#WIORA– As a flagship event to mark their 50th year of sailing on the Shannon Estuary,  Foynes Yacht Club are setting an aggressive target to attract 50 boats to next year’s West of Ireland Offshore Racing Association (WIORA) sailing championships to be held from the 11th to 14th of July. The WIORA poster is below.

Ed Conway and Raymond McGibney are flying the flag for Foynes having being recently re-elected to the WIORA committee for another year.

IRC, ECHO and White Sails classes will be raced and the club says a festival atmosphere ashore will be 'guaranteed with well-priced, quality catering and top class live entertainment' provided at the recently renovated clubhouse. 

All boats entered will be given free and secure berthing.  Free lift-in/lift-out of trailer sailors will also be arranged.  Liam Dineen has been appointed OOD and already over forty boats have registered.

In addition to all Western clubs, Foynes will be canvassing sailors from the active racing fleet on Lough Derg to come by road or river to join in this celebration sailing event, last held in Foynes in 1998. 

While standard “around the cans” windward-leeward courses will be laid for the IRC and Echo fleets, more varied courses for white sails will be set, taking yachts to all parts of the scenic estuary. A special section is currently being added to the club website to cover all aspects of the event.

More on The Estuary here

Peadar O'Loughlin's Sigma 33 Reconnaissance was the overall winner of Tralee Bay Sailing Club's race from Fenit to Dingle this October but only after a great comeback in the last two miles of this County Kerry race.

The first boat in was Galileo, with Reconnaissance hot in his tail and Jaguar not far behind either, with Rooster coming in shortly afterwards. Abandon Office, Powder Monkey and Ridire Ban (previous class winner in Dun Laoghaire - Dingle race) retired. On corrected time, first place in IRC went to the Sigma 33
-Reconnaissance, having made a great comeback to steal it from Jaguar in the last two miles.

Lifting the O'Connell Cup, the last feature race of the Tralee Bay Sailing Club season. The Cup was Sponsored by Finbar O'Connell Jewellers, Tralee and was won by Reconnaissance, a Sigma 33, owned by Peadar O'Loughlin and crewed by Brian O'Sullivan, Frances Clifford, Fergus Kelliher, Kieran Kelliher, John O'Mahony and Eoin Nolan.

This was the last feature race in the 2011 Tralee Bay Sailing Club calendar. The October series continues 'til the end of the month, and an End of Season Party will be held on the last weekend of the month, after racing that day.

The last race in the Royal Cork Timberland League was another excellent night's racing writes our Cork Harbour Correspondent. The weather gods were with us three Thursdays in a row! The breeze was coming from the North 8 to 12 knots. The start was about two hours after high water. The Race Officer Paul O'Shea set an excellent course (No. 65). We had a long beat to No.13 which had us short tacking on a falling tide under Spike Island. We were even debating how we would share the last Mars Bar if the unthinkable happened (low water 22.00). Fortunately no one succumbed to the mud, others would call it good seamanship! After No.13 the rest of the course gave us a chance to brush up on our gybing techniques, we were all much better this week, the lighter breeze may of helped.

To top the evening off, it was nice to see the National 18 crews enjoying themselves outside the Club Bar (after a busy day of racing) while we were motoring up the river!

On the results front:

White Sail IRC Tom McNiece's Sigma 33 "Minx 111" got the number 1 slot last night and also got first in the League.
White Sail Echo Micheal Lynch's Sun Odyssey 32i "Lady T" got the number 1 slot last night and also first in the League.
Class 3 IRC Jimmy Nyhan & Maritta Buwalda's 1/4 tonner "Outrigger" got the four bullets in the League including last night, what a performance! They were also first overall in Echo.
Class 3 Echo Paul Murray's Impala "Prometheus" got the number 1 slot last night.
Class 2 IRC Ted Crosbie's X302 "No Excuse" had an excellent race last night coming first and first overall.
Class 2 Echo Derry Nash's First 31.7 "Catalpa" came first overall.
Class 2 Echo Mark Mendell's Sun fast 32 "Wicked" got the number 1 slot last night
Class 1 IRC Kieran Twomey's Corby "Gloves Off" came first overall.
Class 1 IRC Donal O'Leary's X35 "D-Tox" got the number 1 slot last night.
Class 1 Echo Frank Doyle's A35 "End Game" came first overall.
Class 1 Echo Aidan Heffernan's Dehler 36 "Indulgence" got the number one slot last night.

Royal Cork's Antix skippered by Anthony O'Leary has finished as runner up in the IRC 1 division at a heavy weather staging of the British IRC Championships this afternoon.

With eight bullets in eight races, Peter Rutter and the crew of the Grand Soleil 43, Quokka 8, comfortably secured the 2011 IRC National Championship title as well as victory within IRC 2.

"I am incredibly proud - my crew have really worked their hearts off," said Rutter. "I have never been able to win this regatta before and I said to them 'we have to nail it this time' and they have worked their cotton socks off. So I am very very pleased and it is nice to have got this one finally put away. The boat is going well, the sails are good and the crew work has been stunning."

Matters were made no easier for the crew after Quokka 8's skipper unwisely chose light and moderate weather kites for this regatta, which has typically seen the wind rarely drop below 20 knots. Rutter paid his respects to the RORC race committee for laying on a good series, also admitted that being one of the fastest boats in Class 2 also helped. "It was the place to be, in winds of this strength - it helped you get clear wind. But keeping the boat under the rig was the important thing in this regatta!"

One of the favourites in IRC1, Jonathan Goring's new Ker 40, Keronimo, put this to the test today when on the final run of the second and final race, she was nailed by a squall, causing her to re-enact the famous pitchpole of Silk II (as captured on camera by Beken of Cowes). Tactician Simon Shaw recounted what occurred: "A big black cloud was chasing us down the run and we'd just changed on to the no4 and gybed to come into the mark when the front of the gust hit and the wind went from 26 to pretty much 40 knots...

"The boat instantly jumped into the wave we were following. The rudder was fully out of the water. It was a bit like watching one of those Extreme 40 capsizes - you are on top of the world looking down at the boat, holding on to the runners with your legs dangling down into the cockpit going 'hang on I thought this only happened on catamarans!'"

Keronimo teetered in her pitchpoled position for what seemed like 10 seconds, her bow buried so deeply into the water that the instrument displays on her mast were submerged, until eventually the fitting at the end of her bowsprit exploded and the chute roared aft destroying all the stanchions along her starboard side. "We lost one guy off each side and one off the bow," continued Shaw. "So we scooped everyone back in, wrestled the chute down over the back, pulled the jib up, bore away and carried on with the race." Thankfully no one was hurt in the incident.

Royal Cork's Antix finished second in Cowes this afternoon. Photo: Paul Wyeth

Victory in the hard fought IRC 1 was deservedly scooped up by the winner of both today's two races, Piet Vroon's Ker 46 Tonnerre de Breskens 3, also winner of the Jackdaw Trophy for coming second overall under IRC. Anthony O'Leary's Antix finished just a point adrift in second in IRC 1, ahead of third placed Keronimo.

