Kinsale Sailors Win South Coast Squib Title

7th May 2012

#SQUIB – Marcus and Meagan Hutchinson sailing 'Sensation' won a heavy air South Coast Squib keelboat championships in Kinsale on Sunday. Big swells and 20–knot easterly winds led to many retirals in the 17-boat fleet. Second overall were James and Bruce Matthews followed by Peter Wallace and Kerry Boomer from Royal North Ireland Yacht Club.

Six races were sailed with one discard.

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club	Series Points
1	523	Sensation	Marcus Hurchinson	Meghan Hutchinson	KYC	5
2	51	Mucky Duck	James Matthews	Bruce Matthews	KYC	6
3	818	Toy for The Boys	Peter Wallace	Kerry Boomer	RNIYC	12
4	667	Servus	Bobby Conlon	Daz	MAYO SC	22
5	150	Espresso	Victor Fusco	Ben Fusco	KYC	22
6	820	Quick Step	Gordon Patterson	Lindsay Nolan	RNIYC	25
7	548	Yacht Services Ireland	Colm Dunne	Rob Gill	KYC	26
8	83	Nebulette	Dave Matthews	Katie Matthews/Dave Power	KYC	27
9	729	Mack	Paul McCarthy	Dunocha Kiely	KYC	35
10	79	Sedition	Cian O'Regan	Dominic Falvey	KYC	41
11	497	Samphire	Joe Connell	Jez Gibson	KYC	48
12	46	Lola	Frank Whelan	Brian Hare	DUBLIN BAY	49
13	528	Chocoholic	Sarah-Louise Rossiter	Ian Rossiter	WEXFORD HARBOUR	51
14	700	Serendipity	Michael Field	Declan Fox	KYC	53
15	344	Chuckle	Michael Jones	Andrew Bellingham	WEXFORD HARBOUR	63
16	348	Lucy Jayne	Graham Files	Mary Moore	WEXFORD HARBOUR	66
17	711	Rebel	Gemma Twohig	Tom Twohig	KYC	73

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