We’re into the last weekend in which the popular figure of James Horan will be making regular appearances on the Dun Laoghaire waterfront, and at national sailing occasions, as Commodore of the Royal Irish Yacht Club. Next week at the RIYC Annual general Meeting, he stands down from the top post after two hugely productive years in which he has guided and inspired one of Ireland’s – and indeed the world’s – premier clubs through an accelerating programme of development and success, afloat and ashore, writes W M Nixon

Commodore Horan will hand over to his successor a thriving club which is emerging from an outstanding year which resulted in it being acclaimed as the Mitsubishi Motors “Sailing Club of the Year” 2016 at the National Sailing Awards in Dublin in February. And the RIYC faces confidently into this new season of 2016 - which will see it celebrate its 185th Anniversary – with the staging of several special events in addition to being well represented afloat, both nationally and internationally, at all levels right up to the Rio Olympics themselves.

Meanwhile, from the club’s elegant and well-equipped waterfront complex, the RIYC Training Division – current holder of the ISA’s Eastern Region Best Training Establishment Award – will continue to provide willing recruits to a fine sailing tradition in line with a club history which few comparable organisations anywhere in the world can match.

The evening sunshine helps to match the neo-classic style of the Royal Irish YC’s 165-year-old clubhouse with the new Mitsubishi Outlander

But before next week’s significant change of the watch, there was one final and very appropriate celebratory event with which to mark the end of the James Horan Years. For many years now, it has been a tradition that although the Sailing Club of the Year Award is nationally announced early in the year, the process is not completed until a reception is held in the winning clubhouse for a final formal handover of the famous ship‘s wheel trophy “on site”, a tradition which facilitates all members of the club to share in its success in their home clubhouse, while also allowing the Commodore to highlight those who have made special effort or achieved great results to bring about the win.

As the RIYC’s beautiful building is the world’s oldest purpose-built sailing clubhouse still precisely intact as originally designed – for it was completed in 1851 to the plans of John Skipton Mulvany – there’s no denying the sense of history kept alive with its elegant interior and impressive exterior. But while respecting its heritage in every way, the RIYC can live lightly enough with its ever-present history, operating on the principle that it respects and cherishes the past, lives keenly and efficiently in the present, and looks enthusiastically, with vision and planning, towards the future.

So although you find yourself in what might seem to some to be a museum – albeit a stylish and very much living museum - this past Tuesday, when the ship’s wheel trophy was finally lodged in its new home for the next twelve months, it was definitely party time. Even the weather obliged with a hint of a spring evening, and with the clocks put forward (albeit by barely a wet week) there was just enough of the day left to have the club flagpole fully dressed in celebratory bunting without infringing on flag etiquette for the lowering of colours at sunset.

A flash of sunshine highlighted the dressing of the club flagpole, while still allowing for proper regard of flag etiquette at sunset. Photo: W M Nixon

Within, the mood was warm, friendly and relaxed. And when we consider the RIYC record in 2015, being warm friendly and relaxed was the only option. Where to begin with a year’s sailing which successfully encompassed every aspect of our sport?

In fact, it’s scarcely fair to begin with just one year, as in recent decades the Royal Irish YC has been very much at the heart of Irish sailing, but in the past season one of its most dedicated owner-skippers, George Sisk, campaigned his 42–ft sloop WOW to become the Irish Cruiser-Racer Association “Boat of the Year” after victories at national championships on the east and south coasts.

George Sisk and Fintan Cairns

The longterm devotion of the club to its own and national sailing development was reflected in the fact that ICRA was co-founded in 2002 by another leading RIYC member, Fintan Cairns. He has also given distinguished service to Dublin Bay SC, and he was there on Tuesday with many of WOW’s decidedly senior crew (they say the acronym stands for “We Ould Wans”) to celebrate their own superb year, and a great year for their club.