Another equally unusual incident occurred prior to the start of today's first race on board Peter Morton's MAT 1010, one of the contenders in IRC 3, when her port cabintop window imploded. The exact reasons for this remain a mystery. but Morton believes the window was weakened by a barber hauler block repeatedly rapping against it and broken terminally when the weight of one of the crew was applied to it. In the brisk conditions they were forced to retire.

In IRC3 today's winner, claiming both races, was Michael Brough's Bavaria Match 38 Steady Barker, but even this fine show left them three points adrift of Mike Bridges' Elan 37, Elaine, the class victor.

Brough, who has been toughing it out since he twisted his knee during racing yesterday, says Steady Barker enjoys light or heavy airs and in this regatta they have seen more than their fair share of the latter.

Their racing today was also not without incident. "Before the start of the second race our mainsail ripped luff to leech," said Brough. "We just got it down, put some duck tape over it and it managed to make it all the way." Fortunately when the squall hit on the last race they were sailing upwind and the most they saw was 32 knots. Even so they decided to play it safe on the final run and chose not to hoist the kite. "We thought we'd see if anyone blinked before we put the kite up," admitted Brough. "Fatjax tried it and went over on her side. Even so we were doing 10.5-11 knots without the kite."

IRC 4 saw Adam Gosling's Corby 30 Yes! claim two bullets to win their class overall, albeit just three points ahead of Michael Kershaw's Half Tonner, Chimp.

Generally of this RORC IRC Nationals Brough observed: "The races have been great. Everyone is absolutely shattered on the boat, including the bowman. It has been hard racing and I'm glad RORC stuck with it rather than just canning it."

With a slow moving front passing across the Solent today, the fleet competing at the RORC's IRC Nationals were subjected to one of the windiest days they have seen so far this season.

Three races were held on the central Solent and with the wind gusting into the 30s for today's final encounter, there were a multitude of DNSes and DNFes. While there were at least two dismastings on the Solent, fortunately the carnage in the IRC Nationals fleet was limited principally to sails and fittings, while those that did last the course were to be commended for their prudence, the majority for example choosing not to hoist the kites in the blustery final race.

Former Volvo Ocean Race skipper Bouwe Bekking, competing on board Willem Wester's Grand Soleil 46, Antilope, in IRC 1, said the most wind they saw was 32 knots. "That's fun and it is good that they keep us racing in that, because it brings seamanship back to everyone." Bekking said that they continued to use their spinnaker today but the lighter weight asymmetric boats, able to hoist large genoas on the reaches, were able to sail four or five knots faster than they were. For the most part today Antilope came away unscathed, although they suffered a small rip in their mainsail.

Antilope was one of only five boats in IRC 1 to complete the final race. Crucially one of the DNFs was Jonathan Goring's overnight leader, Keronimo, so the lead in the highly competitive IRC 1 has now passed to Anthony O'Leary and his Irish Rolex Commodores' Cup winning crew aboard the Ker 39, Antix.

Of course loving today's brisk conditions was Dutch salty seadog Piet Vroon, skipper of Tonnerre de Breskens 3, who's 3-1-1 scoreline was the most consistent of the day. His blue hulled Ker 46 now holds second place in IRC 1 two points astern of Antix and two ahead of Keronimo.
This is not the first time the well-travelled Tonnerre has encountered such conditions. "The boat goes better with a lot of wind," admitted Vroon. "And yes, we have seen these conditions occasionally. The boat did everything that was expected. Whether the crew did or not...!"
With more breeze forecast for tomorrow, Tonnerre could be in with a good chance of repeating her IRC Nationals class victory from two years ago, when she was just four weeks old.
While Johnny Vincent's modified TP52, Pace, continued her unbroken string of wins in IRC 0 against Rob Grey and Sam Laidlaw's Farr 52, Bob, both choosing to stand down from today's final race, so in IRC 2 Peter Rutter's Grand Soleil 43, Quokka 8, now has scored a phenomenal six bullets in as many races. Fighting for the remaining podium positions going into tomorrow's final two races are Nicolas Gaumont-Prat's First 40.7, Tradition Philosophie IV, Jim Macgregor's Elan 410, Premier Flair, and Richard Fildes' Corby 37 Impetuous.
Unfortunately in today's second race Jim Macgregor's Premier Flair suffered a contretemps with Peter Morton's MAT1010 sailing in IRC3. Morton recounted the incident: "They went around the top mark, hoisted and did a massive roll to windward - they almost did a Chinese gybe on top of us! We were on port and they were on starboard, but we were a long way away but they did this huge roll to weather and hit the top of the rig."
MAT1010 retired from that race but bounced back to win today's breezy third. In one gust Morton said they had seen 34 knots and at one point when they had the kite up they clocked 19 knots - not bad for a 33 footer.
With Chris and Hannah Neve's No Chance disqualified from yesterday's second race due to a start line infringement that ended up in the protest room, followed by an OCS in today's second race, so the leader in IRC 3 is now Mike Bridges' Elan 37, Elaine.
"We were just trying to keep it safe today," admitted Bridges, so says that for this regatta they are sailing with a mixed crew and don't have their usual amount of hiking weight on the rail. "We just wanted to get around and stay close to people."
Bridges says that Elaine likes "anything between 12 and 20+ knots, but 30 is probably a bit much!" Today they managed to avoid too much carnage although the conditions did take their toll and they blew out a fitting for the vang. "We had to replace that on the way. Otherwise there was nothing major," said Bridges.
In IRC 4 Adam Gosling's Corby 30, Yes! has been propelled into the lead following bullets in today's final two races, while yesterday's leader Michael Kershaw's Half Tonner, Chimp, was one of four boats in the class to bow out of today's final race, dropping her to second.
A final two races are scheduled for tomorrow and at the forecast at present is showing at least as much wind as we have seen today

On Thursday night sailors were saying "It's a great night to be on the water". A big change from the previous Thursday writes our Cork Harbour Correspondent. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS BY BOB BATEMAN BELOW.

The breeze was coming from the South West at about 10 knots. Full mains and a light No.1 for the seond race of the Timberland league. The start was an hour and a half after high water. So the spring tide made tactics more interesting.  The Race Officers, once again set an excellent course. It was a clean start for everyone with a short beat from Corkbeg to the Cage which we left to port. We then reached out to No.3 and then another beat out to W2. It was then a bear away set for a Spinnaker up the harbour leaving No.6 to port on the way to No.5 otherwise known as Dognose. Short beat once again to the Cage with another bear away set to No.9 After that we had another beat back to Dognose and a short beat then to the finish. It was a proper summer evening race thanks to the Race Officers and the Weather Gods!

