Kieran Collins’ Coracle IV, an Olson 30, won the July Thursday League IRC spinnaker division at the Royal Cork with a hat-trick of first places for a total of three points overall. Second was the Sunfast 32, BAD COMPANY (Desmond/Ivers/Keane), on 15 points and third Anthony O’Leary’s Cape 31, Antix, on 23.
Coracle also won ECHO handicap. Second here was Billy Campion’s 1720, Wight Hare and third the Alpaca (Paul and Deirdre Tingle). Fifteen yachts raced.
Kieran O’Brien’s Magnet, an MG, won IRC Whitesail with a trio of first places, for a total of three points. Second was BG MC (McGrath family) on 13 and third Paul O’Shea’s Sun Odyssey 36, Elegance, on 15 points which took first place under ECHO, with BIG Mc second and Magnet third. Eleven boats sailed.
Friday evening Whitesail League was combined for June and July, with six races and was won by the Sigma 33, Scribbler, Tom and Cormac MacSweeney on 18 points. Second was Peter Webster’s Thistle on 24 and third the Impala, Fast Buck, John O’Connor/John Hanley, with 36.
Twenty yachts raced the series.