Fastnet Race Day 6 - Rapid night-time progress up Channel to the Cherbourg finish has seen the Murphy family's Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo of the Royal Cork Yacht Club pip Mike O'Donnell's J/121 Darkwood (Royal Irish YC) for the best-placed Irish boat in the 50th Fastnet Race.
In a big boat race, Darkwood had looked to be holding the Irish lead as she had for much of the race, but Nieulargo came out of the night and into the new day to correct into a lead over Darkwood of 24 minutes.
In IRC overall, Nieluargo was 55th in the 450-boat fleet, with Darkwood finishing 56th.
Top Irish Boats in the 2023 Fastnet Race