Ernie Dillon's "Silk Breeze" in White Sail got the number 1 slot in IRC and 2nd in Echo. In Class 3 it went to Jimmy Nyhan & Maritta Buwalda's 1/4 tonner "Outrigger" in both IRC & Echo, in Class 2 it was Kieran & Liz O'Briens MG335 "Magnet" that came 1st in IRC & 2nd in Echo and in Class 1 the honours went to the Corby "Gloves Off" Kieran Twomey.

Recently crowned ICRA IRC Three Champion, Tiger (George Kenefick) is travelling to Cowes for next week's 2011 Coutts Quarter Ton Cup hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club in Cowes, and with only a week to go, anticipation is building amongst the international fleet signed up to compete.

The black hulled champion won its class at the ICRA Nationals in Crosshaven and was second in IRC a week later at the Sovereign's Cup in Kinsale. Tiger was also second in Kinsale's newly established Quarter Ton Cup.  The boat is Ireland's sole entry in the event.

Cork's Tiger is heading for Cowes and next week's Quarter Ton Cup. Photo: Bob Bateman

This is the seventh running of the event since the spectacular revival of the Quarter Ton Class back in 2005, and in addition to the core of regular domestic Quarter Ton Class aficionados who flock to Cowes each year, this year entries have also been received from France and the Netherlands, as well as from as far afield as Russia and New Zealand.

Following an afternoon of registration on Sunday 10th July and the Coutts Welcome Reception at Royal Corinthian Yacht Club that evening, racing will get underway on Monday 11th July and run through until Wednesday 13th July, with three races scheduled to take place each day. Racing will be run under the IRC handicapping system, enabling boats designed to all three versions of the Quarter Ton Class rule to compete as a single fleet.

 

With nearly 400 yacht in 25 classes there is no doubt about the size of July's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Here's the entry list class by class for Ireland's biggest regatta in 2011.

