The potent J109 design holds four of the top five places in IRC One after the first race of the 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup off Kinsale.
Howth Yacht Club's Indian skippered by Simon Knowles leads from Finbarr O'Regan's Artful DodJer with the defending Sovereign's Cup champion, the J99 Snapshot of Mike Evans in third.
Light westerly winds and a developing sea breeze up to ten knots opened the regatta, with Class One sailing a single round the cans race.
Although two races were scheduled, the first race was abandoned in Class One.
Richard and Timothy Goodbody's ' White Mischief' from the Royal Irish Yacht Club on Dublin Bay took fourth, with clubmate John Maybury in Joker II in fifth in the 11-boat fleet.
This is the 15th edition of the biennial regatta, which has attracted 90 entries, runs from 21st to 24th June, and incorporates the 1720 European sportsboat Championships.
