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5o5 Sailors Top Monkstown Bay Sailing Club October Dinghy League

31st October 2023
The 505 of helm Ewen Barry and crew John Coakley/Charles Dwyer were overall winners of the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club October Dinghy League
The 505 of helm Ewen Barry and crew John Coakley/Charles Dwyer were overall winners of the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club October Dinghy League Credit: Bob Bateman

The October dinghy league finished in good weather on Saturday at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour with the 505 of helm Ewen Barry and crew John Coakley/Charles Dwyer, overall winners.

Two Laser sailors filled the next positions in the top three – Brendan Dwyer second and David O’Connell third.

Ruby Duggan and Isabelle McCarthy won Class 2 in an RS Feva XL and two of these dinghies were the others in the top three placings – Jack Horgan and Darragh Killeen were second, Oliver and Ronan Kenneally third.

Ruby Duggan and Isabelle McCarthy also won the overall Class Two trophy for the season.

This Saturday, Monkstown will begin hosting the Cork Fireball Open Frostbites series which will be sailed for the month – on November 11, 18 and 25.

First Gun will be at 10.30 a.m. on a three-minute start sequence, the course to be announced on the day for three scheduled races each day in the Monkstown Bay/Lower Harbour area. There is an entry fee of €20 per boat.

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