Class	Boat Name	Club	Sail No		TCC	Owner
Beneteau 31.7	Twister	Ballyholme YC/Royal Ulster YC	GBR	1505		Fletcher, Byers, Fair
Beneteau 31.7	Prospect	National YC	IRL	1565		Chris Johnston
Beneteau 31.7	Bluefin	National YC	IRL	6662		M Bryson,B&S O'Callaghan
Beneteau 31.7	Levante	National YC	IRL	3107	0.962	Brian Leyden,Michael Leahy
Beneteau 31.7	Magic	Royal Irish YC	IRL	2004	0.956	Donal O'Sullivan, David Espey
Beneteau 31.7	Flying Machine	Royal Irish YC	IRL	2474		Conor and Donal O Gallagher
Beneteau 31.7	Dies Irae	Royal Irish YC	IRL	1752		Patrick D Rowan
Beneteau 31.7	Prima Nocte	Royal Irish YC	IRL	993		Ptrick Burke and Patrick Kennedy
Beneteau 31.7	Extreme Reality	Royal Irish YC	IRL	6909		Patrick McSwiney, Emmet O'Rafferty
Beneteau 31.7	Attitude	Royal Irish YC	IRL	7317		Sugars, Owens and Branigan
Beneteau 31.7	Levana	Royal St George YC		1740		Jean Mitton
Beneteau 31.7	Avalon	Royal St George YC	IRL	1041		Conan & Fox
Beneteau 31.7	30 Something	Royal St George YC	IRL	3007		Kavanagh,Jones,Gaffney,Lubliner
Beneteau 31.7	Fiddly Bits	Royal St George YC	IRL	5317		PJ Timmins/Bill Quigley/Domhnall Murray/Kevin Byrne
Beneteau 31.7	After You Too	Royal St George YC	IRL	1310		Michael Blaney
Beneteau 31.7	Violet Flame	Royal St George YC	IRL	1317		Brendan Murphy
Beneteau 31.7	Legally blonde	Royal St George YC	IRL	3175		Cathal Drohan
Dragon	Susele	Royal Irish YC	IRL	131		Michael Halpenny
Dragon	Diva	Royal Irish YC	IRL	210		Rick Johnson / Richard Goodbody / Rob Johnson
Dragon	Zin Zan	Royal Irish YC	IRL	127		Dan O' Connor,P.Moriarty,T.Carpenter
Dragon	Jaguar	Royal St George YC	IRL	201		Martin Byrne
Dragon	Chiang	Royal St George YC	IRL	180		Iain Finnegan,
Dragon	Whisper	Royal St George YC	IRL	213		Michael Cotter
Dragon	Aphrodite	Royal St George YC	IRL	110		Doorly,Bolger,O'Kelly
Dragon	ZU	Royal St George YC	IR	159		Matt Minch, Tim Pearson, Conor Grimley
Dragon	Phantom	Royal St George YC	IRL	176		Peter Bowring,David Williams
Dragon	Eve	Yacht Club de Cannes	IRL	150		EAN PUGH
Etchell	Kootamundra Wattle	Howth YC	IRL	1330		Dan O'Grady
Etchell	Fetching	Howth YC	IRL	1323		Stephen O'Flaherty
Fireball	license to Thrill	Coal Harbour DL	IRL	15007		LOUIS SMYTH
Fireball	Samphire	Coal Harbour DL	IRL	14877		Cearbhall Daly
Fireball	Elevation	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	IRL	14775		Neil Colin , Margaret Casey
Fireball	No Name	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC		14865		B McGuire, M.Chambers
Fireball	Mini Mostro	Howth YC		14790		Luke Malcolm
Fireball	El Rey del Fuego	National YC	IRL	14996		Francis Rowan
Fireball	NN	National YC	IRL	15061		Stephen Oram
Fireball	Incubus	National YC		14854		Marie Barry
Fireball	Position is Possession	National YC	IRL	14765		Gavin Doyle
Fireball	Goodness Gracious	Royal St George YC	IRL	14691		Louise McKenna
Flying Fifteen	Final Fling	East Antrim BC		3759		Norman Hamilton & William Rutherford
Flying Fifteen	Fflogger II	National YC	IRL	3773		Alan Dooley
Flying Fifteen	Kooigjug	National YC	IRL	3897		Ken Dumpleton
Flying Fifteen	Flyer	National YC	IRL	3686		Niall Coleman
Flying Fifteen	Out of the Blue	National YC		3556		Fraser Mitchell
Flying Fifteen	HY5ive	National YC	IRL	3877		David Gorman
Flying Fifteen	A Mere Triffle	National YC	IRL	3749		Peter Sherry
Flying Fifteen	The Gruffalo	National YC	IRL	3864		Keith Poole
Flying Fifteen	Ash	National YC	IRL	3601		Joe Coughlan
Flying Fifteen	Hi Fibre	National YC	IR	3704		Michael McCambridge
Flying Fifteen	As Good As It Gets	National YC	IRL	3688		Alan Balfe
Flying Fifteen	Gekko	National YC	IRL	3648		Sean & Paul Nolan
Flying Fifteen	Melliffluence	National YC	IRL	3706		Tom Leonard
Flying Fifteen	Rollercoaster	National YC	IRL	3774		Tom Murphy
Flying Fifteen	Snow White	National YC	IRL	3747		Francis J Burgess
Flying Fifteen	The Big Bow Wow	National YC	IRL	3708		Niall Meagher and Nicki Matthews
Flying Fifteen	Val Doolican	National YC	IRL	3850		Ben Mulligan
Flying Fifteen	Fastidiots	National YC	IRL	3837		Peter & Conor Cronin
Glen	Pterodactyl	Royal St George YC	G	12		Roderick & David McCaffrey
Glen	Glenmarissa	Royal St George YC	G	53		Frank Elmes/Wilf Higgins
Glen	Glencoe	Royal St George YC	G	14		Patrick Sheehan
Glen	Glendun	Royal St George YC	G	9		Brian Denham
Glen	Glencree	Royal St George YC	G	107		John Bligh / Henry Roche
Glen	Glenluce	Royal St George YC	G	67		Donal O'Connor & Richard O'Connor
Glen	Glen Miller	Royal St George YC	G	29		Paul Cusack
Glen	Glenshane	Royal St George YC	G	5		Peter Hogan
Glen	Glenshesk	Royal St George YC	G	1		G Walker,L Faulkner,M Reid,A Henderson
Howth 17	Oona	Howth YC		17		Peter Courtney
Howth 17	Leila	Howth YC		3		Roddy Cooper
Howth 17	Aura	Howth YC		7		Ian Malcolm
Howth 17	Echo	Howth YC	IRL	8		Bryan and Harriette Lynch
Howth 17	Isobel	Howth YC		19		Brian and Conor Turvey
IDRA 14	Shearwater	Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club		14 31		Ciaran Browne
IDRA 14	Chimaera	Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club		157		Killian Sargent , Yvonne Murray
IDRA 14	Chaos	Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club		143		Julie Ascoop, Heather Keenan
IDRA 14	Delos II	Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club		15		Patrick O' Neill
IDRA 14	Doody	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC		14 137		John Fitzgerald / Jennifer Byrne
IDRA 14	Dart	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC		161		Pierre Long
IDRA 14	Dunmoanin	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC		140		Frank Hamilton
IDRA 14	Squalls	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC		124		Stephen Harrison,
IDRA 14	Diane	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC		122		Fergal O'Flaherty / Brian Murphy
IDRA 14	Sapphire	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC		138		Lorcan O'Sulivan
IDRA 14	Spray	Royal St George YC		107		Joanne Sheehan
IDRA 14	Starfish	Sutton DC		14 38		Alan Carr
IDRA 14	Siobhan	Sutton DC		134		Gordan Kelly
IDRA 14	Charmian	Sutton DC		28		Gerard O'Hanlon
IDRA 14	Slipstream	Sutton DC		125		Alan Henry
IRC 0	Aquelina	Arklow SC	IRL	1281	1.083	Sheila & James Tyrell
IRC 0	Grand Cru	Clyde CC	GBR	6969	1.059	Jamie McGarry
IRC 0	Eos	Clyde CC	GBR	9192	1.071	Roderick Stuart
IRC 0	Elf Too	Fairlie Yacht Club	GBR	4041	1.090	Christine Murray
IRC 0	Crazy Horse	Howth YC	IRL	9852	1.082	Chambers/Reilly
IRC 0	Mighty Max 2	Liverpool YC	GBR	8383	1.079	Neil Thomas
IRC 0	Doppelbock	Norddeutscher Regatta Verein	GER	6160	1.139	Friedrich Boehnert
IRC 0	Jump Juice	Royal Cork YC	IRL	2007	1.105	Conor Phelan
IRC 0	Mermaid V	Royal Irish YC	GBR	9383	1.057	Seamus Fitzpatrick
IRC 0	Lively Lady	Royal Irish YC	IRL	1644	1.109	Derek Martin
IRC 0	WOW	Royal Irish YC	IRL	7111	1.093	George Sisk
IRC 0	Dark Angel	Swansea Yacht & Sub Aqua Club	GBR	8833	1.104	Anthony Ackland
IRC 0	Zephyr	Royal Gourock YC	GBR	8140	1.087	Steven Cowie
IRC 1	Trouble	Ballyholme YC	GBR	2909	0.986	Smyth,Ross and Magowan
IRC 1	Humdinger	Carlingford SC	IRL	1357	1.001	Michael Mc Cabe
IRC 1	VaVavoom	Holyhead	GBR	9037	1.029	Richard Calveley
IRC 1	Rebel	Liverpool YC	GBR	8296	0.985	Stan Edge
IRC 1	Gringo	National YC	irl	7778	1.025	Tony Fox
IRC 1	Adrenalin	National YC	IRL	1348	1.032	McDonald,Wright,Balfe,O'Malley
IRC 1	Lula Belle	National YC	IRL	3607	1.019	Liam Coyne
IRC 1	Rockabill V	National YC/Royal Irish YC	IRL	3307	1.047	Paul O'Higgins
IRC 1	Antix Beag	Royal Cork YC	IRL	17200	1.005	Anthony O'Leary
IRC 1	Aztec 3	Royal Irish YC	IRL	29832	1.034	Peter Beamish
IRC 1	Axiom	Royal Irish YC	IRL	3709	1.035	Michael O'Neill
IRC 1	Black Velvet	Royal Irish YC	IRL	3471	1.004	Parnell Family
IRC 1	Xtravagance	Royal Irish YC	IRL	10034	1.001	Colin Byrne
IRC 1	Animal	Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club	GBR	1952	1.035	Debbie Aitken
IRC 1	Megalopolis	Royal St George YC	IRL	3922	1.010	Peter Allman
IRC 1	Errislannan	Royal St George YC	IRL	738	0.985	Paul Kirwan
IRC 1	Respect	Total Ulster and Ballyholme Yacht Club.	IRL	2905	0.988	Mr Ian Wilson
IRC 1	Another Adventure	Royal Irish YC	IRL	3511	1.034	Daragh Cafferky
IRC 1	Carmen II	Helensburgh SC	IRL	1666	1.021	Paul Scutt / Alan Jeffrey
IRC 1	Raptor	Royal Irish YC	IRL	811	1.025	Denis Hewitt & Ors
