24 Water Wags Turnout for Wednesday Night Race at Dun Laoghaire Harbour With Some Close Finishes

17th July 2024

Water Wag No. 38 Swift, Guy & Jackie Kilroy on starboard head for a close finish at the buoy with No. 45 Mariposa, Annalise Murphy & Amy Hughes in Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Wednesday night racing. See who wins in the vid below Credit: Ann Kirwan

24 Water Wags turned out for the AIB DBSC race on Wednesday, July 17th. Following a postponement, Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a three-round windward leeward course with a final 4th beat to finish at the weather mark in an SSE 12-knot breeze with gusts of up to 18 knots in Dun Laoghaire harbour.

Sean and Heather Craig sailing Puffin were third at the first weather mark but had taken the lead by the second rounding, and led for the remainder of the race.

Behind them the order changed between a number of boats before the final beat. Guy and Jackie Kilroy sailing Swift recovered well, having taken a 360 penalty for hitting the weather mark, and we’re in a very close race for 2nd and 3rd, managing to finish just ahead of Annalise Murphy sailing Mariposa and her crew Amy Hughes, who hadn’t been in a boat since she was 12.

Top 3 finishers:
No. 52 Puffin, Seán & Heather Craig
No. 38 Swift, Guy & Jackie Kilroy
No. 45 Mariposa, Annalise Murphy & Amy Hughes

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