Michael Boyd, Commodore Royal Ocean Racing Club, puts the world to rights with Tom Power, who skippered the boat which won the 1987 Fastnet overall, and is now one of WOW’s crew with George Sisk

Another leading member, Michael Boyd, serves as Commodore of the global offshore racing organisation, the Royal Ocean Racing Club, and his boat Quokka was top-placed Irish boat in the Fastnet Race 2015 to win the Gull Salver, and on Tuesday night he entertained us with awesome stories about the extreme conditions experienced during the RORC’s recent Easter Challenge Series in the Solent, when the fleet was frequently hit by huge 40 knots-plus mini-storms of the blackest hue, yet the harder it blew, the better the Irish boats seemed to do.

Tim Goodbody, a former RIYC Commodore and Fastnet Race winner in 1987, who chaired the Dun Laoghaire Regatta Committee in 2015 and also won many prizes afloat during the past year, with Jacqueline McStay (Rear Commodore RIYC)

Back home in Dublin Bay, longtime RIYC member Tim Goodbody had served as Chairman of the Organising Committee for the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta in July, Ireland’s biggest event in 2015. But he also continued to win trophies when racing his own boat, and emerged as a top performer at the ICRA Championship in Kinsale, and as overall top scorer in Dublin Bay Sailing Club’s season-long championship. And all this from a sailor who in times past was a winning helmsman in the Fastnet Race, way back in 1987.

As for ocean cruising, Ireland’s premier national trophy - the Faulkner Cup which dates back to 1931 - has been awarded to Alan Rountree of the RIYC for his skill and determination in dealing with a severe storm in 2015 while returning single-handed from a voyage to the Azores in his 34ft yacht Tallulah, which he built himself. But then, when an RIYC member builds himself his dreamship at his remote house and workshop in the Wicklow Hills, you can be sure that the results will be a vessel superior to many professionally-finished craft.

Rio qualified Olympic sailor Saskia Tidey, Brendan Farrell, and RIYC Marine Manager (and Dun Laoghaire Lifeboat cox’n) Mark McGibney

The news that Alan Rountree was the latest recipient of the Faulkner Cup only came towards the end of the year, but this sense of the Royal Irish Yacht Club being on a continuous and active journey which lasts for twelve months of every year was reinforced in the days leading up to this week’s ceremony, with the news that the club’s Andrea Brewster and Saskia Tidey had qualified for a place in the Rio Olympics 2016 in the Women’s Skiff. Saskia herself was there to join a celebration which was further enhanced by the latest news, that young Tim Norwood of the RIYC had qualified over the weekend in some challenging weather for the ISA Junior Pathway.

Commodore Jim Horan, classic boat pace-setter Chris Craig, and Vice Commodore Paul Sherry

So Tuesday night provided a welcome and congenial breathing space in which to reflect on great achievements afloat in all sorts of condition, at all ages, and in all sorts of boats, while at the same time permitting refection on what makes one of Ireland’s many remarkable sailing clubs just that extra bit special in any particular year.

Billy Riordan of Mitsubishi Motors Ireland – himself a keen sailor, he’s an Oppie dad and an SB20 campaigner – outlined his company’s long association with the basically informal “Club of the Year” contest. It was actually first staged in 1979, but Mitsubishi Motors came aboard in 1986 - “We’ve been together since before the Berlin Wall fell” he quipped – so this year we’ll be celebrating a thirty year connection. While becoming Club of the Year may seem a light-hearted business with the fun of the hand-over ceremony, underneath it all there is serious thinking about what ensures a club is successful through providing the services required by its members while maintaining its traditions and updating them to modern needs.

At the same time, the club has to interact dynamically and successfully within the community – both the local community, at national level, and in the sailing community in general – and all this before it can devote its main energies to sailing, its promotion, its encouragement of newcomers, its training of juniors at whatever level, and ultimately all of it leading on the to the skilled and competent staging of major events, while on top of that there’s the quest for success and satisfaction by members in their own sailing and racing.