IRC 1	Bengal Magic	Royal Ulster YC	IRL	725	1.014	John Moorehead & Chris Ferres
IRC 2	J'Zus Outhaul	Arklow SC	IRL	9216	0.977	Brian Dempsey
IRC 2	White Lotus	DL Marina	IRL	1333	.976	Paul Tully
IRC 2	Dick Dastardly	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	FR	9156	0.947	Brian Cusack and Others
IRC 2	King One	Howth YC	IRL	8094	0.951	David Cullen
IRC 2	Dux	Howth YC	IRL	988	0.930	Anthony Gore-Grimes
IRC 2	Impetuous	Howth YC	IRL	2507	0.935	Fergal Noonan & Robert Chambers
IRC 2	Jokers Wild	Howth YC	IRL	8151	0.927	Gordon Knaggs
IRC 2	Papillion	Howth YC	IRL	2300	0.942	Brendan O' Halloran
IRC 2	Mini Mumm	Howth YC	IRL	25078	0.95	Ronan Cobbe and Niamh McDonald
IRC 2	Movistar bleu	Killyleagh YC	Gbr	8747	0.975	Raymond Killops
IRC 2	Flash II	Liverpool YC	GBR	6998	0.914	Adam Kyffin & Jon Oliver
IRC 2	Smile	National YC	IRL	25007	0.936	Healy, O'Connell, O'Sullivan
IRC 2	Jester	National YC	IRL	8750	0.960	Declan Curtin
IRC 2	Cor Baby	Royal Irish YC	IRL	2604	0.952	Martin Ryan / Vincent Lattimore
IRC 2	Jawesome II	Royal Irish YC	IRL	1046	0.960	Mervyn Dyke/Basil D'Arcy
IRC 2	Diamond	Royal Irish YC	IRL	1959	0.937	Kyran McStay
IRC 2	Peridot	Royal Irish YC	GBR	5507	0.923	Yannick Charrier / Jim McCann / Paul Cadden / Hugh O'Donnell
IRC 2	Kamikaze	Royal St George YC	IRL	8223		Peter Nash
IRC 2	Free Spirit	Royal St George YC	IRL	3332	0.977	Doherty,Gilsenan,Hannigan, O'Reilly, Ryan
IRC 2	Red Rhum	Royal St George YC	IRL	7284	0.966	Jonathan Nicholson, Christopher Nicholson
IRC 2	Bendemeer	Royal St George YC	IRL	521	0.925	Lindsay J Casey and Denis Power
IRC 2	Helter Skelter	Royal St George YC	IRL	3206		Adrienne and Averil Jermyn
IRC 2	Ruthless	Sligo YC	IRL	26026	0.953	Conor Ronan
IRC 2	Graduate	UCD Sailing Club/Royal Irish YC	FRA	079	0.953	Dominic O Keeffe
IRC 3	Shrinkwrap Pro	Bray SC		1094		Donal Gleeson
IRC 3	Asterix			8245	0.824	Counihan Meredith Boushel
IRC 3	Jabiru			8332	0.824	Martin & Saundra Renwick
IRC 3	Tango	Douglas Bay YC	GBR	7469		Andy Dunn
IRC 3	Chouskikou	Dublin Bay SC	IRL	1689		Ronnie Sheehan / Ray Hickey
IRC 3	Challenger	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	IRL	6556		Boland, Breathnach, Rossiter
IRC 3	SunChaser	Howth YC	IRL	2760	0.875	Michael Marr
IRC 3	Gecko	Howth YC	IRL	7115	0.881	Kevin Darmody
IRC 3	Holly	Howth YC	IRL	1311	0.842	Basil Mac Mahon
IRC 3	Goyave	Malahide YC	IR	1654	0.872	Colm Fitzpatrick and Russell Camier
IRC 3	Scandal	Malahide YC	IRL	4212	0.889	Brian McDowell
IRC 3	Grasshopper 2	National YC	IRL	1038		Kevin and John Glynn
IRC 3	Huggy Bear	National YC	IRL	9508	0.881	Sean Doyle
IRC 3	Cacciatore	National YC	IRL	8069	0.823	Mairead Ni Cheallachain
IRC 3	Two Step	National YC	IRL	7770	0.867	Ross Doyle
IRC 3	HyFlyer	Poolbeg Yacht & Boat Club / DBSC	IRL	49	0.886	John Barnard
IRC 3	Capilano	Royal Irish YC	IRL	1208		Seamus Storan
IRC 3	Borraine	Royal Irish YC	IR	9311		EAN PUGH
IRC 3	Wynward	Royal Irish YC		307		W. McCormack
IRC 3	Cri-Cri	Royal Irish YC	I	8709	0.906	Paul Colton
IRC 3	Chinook	Royal Irish YC	IR	2121		Andrew Bradley
IRC 3	Pamafe	Royal Irish YC	IRL	2855	.890	Michael Costello
IRC 3	Supernova	Royal Irish YC	IRL	7500	0.878	Syb McCormack / Ken Lawless / Pat Shannon
IRC 3	Saki	Royal Irish YC	IRL	246		Paget McCormack, Ben,Michael Ryan
IRC 3	Yikes	Royal Irish YC	IRL	1883		Joe Conway
IRC 3	Taiscealai	Royal Irish YC		851	0.878	brian Richardson and Jorid Lindberg
IRC 3	Isolde	Royal Irish YC	IRL	6404		Peter carroll
IRC 3	Small Wonder	Royal Irish YC	IRL	7007		Hugh C Kelly
IRC 3	Hard on Port	Royal St George YC	IRL	4794	0.889	Flor O'Driscoll
IRC 3	Syzrgy	Royal St George YC	IRL	2111		Rowan Fogarty
IRC 3	Carrabeg	Royal St George YC		727		D L Martin and R Deasy
IRC 3	Lady Rowena		IRL	34218	0.911	David Bolger
IRC 3	Janx Spirit	National YC	IRL	8224	0.889	McGrath,O'Hanlon,Brich
IRC 3	Jammie Dodger	National YC		8047	0.824	Jerry O'Neill
IRC 3	No Half Measures	Cove SC	GBR	608	0.879	Finbarr Dorgan
J109	Tigh Soluis II	Holy Loch SC		2377		Dr Ken Grant
J109	Sleeper	Liverpool YC	GBR	5909		Alasdair Davidson, John Carrier
J109	Jalapeno	National YC	IRL	5109		Baker et al
J109	Powder Monkey	National YC	IRL	28898		Chris Moore
J109	Something Else	National YC	IRL	2921		John and Brian Hall, Sue McDonnell
J109	Indecision	Royal Irish YC	IRL	9898		declan hayes/patrick halpenny/ronan molony
J109	Joker 2	Royal Irish YC	IRL	1206		John Maybury
J109	Jura	Royal Irish YC	IRL	9490		Peter Boucher
J109	Jump the Gun	Royal Irish YC	IRL	1129		Michael Monaghan & John Kelly
J109	Jetstream	Royal Irish YC	IRL	8109		Peter Redden
J109	Jedi	Royal St George YC	IRL	8088		Sarratt and Austin and McGuiness
J109	Storm	Rush SC/Howth YC	IRL	1141		Pat Kelly
Laser SB3	Sharkbait	Howth YC	NZL	3287		Ben Duncan/Brian Moran
Laser SB3	TBA	Howth YC	IRL	3240		David Quinn / Garrett May
Laser SB3	Monkey	Howth YC	IRL	3279		Cassidy/Kavanagh/McCormack
Laser SB3	Shockwave	Howth YC	IRL	3286		Eoin Quinlan
Laser SB3	Sin a Bhuifl	Howth YC	IRL	3165		Gillian Guinness
Laser SB3	TBC	Kinsale YC	IRL	3062		Ronan Downing
Laser SB3	Sirius Black	Lough Ree YC/Arklow SC	IRL	3315		Anna Leech and Ken Hudson
Laser SB3	Bumble B	National YC		3532		Fionnuala Loughrey
Laser SB3	Bluebird	National YC		3033		Cathy Mac Aleavey
Laser SB3	Alert Packaging	National YC		3323		Justin Burke
Laser SB3	Odin	National YC		3586		James Gorman
Laser SB3	Mandarin	National YC		3321		Rory Byrne
Laser SB3	Rubadubdub	National YC	IRL	3343		Nick Doherty,Rob Gavin
Laser SB3	SacreBleu	Royal Irish YC		3164		Doug Smith
Laser SB3	SuperBug	Royal Irish YC	IRL	3576		Niamh O'Rourke and Garrett O'Carroll
Laser SB3	Bád-Kilcullen	Royal Irish YC	IRL	3307		Jerry Dowling
Laser SB3	SplashGordon	Royal North of Ireland YC	IRL	3283		Gordon Patterson
Laser SB3	Sin Bin	Royal St George YC	IRL	3544		Barry O'Neill
Laser SB3	Yeti	Royal St George YC	IRL	3570		Sean Craig
Laser SB3	Kick'er Off	Royal St George YC	IRL	3257		Ed Cook / Selina Dicker
Laser SB3	Sandy Bottom	Royal St George YC	IRL	3341		Gordon Judge
Laser SB3	TBC	Royal St George YC	IRL	3072		Aidan O'Connell
Laser SB3	Seriously Bonkers 3	Royal St George YC		3484		Martin Cuppage, Peter Lee
Laser SB3	Sunday Brunch	Royal St George YC		3297		Richard Tate, David Dwyer
Laser SB3	BomChickaWahWah	Royal St George YC	IRL	3312		John O'Driscoll
Laser SB3	Lupi D'Irlanda	Royal St George YC	ITA	3437		MARCO SORGASSI
Laser SB3	TBC	Royal St George YC	IR	1234		Chris Arrowsmith
Laser SB3	White Noise	Royal St George YC	1	3342		Cormac Walsh
Laser SB3	Boomsticks	Sligo YC	IRL	3537		Brian Reilly
Laser SB3	Smoke on the water		IRL	3320		Bob Hobby
Laser SB3	Hutton's	West Riding SC	GBR	3510		Ben Williamson
Laser SB3	Mosquito	Royal Irish YC		3272		Paul O'Callaghan
Laser Standard Rig	Fossa Too	Royal Irish YC		122181		Will Nesbitt
Laser Standard Rig	graphics-it.com	Royal Irish YC		382		Paul Keane
Laser Standard Rig	Sharonhoey.com	Royal St George YC		177852		Richard Tate
Laser Standard Rig	Gatsby	Royal St George YC	173	067		Des McCarthy
Laser Radial	Evee	Royal St George YC		170946		ORLA CALLENDER
Laser Radial	Hornet	Wicklow SC	15	2650		Oscar McCullagh
Laser Radial	Pump It	Wicklow SC		190584		Luke Murphy
Mermaid	Ferga	Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club		4		Martin Reilly
Mermaid	Aideen	National YC		21		Dan Brennan and Brendan Martin
Mermaid	Tiller Girl	National YC		77		Jonathan O'Rourke
Mermaid	Endeavour	National YC		102		Roger Bannon
Mermaid	Lively Lady	National YC		73		Geraldine O'Neill and Michael Hanney
Mermaid	Jill	Royal Irish YC		134		Paul Smith, Pat Mangan
Mermaid	Oonagh	Royal St George YC	11	0		Marilyn and John Griffith
Mermaid	Clare	Rush SC		18		Paddy Archer
Mermaid	Thumbalina	Rush SC		26		Patrick Boardman
Mermaid	MiDi	Rush SC		186		Enda Weldon
Mermaid	Helen	Skerries SC		76		Therese McHugh
Mermaid	The Message	Skerries SC		185		Ross Galbraith
Mermaid	Bean Adhmaid	Skerries SC		179		Martin O'Toole
Mermaid	Dolphin	Skerries SC		182		James O'Toole
Mermaid	Azeezy	Skerries SC		189		sam shiels
Mermaid	Fugitive	Skerries SC		146		Brian Mc Nally
Non Spinnaker	Grand Cru	Douglas Bay YC	GBM	1638	1.001	Peter Curphey
Non Spinnaker	Miss Scarlett	National	IRL	4763	1.025	Anthony Keane
Non Spinnaker	Orna	National YC	IRL	532	1.031	Philip Dilworth
