Joan Mulloy Tops Ruffian 23 Fleet at WIORA 2025 in Mayo

19th June 2025

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Racing on day two of WIORA 2025 at Mayo Sailing Club was a coastal race for all classes in sunshine on Clew Bay

Local sailor Joan Mulloy now leads a 17-boat Ruffian 23 fleet after a WIORA coastal race victory on Golden Girl, but the Mayo crew are on the same nine points as clubmate David Quinn's Lone Star. Third is the day one leader, Frank Bradley's Ripples of Dun Laoghaire.

Racing on day two of WIORA 2025 at Mayo Sailing Club was a coastal race for all classes in sunshine on Clew Bay.

The boat under the spinnaker of Bandit is Joan Mulloy’s Golden Girl winning the Ruffian 23 WIORA 25 Coastal Race on Clew Bay Photo: Ann Kirwan

Race officer Scorie Walls set a course of one and a half rounds for the two bigger fleets and one round for the white sails and Ruffians.

As the wind died, all races were shortened at mark C.

Tribal Secures Coastal Race Win

Rachel Burke's Farr 31 Tribal won in Class One on a corrected time of 3 hours: 49 minutes: 05 seconds from Liam Lynch's First 34.7 Elysium on 3:57:31 corr. Galway Bay Sailing Club's GK34 Ibaraki, skippered by John Collins was third on 3:57:32 corr to continue to lead overall in the seven-boat fleet.

Chinook Leads Class Two

A seven-boat Class Two IRC is led by Cormac Murphy's Chinook of Tralee Bay Sailing Club, with three race wins. Shane McGibney's Smile lies second overall with Gerry Daly's Crozz in third.

Full results below

Race Results

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Published in WIORA, Ruffian 23

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