So running a major club is not for the faint-hearted, but in his thoughtful acceptance speech, Commodore Horan gave us much to reflect on about how he had sought to build on the sense of community of interest within the club at all levels both afloat and ashore, with a genuine interaction between the two, among members and staff alike. In achieving this, he had been greatly assisted by the RIYC’s Marine Manager Mark McGibney who – as the Commodore remarked – has succeeded in removing the mental barriers between sea and land within the RIYC complex. “The club no longer ends at the quayside, and the marina no longer ends at the quayside – the two now interact in the most healthy way, and we are all part of each other’.

A Commodore relaxes – Jim Horan with Jill Gibson Holman and Hugh Cunniam

Quite how Mark McGibney manages all this with such seemingly effortless success is a matter of wonder, as he is also the Dun Laoghaire Lifeboat cox’n. But he does, and the contribution he and the staff have made to the success and hospitable reputation which the RIYC has built up in the sailing community, while still functioning as a club whose ultimate responsibility is to its own members, is a wonder to behold.

All this is taking place in and around a 165-year-old building which is immaculately maintained in authentic style, for after all the Commodore – who has his own very quiet but extremely effective way of getting things done – is one of Ireland’s leading conservation architects. But he’s a keen sailor too, so he knows the needs of those who sail the sea, and as someone who appreciates the finer things in life, he is supported by a very keen house staff who ensure that the hospitality provided by the RIYC is in keeping with its great traditions and current prestige.

That end of term feeling. Shortly to retire RIYC Commodore James Horan (right) who stands down next week, is congratulated by ISA President David Lovegrove (left) whose AGM is today (Saturday) but he still has another year to serve

With the formal business out of the way, the official party could then mingle with the members, many of whom had already taken up that evening’s mainbrace and begun splicing it with considerable vigour. With a gathering of that calibre, the range of boat and topics, plans and techniques, and news and gossip being covered was mind-boggling, while at the same time hugely informative. Just as you’d expect, in fact, when the Club of the Year is contentedly and convivialy at home.

#yachtracecourse – Olympic Race Officer Jack Roy is giving a course this Wednesday in the Royal Irish Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire for all those who want to run races or help on committee boats in any capacity.

The course is also suitable for sailors seeking a better understanding of the racing rules surrounding race organisation and course laying.

With a number of high profile events coming up in 2015, including the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta and the Dublin Bay Sailing Club schedule, Dun Laoghaire will be looking for more volunteers this summer! The cost is €10 (to cover soup and sandwiches). For more click here.

#cruiserracing – The Irish Cruiser-Racing Association had a weekend to celebrate after its three day Teng Tools Nationals at the Royal Irish YC in Dun Laoghaire from Friday June 13th to Sunday June 15th writes W M Nixon. 

The mood afterwards was buoyant to the point of exuberance despite losing an entire day's sailing with complete calm throughout what should have been the peak-hitting Saturday. Yet thanks the crisp race management, and the extraordinary machine which is Dublin Bay race administration on top of its form, they zapped through the complete programme in a light to moderate southeast breeze on the Friday, and then took full advantage of gentle but viable onshore breezes on the Sunday to provide a full championship with a very valid set of results.

Lesser souls might well have despaired at the virtually flat wind gradient, but this was a fleet determined to have sport. With 115 boats in six classes, it hugely outshone the British ICRA Nationals taking place in the Solent at the same time, where they mustered just 45 boats in four classes. And even there, it all added to ICRA's lustre, as the winner was Anthony O'Leary's Ker 39 Antix, flagship for ICRA's Commodore's Cup challenge for Ireland next month.

As for the setting for the Irish championship, the hosting Royal Irish Yacht Club was the essence of hospitality, with Commodore James Horan leading his members in making the visitors more than welcome, while the summertime atmosphere each night in the classic clubhouse was an experience to be savoured. And the club itself fielded a remarkably good turnout of members' boats, including the overall winner, Jonathan Skerritt's Quarter Tonner Quest.

Vintage boat aficionados will pay prick up their ears at this news of the supreme champion. Quest is no Spring chicken. She was designed mostly by Marcus Hutchinson in the Rob Humphreys office in Lymington in 1987 for Justin Burke of the National YC, and with Gordon Maguire at the helm, she placed second in the 1987 Quarter Ton Worlds in Cork.