Non Spinnaker	Rebellion	National YC	IRL	6001	1.059	Hughes,O'Mahony,Hanlon
Non Spinnaker	Tsunami	National YC	IRL	4007	1.061	Vincent Farrell
Non Spinnaker	Act Two	Royal Irish YC	IR	4250	1.001	M.O'Leary,T.Roche,D.Andrews
Non Spinnaker	Aurora	National YC	IRL	7380		Ray Conway
Non Spinnaker	Syledis in Blue	Bray SC	IRL	1309		John & Brenda Hayes
Non Spinnaker	chase me	Carlingford SC		397		John Raughter
Non Spinnaker	Just Jasmin	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	IRL	3506		Philip Smith
Non Spinnaker	Brazen Hussy	Howth YC	IRL	3400	0.945	J Barry/M Stirling
Non Spinnaker	Voyager	Howth YC	IRL	657	.923	Joe Carton
Non Spinnaker	Bite the Bullet	Howth YC		3335	0.965	Colm Bermingham
Non Spinnaker	Eden Park	Royal Irish YC	IRL	1166	0.992	Liam Farmer
Non Spinnaker	The Great Escape	Royal Irish YC	IRL	1217	0.945	Patrick and Denise Rigney
Non Spinnaker	Sea Safari	Royal Irish YC		1082		jacqueline smith
Non Spinnaker	Afternoon Delight	Royal Irish YC	IRL	3202		M.Bennett; M. Brennan; G.Begley; J.P.Mackay
Non Spinnaker	Arwen	Royal Irish YC	IRL	3151	0.938	Philip O'Dwyer
Non Spinnaker	Persistance	Royal Irish YC	IRL	8237		Charles Broadhead, Jerry Collins, Ian Stuart
Non Spinnaker	Nirvana	Royal St George YC	IRL	3104		Bernard Neeson
Non Spinnaker	Katie	Royal St George YC	IRL	3204		Conorv McGuinness and Others
Non Spinnaker	Calypso	Royal St George YC	IRL	5643	0.934	Howard Knott,
Non Spinnaker	Vespucci	Royal St George YC	IRL	1502		Sean and Kristina O'Regan
Non Spinnaker	Spirit	Royal St George YC		3950		Colin O'Brien et al
Non Spinnaker	Nauti-Gal	Royal St George YC	IRL	721	0.904	John / Jason Crawford
Non Spinnaker	Windshift	Royal St George YC	IRL	37737	0.987	Ruairi O'Flynn, James O'Connor
Non Spinnaker	Xerxes	Royal Irish YC	IRL	2382	1.031	Dan O'Neill
Ruffian 23	Carmen	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	IRL	6043		Brendan Duffy
Ruffian 23	Ruff Rider	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC		401		Ronan Lee
Ruffian 23	Ruff Justice	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	IRL	404		Pat O'Dowd
Ruffian 23	Ripples	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	IRL	407		Frank Bradley
Ruffian 23	Crescendo	National YC		584		Lorcan Balfe
Ruffian 23	Riff Raff	National YC	IRL	145		Brian Warner, Richard Godley, Hilary Murphy-Fagan
Ruffian 23	Different Drummer	National YC	IRL	856		Declan Tonge
Ruffian 23	Paramour	National YC		470		Larry Power, Roberto Sastre, David Russell
Ruffian 23	Ruff n' Ready	National YC	K	6014		B Cullen/C Brown/A Kirwan
Ruffian 23	Ruff Nuff	Royal St George YC	IR	232		Derek and Carol Mitchell,
Ruffian 23	Diane 2	Royal St George YC	IRL	7		Alan Claffey
Ruffian 23	Nuits Saint Georges	Royal St George YC		1979		Alan Kirwan
Ruffian 23	Ruff Diamond	Sailing in Dublin		155		Sailing in Dublin
Shipman	Invader	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	IR	3221		Gerard Glynn
Shipman	Just Good Friends	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	IR	545		Micheal Carroll
Shipman	Curraglas	National YC		459		John Masterson
Shipman	Malindi	National YC	IRL	717		Andrew Gray
Shipman	Bluefin	National YC		1223		finucane,o'sullivan,hegarty,rous
Shipman	Whiterock	Royal Irish YC	IR	740		Henry M. Robinson
Shipman	Macro One	Royal Irish YC	IR	270		J Murray
Shipman	Jo Slim	Royal St George YC		528		J.D.Clarke,William and Gerard Maher
Shipman	Euphanzel 3	Royal St George YC		745		John Simington
Shipman	Twocan	Royal St George YC	IR	553		F. David Freeman
Shipman	Viking	Royal St George YC	IRL	409		Dr Fergus Mason, Dr Monica McWeeney, Oliver McCrohan Brian J Glynn
Shipman	Gusto	Royal St George YC		724		Christine Heath
Shipman	The Den	Royal St George YC	IRL	71		Aisling Costello / George Miller
Shipman	Poppy	Royal St George YC		639		Peter Wallis
Sigma 33	Pippa IV		K	4281		O'Brien, Kinsman and McMahon
Sigma 33	Polished Manx	Douglas Bay YC	GBR	8666		Kuba Szymanski
Sigma 33	Popje	National YC	IRL	4364		Ted McCourt
Sigma 33	Elandra	National YC	IRL	4536		Ralph Hance,
Sigma 33	Enchantress	National YC	K	4368		K.Bonner/L.Nicholl/M.Larkin
Sigma 33	Miss Behavin	National YC	IRL	4412		Alan Bell & Others
Sigma 33	Leeuwin	Royal Irish YC	IRL	971		Henry &Caroline Leonard & Robert Kerr
Sigma 33	September Song	Royal Irish YC	K	4597		Barry Colleary
Sigma 33	White Mischief	Royal Irish YC	IRL	4633		Tim Goodbody
Sigma 33	Pastiche	Royal Irish YC		1688		Thomas J O Neill
Sigma 33	Gwili Two	Royal St George YC	IRL	4534		Dermot Clarke & Paddy Maguire
Sigma 33	Rupert	Royal St George YC	IRL	4518		Patrick T Varian, Richard V. Lovegrove
Sigma 33	Moonshine	Royal St George YC	GBR	4999		Ronnie Moloney,David O'flynn
Sigma 33	Fandango		GBR	4500		Cope/Lee/Price
Squib	Periquin	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC		48		Noel Colclough,John Redahan
Squib	Klipbok	Howth YC		89		Emmet Dalton
Squib	Kerfuffle	Howth YC		37		Jonathan Craig
Squib	Pintail	National YC		875		M.Muldoonand Mrs. B Stevens
Squib	TOY for the boys	Royal North of Ireland YC		818		Peter Wallace
Squib	Perfection	Royal St George YC		44		JILL FLEMING
Squib	Kookaburra	Royal St George YC		813		Peter and Marie Dee
Squib	Lola	Royal St George YC		46		Frank Whelan
Squib	BuzzLite	Royal St George YC		125		Gerry O 'Connor
Squib	Anemos	Royal St George YC		832		Peter and Anne evans
Squib	Femme Fatale	Royal St George YC		24		Joe O'Byrne + Vincent Delany
Squib	Chillax	Royal St George YC		664		Mrs Mary McLoughlin
Squib	Coorse and Fine	Royal St George YC		530		Wendy Goodbody
Squib	Nimble	Royal St George YC		38		Brian O'Hare and Tonia McAllister
Squib	Fox	Royal St George YC		738		Michael Moran,Ronan Browne
Squib	Little Demon	Royal St George YC	-	95		Sheila Power
Squib	Sidewinder	Royal St George YC		138		Rupert Bowen / Rupert Westrup / David Croke
Squib	Little Bird	Royal Irish YC		790		Nigel Barnwell
Squib	Servus	Mayo SC		667		Bobby Conlon
Two-Handed IRC	Ulula	Liverpool YC	GBR	621	1.075	Nick Ogden
Two-Handed IRC	Mojito	Pwllheli SC	GBR	1536		Peter Dunlop
Two-Handed IRC	Dinah	Royal Irish YC	IRL	3508	1.016	Barry Hurley
Water Wag	Mollie	National YC		41		Cathy Mac Aleavey
Water Wag	Good Hope	Royal Irish YC		18		Hal Sisk
Water Wag	Coquette	Royal Irish YC		17		Seymour Cresswell
Water Wag	Swift	Royal Irish YC		38		Guy Kilroy
Water Wag	Scallywag	Royal Irish YC		44		Dan O'Connor,David Williams
Water Wag	Little Tern	Royal St George YC		36		J. Ross-Murphy,
Water Wag	SKEE	Royal St George YC		32		David W Duffy
Water Wag	Eros	Royal St George YC		08		Gail Varian
Water Wag	Pansy	Wag Club		3		Julie Delany
Wayfarer	Windwhisperer	Aarhus Sejlklub SC	DEN	10568		Peter Sigetty Bøje
Wayfarer	No Strings Attached	Aldeburgh SC	W	0000		Jonathan Christie
Wayfarer	Plane White	Blackwater SC	W	10706		Mike Pearce
Wayfarer	Compleat Fiasco	Bough Beech SC	W	7470		Guy Marks/P Kershaw
Wayfarer	Devil's Advocate	Carsington SC	W	10666		Richard Hartley
Wayfarer	Risky Business	Ripon SC	W	10616		Bernard Clarke
Wayfarer	Seadhna	Cullaun SC				Margaret Hynes
Wayfarer	Hofreki	East Down YC	W	10686		Trevor Fisher
Wayfarer	Way Fair Lady	East Down YC	W	10695		Henry O'Friel
Wayfarer	Hart-Beat	East Down YC	W	10596		Gordon Jess
Wayfarer	Lammergier	East Down YC	W	4784		Margie Crawford
Wayfarer	Ooh oh!	Great Moor SC	W	10570		Ian Richards
Wayfarer	Liquidasset	Greystones SC	W	10606		Monica Schaefer
Wayfarer	Ware Teg II	Greystones SC	W	10111		Morgan Burgess
Wayfarer	Catspaw	Hickling Broad SC	W	628		Brian Wilkins
Wayfarer	Slippery When Wet	Medway YC	W	10609		Phil Stacey
Wayfarer	Sudden Comfort	Mengeham Rythe SC	W	10687		Simon and Susan Hope
Wayfarer	Ten Grand	Parkstone SC	W	10000		Simon Cox
Wayfarer	Tumult	Royal Corinthian IOW	W	10594		Bjarne T. Clausen
Wayfarer	Spree Lady	Southwold SC	W	9885		Ralph Roberts
Wayfarer	Nimbus	Starcross YC	W	10740		Liam McGrath
Wayfarer		StauntonHarold SC	W	000000		Stuart Hopson
Wayfarer	The Black Pearl		W	10509		Neil McSherry
Wayfarer	Panache	Upper Thames SC	W	9633		Mr. J. Dighton
Wayfarer	Gorgeous Worgeous	Upper Thames SC	W	10618		Quentin Strauss
Wayfarer	Don't worry, Be Happy!	Wilsonian SC	W	10680		John Goudie
Wayfarer	Still Gamboling	Wilsonian SC	W	10614		Brian Lamb
Wayfarer	Aeowen	Yorkshire Dales SC	W	1162		John Mellor

