Chris Power Smith of Royal St George YC is "Sailor of the Month (Offshore)" for May

5th June 2024

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Our journey to Kinsale was well worthwhile.....SCORA Commodore Daragh Connolly (left) with Aurelia's winning owner-skipper Chris Power Smith (RStGYC) and race sponsor James Matthews of The Matthews Centre, together with ECHO winner Paul Tingle (RCYC) of Alpaca, Aurelia crewman Daniel Fitzgerald and (right) Dave Cullinane (Kinsale YC), front row are crewmen Zixi Dong and Jamie Tingle Credit: Robert Bateman

While the first weekend of June suddenly brought summer, the last weekend of May seemed to be winter re-asserting itself on the Atlantic coasts, and merely to finish the shortened Kinsale YC Inistearaght Race
(it rounded the Bull Rock off Kerry, rather than the Blaskets) was an achievement in itself. Yet to do it in record time within 24 hours to take Line Honours and finish on Corrected Time ahead of the form boat
was some going - and then some - for a visitor from Dun Laoghaire.

Chris Power Smith's J/122 ticked all the boxes (albeit by just 12 seconds on CT ahead of the legendary Sunfast 3300 Cinnamon Girl, and he is our Offshore Sailor of the Month for May with a crisply-executed
project that was reminiscent of Denis Doyle and Moonduster in their prime.

She came, she raced, she conquered - Aurelia from Dun Laoghaire in good sailing form. Photo: Afloat.ie/David O'Brien

Published in Sailor of the Month, RStGYC, Inistearaght Race, ISORA

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