Consistent sailing from Royal Irish's Barry Cunningham in Chimaera means the Dublin Bay J/109 continues to lead overall in the IRC One division of Volvo Cork Week Regatta, according to provisional results.
Despite the onboard assistance, however, of Italian Melges ace Stefano Cherin as tactician, Monday's perfect scoreline was not maintained, and Cunnigham had to be satisfied with three-second places as 2022 Cork Week class winner Joker II skippered by John Maybury made his move up the leaderboard in the eight to 15-knot conditions. Maybury, sailing with quadruple Olympic helmsman Mark Mansfield, won two of today's races to trail his clubmate by five points going into Wednesday's Harbour Race.
Matthew Chubb's First 35 First Light from Royal Western YC has dropped to third overall.
Four J109s are competing in the seven-boat IRC One fleet of Volvo Cork Week Regatta Photo: James Tomlinson
Results below.
Racing continues on Wednesday with the Harbour Race for all classes as part of the five-day schedule at Cork Week 2024.
