Bray Sailing Club J24 Leads Class Three of Maples Group IRC European Championships

12th September 2024

David Bailey's J24 Hard on Port made the best of blustery conditions on Dublin Bay to lead Class Three after the first two races in blustery conditions of the Maples Group IRC European Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club Credit: Afloat

David Bailey's J24 Hard on Port leads Class Three after the first two races in blustery conditions on Dublin Bay of the Maples Group IRC European Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Two wins for the Bray Sailing Club entry puts him two points clear of Joanne Hall and Martin Mahon's Quarter Tonner Snoopy from Courtown Sailing Club in second on four.

The First 8 ALLIG8R leads the overall leader J24 Hard on Port on the water at the Maples Group IRC European Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club Photo: Afloat

Lying third in the four boat fleet is the First 8 ALLIG8R (Ryan, Twomey, O'Buachalla, Foley, Hennessy, Levins) of the Royal St. George Yacht Club.

Racing continues in the nine-race Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted championships on Friday and concludes on Sunday.

Race Results

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Published in RORC IRC Europeans, J24, Royal Irish Yacht Club

Published in RORC IRC Europeans

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IRC Europeans Championships

Alternating between the North and the South of Europe (the Channel and the Mediterranean Sea), the IRC European Championship is a flagship event of the IRC season and typically aims to bring together more than 60 boats.

IRC is a World Sailing-recognised rating system and the principal yacht measurement system for the rating of racing yachts worldwide.

The event is open to all IRC-rated boats. Typically, it will consist of a minimum of four coastal or tactical races (coefficient 1) and a long coastal race (coefficient 2).

Following the inaugural championship as part of Cork Week in 2016, the event sailed in Marseille in 2017, Cowes in 2018, and San Remo in 2019; the event sailed in Hyères, France in 2021 before moving to Brekens, Holland, in 2022 and in Cannes, France last June.

The IRC rating rule is administered jointly by the RORC Rating Office in Lymington, UK and UNCL Centre de Calcul, Pôle Course du Yacht Club de France, in Paris, France.