Early Tack To Sandycove Was Key To Success in DBSC Laser Racing

1st July 2015

#laser – Scotsman's Bay was at it's idyllic best last night for another excellent two Laser races under the DBSC burgee. While some were missing we welcomed back a few old faces in the form of Dan O'Connell, Theo Lyttle and Conor Byrne. Indeed it was the Monkstown Bay man O'Connell who mastered the conditions best and registered a first and second, to Lyttle's 1 and 3.

The key to success in a force 2 southerly into a flooding tide was, of course, the early tack off the start in towards Sandycove.

Thereafter place changing was minimal, in contrast to other Tuesday's so far this year. Despite the returnees above, turnout was actually down slightly at 12 boats, mainly due to some exhaustion after a windy Westerns in Galway last weekend.

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