K2Q Day Two 0830 - Now racing on her home waters of the south coast, Royal Cork's yacht of the year, Nieulargo, leads the IRC honours race into the second day of the K2Q Dun Laoghaire to Cork yacht race.
Denis and Annamarie's Grand Soleil 40 has overtaken the two bigger boat entries after Friday's initial east coast tacking battle and now heads the reduced fleet of nine boats.
This morning the fleet is reaching along the Waterford coast at Dungarvan in the 260-mile race, which aims to replay Ireland's first offshore fixture of 1860.
Chasing Nieulargo is Welsh J109 Mojito, a former champion ISORA boat from Pwllheli skippered by Peter Dunlop and Vicky Cox that has moved up to second from third place overnight.
Day one leader Robert Rendell's Samatom from Howth Yacht Club remains as line honours leader but has dropped to fourth overall on handicap.
Clubmates Nigel Biggs and Dave Cullen's First 50 Checkmate XX lie fifth overall on IRC.
Regular Afloat leaders will recall that in August 2020, Nieulargo also produced this turn of winning speed when she competed in the Fastnet 450 Race, the forerunner to the K2Q and won despite it not being her preferred conditions.
See the ISORA race trackers below