Sutton Dinghy Club's Alan Blay and Hugh McNally are top of the 25-boat GP14 Leinster Championships leaderboard with two races left to sail on Sunday at the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Dublin Bay.
The north Dublin pair have a three-point advantage over defending champions Ger Owens and Mel Morris of the Royal St. George Yacht Club. Another Sutton pair, Conor Twohig and Matthew Cotter hold third place o but are six points off Owens and Morris on 27.
Racing was postponed for one hour on the penultimate day to allow strong winds to decrease, which proved correct as Dublin Bay yielded perfect summer sailing conditions in the afternoon.
The breeze remained in a southwesterly quadrant at approximately 15 knots, with some strong gusts and big wind shifts off the Blackrock shoreline to make for some exciting racing for the dinghy course.
The 2023 regatta, the ninth edition of Ireland's largest sailing event, concludes on Sunday with two final races for most classes and a great festival of sailing across the waterfront and Dun Laoghaire town as four sailing clubs come together for the biennial event; Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club, Royal Irish Yacht Club, Royal St. George Yacht Club and National Yacht Club.