Billows of white smoke have gone up from the chimney on a lonely cottage high in the Wicklow hills this morning (Wednesday, June 19), and the word has come down from Maritime Mystic Meg on potential betting movements in the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race.
"At this far removed from Saturday's start of the race, I'm predicting a wind pattern that will suit the larger boats for the 700 mile biennial challenge", she says.
And Meg has plummed for RORC international entry Teasing Machine, Eric de Turckheim's NMD 54 as 5/1 favourite.
Royal Cork Admiral Annamarie Fegan's Grand Soleil 40, Nieulargo is at 7/1 with Laurent Charmy's 2022 winner SL Energies Groupe Fastwave also at 7/1.
ISORA 2024 Series leader Coquine, the JPK 1030, is at 12/1 with ISORA Champion Rockabill VI at 9/1.
Mystic Meg's current full odds for 2024 Round Ireland overall IRC honours – very likely to change in the next 72 hours – are:
- Teasing Machine 5/1
- Nieulargo 7/1
- SL Energies Groupe Fastwave 7/1
- Phosphorus II 8/1
- Darkwood 8/1
- Ino Noir 8/1
- Searcher 8/1
- Bulldog 9/1
- Aurelia 9/1
- Rockabill VI 9/1
- Pata Negra 10/1
- TAN IT 11/1
- Jezebel 12/1
- J’Ouvert 12/1
- Outrajeous 12/1
- Indian 12/1
- Coquine 12/1
- Cinnamon Girl – Eden Capital 12/1
- Bellino 15/1
- Black Sheep 15/1
- Diablo 15/1
- Aqua Marine 15/1
- Pegasus of Northumberland 15/1
- Fujitsu 15/1
- Paradox3 20/1
- Hissy Fit 20/1
- Black Magic 20/1
- Foxy 20/1
- Polished Manx 2 20/1
- Escapado 20/1
- Prime Suspect 20/1
- Desert Star Irish Offshore Sailing 20/1
- Marco Polo 20/1
- Panache 20/1
- Artful Dodjer 20/1
- Elixir 20/1
- Lord of the Dance 20/1
- EasyTiger 20/1
- Big Deal 20/1
- Imp 20/1
- Bug 12/2
- Checkmate XX 15/2
- GameOn 12/3
- ZigZag 12/4
- Faenol 50/1
- Hiro Maru 50/1
- Torridon 50/1
- Infinity 50/1
- Gambit 50/1
- Bare Necessities 50/1
- Dansen aan zee 50/1
- State O’Chassis 50/1
- Blue Oyster 50/1
- Finally 50/1
- Fulmar Fever 50/1
- Toucan 50/1