Barry Cunningham’s Royal Irish Yacht Club J/109 Chimaera (RCYC/RIYC) is putting in a phenomenal performance in Volvo Cork Week's IRC One division with five race bullets.

Chimaera not only won class today but was the overall winner under IRC for the Harbour Race. 

As Afloat reported earlier, the feature race saw the fleet start on a half-mile line in a southerly wind of ten knots.

Barry Cunningham's Chimaera not only won class today but was the overall winner under IRC for the Harbour Race. Photo: James Tomlinson

“We are having an absolutely amazing week,” commented Barry Cunningham. “We have spent a long time getting this crew together and getting the procedures right. The less mistakes you make, the more you gain. We are over halfway through the week, and we love it because it’s good competition, the best of the best are here.”

Chimaera does not have an entirely clean scoresheet, however, and is discarding a disqualification from Tuesday's first race, which means last year's winner and second-overall Joker II (counting all results in the top four) is a real threat for the Cork Week IRC One title by Friday.

Racing continues on Thursday. Results below in all classes