The 27-year-old Quarter Tonner Quest (Jonathan Skerritt) from the host club provided a popular overall winner.  Photo: David O’Brien

With Barry Cunningham helming for Jonathan Skerritt during the ICRA Nats, and the crew including Alan Crosbie of Teng Tools, the sweet little Quest saw off the formidable challenge in Class 3 of the Kenefick clan in Tiger, racing in Dublin Bay as Nathan Kirwan Trust.

The overall win for Quest made it a remarkable regatta for classic Rob Humphreys boats. The all-conquering Humphreys Half Tonner Checkmate V of Nigel Biggs (RStGYC) notched yet another win in Class 2, her closest challenger being the Evans brothers from Howth with their near sister-ship The Big Picture, which has been up-graded in Alan Power's workshop in Malahide with a ton of helpful information from the Checkmate squad.

Nigel Biggs’ vintage Humphreys Half Tonner Checkmate XV has had lots of TLC lavished on her, and it shows in her appearance and performance.  Photo: David O’Brien

Although the Keneficks may have had their campaign from Crosshaven pipped by Quest, in the big boat classes it was Royal Cork all the way. The J/109s set the pace in Class 1, and after the first day it looked to be going the way of Mark Mansfield helming John Maybury's Joker II. But the joke was on Joker on the Sunday, when Ian Nagle's Jelly Baby made a mighty leap to the top with the owner on the helm and Killian Collins calling the shots.

The Division 0 winning Ker 37 Jump Juice (Denise Phelan, RCYC) still looks bang up to date after several years of racing. Photo: David O’Brien

Class 0 was Jump Juice rampant. This superb Ker 37 still looks state-of-the-art, and with Conor Phelan doing the driving and David Rose calling the shots, the Juice showed an almost uncanny ability to claw her way out of setbacks on the rare occasions when things hadn't gone right, but most of the time she was so out on her own that she emerged at the end of the series ten points clear of runner-up WOW, the Farr 42 of George Sisk, RIYC.

At the other end of the fleet in size, Div 4 was won by the Sonata Asterix (Boushel, Coonihan & Meredith), while the two non-spinnaker Corinthian classes were in their own happy little world, a sort of waterborne croquet, with Paul Tully's Elan 33 White Lotus taking Div 5 while the Club Shamrock Demelza (Windsor Laudan & Steffi Ennis, Howth) swept the board in Div 6 with five wins and four bullets.

ICRA's Barry Rose of Cork, who will be team manager for the Commodore's Cup next month, was more than happy with the regatta: "For sure, most of the boats in the fleet weren't in the first flush of youth. But people are moving on from the worst of the recession, and making the best of what they've got. They're going sailing, they're sailing well, and that's what matters".

Before the Commodore's Cup, he'll be racing Cork Week with his daughter Judy McGrath on her family cruiser-racer Bonanza, a much-loved Impala 28. "We'll be racing with a roller-furling genoa", says Rose, "but you can be absolutely certain we'll give it our very best shot. The sport is going to be better than ever".

Exemple needed more wind to defend her 2013 title, and had to be content with 5th in Division 1. Photo: David O’Brien

Rob O’Connell’s A35 Fools Gold from Dunmore East in a close tussle in Division 1 with John Maybury’s J/109 Joker II (RIYC) helmed by Mark Mansfield (RCYC). Joker II placed 3rd overall, while Fools Gold was 4th in a class of 26. Photo: David O’Brien

Peter Dunlop of Pwllheli SC was racing his J/109 Mojito (9047) in Division 1 against the XP 33 Bon Exemple (X Yachts UK/Colin Byrne RIYC), which was overall winner of the ICRA Nats 2013 in Tralee Bay. In Dublin Bay, they placed 15th and 5th respectively. Photo: David O’Brien

Slack Alice (Shane Statham & Trudi O’Leary) is a veteran GK 34 from Dunmore East, placing 7th out of 23 boats in Division 2. Photo: David O’Brien 

