After three races sailed at the 1720 European Championships, Kinsale Yacht Club's Mícheál Ó’Súilleabháin sailing Dutch Gold leads by five points with three scores in the top five of the 14-boat fleet. Defending champion Ross McDonald of Howth Yacht Club, who won the national title at Baltimore in June, lies second with 2, 4, 7 in Rope Dock Atara.
“It’s great racing,” commented Ó’Súilleabháin who counts a 1, 5, 2. “This event brings together a lot of good one-design sailors. Getting the boat ready over the last couple of days, the buzz has been building and there is a great social scene in the afternoon with the beers flowing.”
The 14-boat 1720 European Championships is underway at Volvo Cork Week Regatta Photo: James Tomlinson
Dutch Gold is raced by the Ó’Súilleabháin family and friends. “I have my dad and my two sisters on board. Sam Hunt did a great job today on main and we didn’t leave too much out there but it’s early days!”
Royal Cork’s Brian Twomey racing Dark Side is just two points behind in third.
