Scoring six bullets in the ten-race Volvo Cork Week IRC One Series, Barry Cunningham’s J/109 Chimaera (RIYC / RCYC) won a close encounter with defending champion and Dublin clubmate John Maybury’s J/109 Joker 2 (RIYC), which won four races.
After Friday's two final races, where each shared a 1,2, just four points separated the two J/109s after five days of racing.
Volvo Cork Week IRC One's First, second, and third overall come off the start line Friday's penultimate race. Matthew Chubb’s First 35 First Light is pictured left with Chimaera to weather and Joker II driving hard on her lee bow Photo: Bob Bateman
Matthew Chubb’s First 35 First Light (RWYC) was third.
The Volvo Cork Week Grand Prizegiving and Closing Ceremony was held at the Royal Cork Yacht Club and billed as one of the greatest parties on the international yachting calendar. Royal Cork Admiral Annamarie Fegan, Cork Week Chairman Ross Deasy and Johnson and Perrott Volvo Dealer Principal Peter Russell presented prizes.
Read WM Nixon's review: Volvo Cork Week Becomes Celebration of Crosshaven Skills and J109 Fleet
