bay on Friday morning.
