The Two White Sails Division at the 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup off Kinsale totalled 20 boats, roughly a fifth of the overall fleet at the four-day event. It's a contemporary size that Afloat's WM Nixon says is a sweet size for Kinsallions.

The white sailors were in the prizes on Saturday night, too, walking away with the Portcullis Trophy for the best performance under ECHO and the Michelle Dunn Prix d'elegance award to Division Two competitor, the restored 1954 Marian Maid, as Afloat reports here.

The Portcullis trophy for the best performance under ECHO was won by White Sails division One entry, Ronan Twomey's Beneteau 40.7, Rosmarina in an eight-boat fleet.

The Portcullis trophy for the best performance under ECHO was won by Ronan Twomey's Beneteau 40.7, Rosmarina with her winning crew pictured below Photo: Bob Bateman

Alan Mulcahy's Albin Express Apache was the White Sails Two IRC winner.

2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup White Sails 2 ECHO winners were the McJenkins Family in the S&S 34  Morning After from Royal Cork YC pictured with Sovereign's Cup sponsor Hugh Kelly of Simply Blue Group Photo: Bob Bateman

Stephen Harris and Frank Hughes were the White Sails One IRC winners in the Beneteau 40.7 Tiger and were awarded the McCarthy Cup. 

Stephen Harris and Frank Hughes and crew were the White Sails One IRC winners in the Beneteau 40.7 Tiger (pictured below) and were awarded the McCarthy Cup by Sovereign's Cup sponsor Hugh Kelly of Simply Blue Group (with cup) and Kinsale Yacht Club Commodore Matthias Hellstern Photo: Bob Bateman

Read all Afloat's 2023 Sovereign's Cup Regatta coverage in one handy link here