The Jones family's J122 JellyBaby, which won Royal Cork Yacht Club's Autumn League overall last weekend, continued her winning streak with a win on Sunday in the opening race of the club's O'Leary Insurance Winter League.
There were squally conditions of 25 to 30 knots from the southwest on the Cork Harbour course for the first race.
The race started in sunshine, but 30 seconds later, a heavy rain shower engulfed the fleet.
In a day for big boats, Jones's clubmates Annamarie and Denis Murphy in the Grand Soliel 40 Nieulargo were second. Paul and Deirdre Tingle's X4 Alpaca took third place.
The Jones family's J122 JellyBaby was the winner of the first race of RCYC's O'Leary Insurance White Sails League in Cork Harbour Photo: Bob Bateman
21 boats are competing in the league, which, for a second year running, is being competed for on an 'all-in fleet' basis and sailed under white sails only.
A view of the yacht racing from Weavers Point in Cork Harbour in the first race of the Royal Cork Yacht Club's O'Leary Insurance Winter League Photo: Bob Bateman
The 'all-in' start line was at The Cage mark, and the fleet reached across the channel to Corkbeg (in the vid below) and was followed by a one-tack beat back to number 8 buoy, then a run in the harbour and a hard beat back to the Cage.