Fiona Young's Albin Express North Star was the winner of the second race of the Royal Cork Yacht Club's Winter League, sailed in damp conditions in Cork Harbour.
Young now tops the IRC rankings in the 'all-in' fleet on five points, five clear of Colman Garvey and Kieran Kelleher's Quarter Tonner, Diamond in second place overall.
Lying third on equal points with the vintage Dubois design is the Grand Soleil 40, Nieulargo (Annamarie and Denis Murphy).
The 21-boat fleet waited for one and half hours before racing began with a start at Grassy on a leg out of the Harbour to E2.
As the video below shows, the diminutive Albin Express (grey hull) got a front-row start.
There were plaudits for Race Officer Anthony O'Leary for managing to get a second race completed in the flukey conditions as crewman from Alpaca John McWeeeny relates in this video below.
The fleet returned to the harbour to buoy 14 near Whitegate; the race was then shortened at the number 6 buoy.
Racing continues next Sunday