#flyingfifteen – On the eve of its Southern championships in Carlingford and on a beautiful warm summer evening with a variable s-se breeze twelve Flying Fifteens from the National Yacht Club took to the Bay last night for DBSC Thursday evening. Chris Doorly/Alan Green took the gun in Frequent Flyer IRL 3970 followed by Tom Galvin in IRL 3757.
PRO Jack Roy and his team set a great but challenging course around the Bay. After a frantic start bunched at the committee boat end most of the fleet headed in towards the shore out of the strong incoming tide. At the first weather mark Alan Dooley/ Joe Hickey lead the way followed by guest helm Geraldine O'Neill with Ben Mulligan and Michael McCambridge/ Peter Murphy in third with Doorly/Green back in sixth place. This is how it remained till the last long beat from Pier mark up to Island mark.
The first three headed in out of the tide but the winds were lighter inshore, IRL 3970 headed out to sea followed by 3757 on a shift and found more wind. On arrival at the mark those who went in were nowhere to be seen and these first two had a sizable lead. That's how it remained till the end with Dooley in third place followed by Adrian Cooper in fourth.