HOWTH YACHT CLUB. WEDNESDAY SERIES 1 (RACE) 01/06/2011 Class 1 IRC: 1, Tiger Hughes/Harris; 2, Trinculo M Fleming; 3, Makutu Doyle/Others; Class 1 HPH: 1, Trinculo M Fleming; 2, Makutu Doyle/Others; 3, Tiger Hughes/Harris; Class 2 IRC: 1, Sunburn I Byrne; 2, King One D Cullen; 3, Superhero Byrne/Banahan; Class 2 HPH: 1, C'est la Vie Flannelly/Others; 2, Indigo Eadie/Ritchie; 3, Sunburn I Byrne; Class 3 IRC: 1, Gecko K Darmody; 2, Hard on Port F O'Driscoll; 3, Starlet Bourke/Others; Class 3 HPH: 1, Gecko K Darmody; 2, Midnight Sun Howard/Others; 3, Jibberish O'Kelly/Others; White Sails HPH: 1, On the Rox J & C Boyle; 2, Tantrum 3 O'Leary/Klimche; 3, Bite the Bullet C Bermingham; White Sails IRC: 1, Alphida H Byrne; 2, Bite the Bullet C Bermingham; 3, On the Rox J & C Boyle

Scottish skipper-helm Hamish Mackay and a core crew, which between them have won the premier trophy nine times lifted the Scottish Series Trophy this evening after two further race wins today. They sealed a conclusive overall victory in IRC Class 4 on Loch Fyne at the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Series.

