The Royal St. George Yacht Club is running an inaugural Melges 15 'Sprint' championship this Saturday with ILCA/Laser dinghies invited to the Dun Laoghaire Harbour event.
The Grant Thornton sponsored Melges 15 & ILCA ‘8-Race Championship’ is open to Laser Standard (ILCA 7), Laser Radial (ILCA 6) and Laser 4.7 (ILCA 4) and the new Melges 15 fleet.
Up to nine of the Melges 15 dinghies are entered, and up to 40 plus ILCAs are excepted to compete with the biggest fleet expected to be the ILCA 6 or Radial.
To live up to its event billing, Race Officer Barry O'Neill is aiming to run eight races on the day, even though the weekend forecast shows light winds.