No Change to Leaders on Day Two of the Laser Nationals at Royal Cork (Photo Gallery Here)

18th August 2017

Laser 4.7s start in Cork Harbour. Scroll down for photo gallery Credit: Bob Bateman

There was no change at the top of the leaderboard at Royal Cork Yacht Club's Laser National Championships after two more races were sailed in Cork Harbour today, bringing the total to five races of the Championships sailed so far.

Olympian Finn Lynch maintains a perfect scoreline of five wins in the standard rig. See the standard rig results here.

The host club's Luke McGrath stays top in the Radial rig. Read the Radial results here.

In the biggest fleet of the Championships, Jack Fahy of the Royal St.George YC also stays in front of his 42–boat 4.7 fleet. 4.7 results are here.

By the end of the second race today, winds hit 28–knots on the race course, bringing to an end a hectic second day of the championships for Race Officer Peter Crowley.

Racing continues tomorrow. Scroll down for photo gallery by Bob Bateman.

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It's easy to see why the single-handed dinghy has won the title of the most widely distributed boat of all time.

The Laser is a one-design dinghy, the hulls being identical but three rigs that can be used according to the size and weight of the sailor.

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