After triumphing twice, back to back in 2001 and 2002, Mackay becomes only the second skipper or helm to win the overall top trophy three times in the 36 year history of the regatta.

Steering Humberside father and son duo Jim and Steve Dick's J97 Jackaroo, Mackay and crew scored no worse than second and won four times over their six races which were sailed in predominantly strong winds over the four day series. They finished nine points clear of an identical J97, Jaywalker, owned and steered by Clyde helm Iain Laidlaw.

"I have never been up here before but I will certainly be back. It has been such a fun, friendly regatta and winning overall just adds to it. Hamish and the crew have done us a great job. We only got the boat last year and have been learning about it all the time," commented Jackaroo's owner Jim Dick.

"I loved the sailing and the social side of it, it has been just wonderful. Seeing the boat go well and having fun at the same time has been a really good combination. The sailing is hosted in such a fantastic, beautiful location. I am half Scot myself with a father from Anstruther where my uncle had a shoe repair shop."

Dick, who retired four years ago, started and runs a charity in Hull, Cat Zero, which provides sail training and experience for young people who are unemployed.

"It is always a surprise to win. All you can do is win your class and get yourself on to the short list and see what happens. The Class 1 boat Tokoloshe put together a good series but all we could do was win our own fleet. The boat is excellent and we had some excellent people on the boat and that really made the difference. I don't think I can really remember when it was last it was as windy here as it was over the weekend, certainly not racing in a consistent 35 knots, but I was surprised that the race officers started us but I was pleased they did, did a good job getting us going," said Mackay, past chairman of the Royal Yachting Association in Scotland and former Olympic trialist.

"Every year is challenging. Today faired typically difficult Tarbert conditions, with the breezes coming down off the land. So we were keen to be on top of it today and to get two firsts to get ourselves on the short list, which we did. So we are all very pleased. It is a premier regatta, I'm happy we did it."

After a weekend of very testing strong winds today, Monday, Loch Fyne delivered crews a final reminder of how good conditions can be for the north of Britain's premier annual regatta.

Though there was still a chill in the air and the very early morning was punctuated by a heavy hail storm, the sun shone through both races which were completed and the moderate westerly breezes averaged 12 knots but varied from 7-18 knots up and down the three course areas set.

The Jackaroo crew, Mackay, Peter Cameron, George Purves, Billy Russell Jr, Jon Fitzgerald and Roddy Anderson, all native Scots, along with owner Dick, were pushed hard in the overall decision for the 107 boat regatta's top trophy. South African Mike Bartholomew and his team on the King 40 Tokoloshe overcame the challenge from double Scottish Series winner Anthony O'Leary to win IRC Class 1. In CYCA Class 7 Valhalla of Ashton, a Gourock based Swan 36 of Alan Dunnet, won overall with three first places and two second place finishes.

The Class 1 title was down to a duel between rivals Antix and Tokoloshe. The South African flagged boat, on owner Mike Bartholomew's first visit to Loch Fyne had a one point lead to protect ahead of Anthony O'Leary's Irish crew across today's two races. The first contest started with an immediate dilemma for the Series leaders. Antix crossed the start line early and had to restart.

But Tokoloshe's tactician Mike Richards may be from the very south of England but has enough experience of Loch Fyne to know to stick close to your rival rather than try to go off and win the race. That proved crucial as they were able to stay close enough to Antix to ensure they had the better of them in the first race and then secured the class title by winning the final race by 16 seconds ahead of the Cork crew on Antix.