Cove Sailing Club's Cobh People's Regatta sailed on Sunday (August 18) followed Friday's Titanic Race and brought a good mix of cruiser-racers to the line for the annual event in Cork Harbour.
In Class One Kites IRC, George Radley's corrected time of one hour 18 minutes and 26 seconds was nearly three minutes ahead of the Jones family's J122 Jelly Baby, (1:21:35 corrected) with Ian Scandrett's Sigma 38 Kernow third on 1:36:14 corrected. The result was repeated on ECHO.
Jimmy Nyhan's Hunter Boat, Outrigger from Royal Cork (on starboard) was the White Sail IRC winner in the Cobh People's Regatta 2024 Photo: Bob Bateman
In White Sail IRC, Jimmy Nyhan's Hunter Boat, Outrigger from Royal Cork finished in a corrected time of one hour 27 minutes and nine seconds to beat the Murphy Family's Grand Soleil 40 from Royal Cork Yacht Club (1:33:14 corrected). Third in the four boat division was Tom McGrath's Dehler 34 Big Mc, (1:33:24 corrected) also from Royal Cork Yacht Club. Thes results were reeated in an eight boat ECHO division.
