Crosshaven RNLI Top Beaufort Cup Leaderboard

14th July 2022

The US Marines racing First 40.7 Escapado is in third place in Cork Week's Beaufort Cup Credit: Rick Tomlinson

Racing for the Beaufort Cup at Cork Week will conclude on Friday with the winning services team awarded the trophy and €10,000 for their chosen charity.

After three days of light and complex racing, a sea breeze kicked in on Day Four to spice up the action on the penultimate day.

Tonight, The Beaufort Cup teams are invited to a formal dress code Gala Dinner at Haulbowline Island in Cork Harbour.

With just one more day of racing, leading the Beaufort Cup is Crosshaven RNLI, racing Denis Murphy & Annamarie Fegan’s Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo.

The Royal Navy team racing J/109 Jolly Jack Tar is two points behind Crosshaven RNLI. The US Marines racing First 40.7 Escapado is in third place.

The Royal Navy team racing J/109 Jolly Jack Tar Photo: Mary Malone

“We wanted to be here in 2020 but that didn’t happen, so we have been waiting for this and the regatta has not disappointed us one bit,” commented US Marine’s Skipper Peter Quinn. “We have had such a fantastic welcome by everybody at the Royal Cork Yacht Club and we have been given great accommodation at hospitality at the Navy Barracks. A great moment came today when we were racing past Cobh. It was a beautiful setting, but it required team work and concentration to get around the short course. We only came together as a team on arrival in Cork, but we really came together there and sailed really well. Being part of a team is as central to sailing as it is when you are in service, racing here has brought that back.”

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Published in Cork Week, RNLI Lifeboats

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