One final inshore race on May 1st completed the 2023 ORC European Championship, hosted by the Royal Malta Yacht Club, in which Kinsale yacht, the XP50 Freya, skippered by Conor Doyle, was competing. 

The Kinsale crew competed in ORC A and finished eighth overall.  

The division was won by Karl Kwok's Tp52 Beau Geste from Honk Kong with Claudio Terrieri's Italian Swan 45, Blue Sky, second on the same 12 points. Third was the Podesta family's modified First 45 Elusive on 17.

The elegant X-50 Freya was the only Irish entrant in the Championships as she was previously at the Middle Sea Race 2022 from Malta, a Grand Prix event in which she won the ORC 3 division.

2023 ORC European Championship results are here