Twenty fours hours out from the start of the Round Ireland Yacht Race and the prediction that the 2010 fixture will be a small boat race is gaining ground as a high pressure settles over the Irish Sea today. In a fleet of 36 entries there are several small boats to choose a likely winner but in any line up it is hard to ignore the record of double race winner Eric Lisson's Cavatina, the veteran yacht from the Royal Cork Yacht Club with the lowest handicap of the entire fleet. The smallest boat is from the north, the First 31.7 Twister campaigned by Terry Fair and David Fletcher. The line up includes plenty of other choices but if it is small boat race it means any overall result many not be known for a week.
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