Royal St. George Yacht Club trio Neil Hegarty, David Williams and Conor Byrne in Phantom (IRL225) lead the Zurich Dragon East Coast Championships after two races sailed off Kinsale, Co. Cork.
The Dublin Bay boat has the same five points tally as locals James Matthews, David Good and Fergal O'Hanlon sailing 'TBD' (IRL 219) but tops the leaderboard thanks to a second race win in the 11-boat fleet.
Southwesterly winds up to 20 knots got the three-day event off to a swift start with Race Officer Con Murphy deploying robotic race marks to set the windward-leeward course for the first time off Kinsale.
Lying third is a second Kinsale boat, Cameron Good Henry Kingston, Simon Furney sailing 'Little Fella' ( IRL211) on six points.