Perfect Score Captures 2023 Sovereign's Cup for Dwyer's Half Tonner 'Swuzzlebubble' at Kinsale

24th June 2023

James and David Dwyer of Royal Cork Yacht Club with their Half-Tonner Swuzzlebubble crew who were overall winners of the 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup after a perfect score of six wins from six races sailed off Kinsale Credit: Bob Bateman

The perfect scoreline of six wins from six races saw James and David Dwyer's Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble take the Class Two title and the overall 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup in Kinsale today.

Camelot in Kinsale is how Afloat's WM Nixon described the scene on the first two days of the regatta, but the 2023 Cup concluded with 100% cloud cover and drizzle on Saturday afternoon and some tricky sailing conditions.

(Above and below) Sovereign's Cup winners 2023: James and David Dwyer of Royal Cork Yacht Club on the Half-Tonner Swuzzlebubble Photo: Bob Bateman

Sovereign's Cup winners 2023: James and David Dwyer of Royal Cork Yacht Club on the Half-Tonner Swuzzlebubble

Finishing on five nett points, the Royal Cork crew celebrated their six-point margin over John Gordon X-332 X-Rated from Mayo Sailing Club.

John Gordon' Mayo Sailing Club X-332 X-Rated is lying third in IRC Two of the 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup from Elan 333 Reavra Too, skippered by Stephen Lysaght of the host club Photo: Bob Bateman John Gordon's Mayo Sailing Club X-332 X-Rated and her crew at the prizegiving below Photo: Bob Bateman

John Gordon's Mayo Sailing Club X-332 X-Rated and her crewat the prizegiving below Photo: Bob Bateman

Kinsale YC Elan 333, Reavra Too, skippered by Stephen Lysaght, was third in the eight-boat fleet on 13 points.

The 15th edition of the biennial regatta attracted 90 entries across all divisions and ran from 21st to 24th June and incorporated the 1720 European sportsboat Championships.

Consistent sailing in the Kinsale Yacht Club's 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup from Elan 333 Reavra Too, skippered by Stephen Lysaght of the host club Photo: Bob Bateman Elan 333 Reavra Too, skippered by Stephen Lysaght of the host club Photo: Bob Bateman

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