Now there’s a neat start. Division 1 gets cleanly away on Sunday, with Bon Exemple (nearest camera) successfully seeking clear air at the pin end. Photo: David O’Brien

Summer night at the Royal Irish YC. The world’s oldest complete purpose-designed yacht club building provided an ideal setting for the après sailing at the ICRA Nats 2014. Photo: W M Nixon  

ICRA NATS 2014 RESULTS (IRC)

Division 0: 1st Jump Juice (Ker 37, Denise Phelan, Royal Cork YC) 8pts; 2nd WOW (Farr 42, George Sisk, Royal Irish YC) 18; 3rd Roxstar (XP 38i, Finlay & Anderson, Clyde Cr C) 19; 4th First Forty Licks (First 40, Jay Colville, East Down YC) 32 (11 raced).

Division 1: 1st Jelly Baby (J/109, Ian Nagle, RCYC) 15; 2nd Rockabill V (Corby 33, Paul O'Higgins, RIYC) 24; 3rd Joker II (J/109, John Maybury, RIYC) 25, 4th Fools Gold (Robert McConnell, Waterford Harbour SC) 35.5, 5th Bon Exemple (XP 33, X-Yachts UK/Colin Byrne, RIYC) 36. (26 raced)

Division 2: 1st Checkmate XV (Humphreys Half Tonner, Nigel Biggs, Royal St George YC) 9; 2nd The Big Picture (Mg30, Richard & Michael Evans, Howth YC) 20; 3rd Fusion (Corby 25, R Colwell & B Cobbe, HYC) 22; 4th Movistar Bleu (Elan 333, Raymond Killops, Killyleagh YC) 28, 5th Dux (X 302, Anthony Gore-Grimes, HYC) 30 (23 raced).

Division 3: 1st (and Overall Winner) Quest (Humphreys Quarter Tonner, Cunningham & Skerritt, RIYC) 7; 2nd Nathan Kirwan Trust (Quarter Tonner, George Kenfick, RCYC) 19; 3rd Hard on Port (J/24, Flor O'Driscoll, RStGYC) 20, 4th Hamilton Bear (J/24, Stefan Hyde, RCYC) 25, 5th White Mischief (Sigma 33, Tim Goodbody, RIYC) 30 (19 raced).

Division 4: 1st Asterix (Hunter Sonata, Boushel, Coonihan & Meredith, DL Marina) 6, 2nd Chousikou (First 28, Declan Ward, DL Marina) 9.

Division 5: (Non-spinnaker) 1st White Lotus (Elan 33, Paul Tully, DL Marina) Div 6 (Non-spinnaker) 1st Demelza (Windsor Laudan & Steffi Ennis, HYC) (19 raced).

#icra – Royal Cork prowess in big boat racing shone through yesterday in Dun Laoghaire when National Cruiser handicap titles were decided on Dublin Bay in a packed final day for the ICRA championships that brought the best winds of the three day regatta for 115–cruiser–racers.  It meant classes zero and one were able to sail four races for a discard after racing was lost in a dead calm on Saturday.

Winning the Class three title with the lowest score of any of the five classes, Jonathan Skerritt's Quest from the host Royal Irish Yacht Club counted three race wins and two second places in a highly consistent performance over the three days at the Teng Tools ICRA championship on Dublin Bay yesterday.

Nigel Biggs on Checkmate V had a similarly low-score with four race wins and though a fifth in yesterday's third race spoiled the straight run, the Class 2 national title went to Biggs of the Royal St. George YC.

A fourth race was added to yesterday's programme that then ran late into the afternoon for the two big-boat classes with the Royal Cork YC taking both national titles.

Denise Phelan's Jump Juice won Class Zero with a comfortable ten-point lead thanks to four race wins and two second places. Ian Nagle's Jelly Baby won the Class One title for the second time since 2012 though with 26 boats in this fleet, the win was less straight-forward despite three race wins.

Denise and Conor Phelan's Jump Juice (Ker 37) from Royal Cork was class zero winner with a ten point margin

Meanwhile there were cheers in Dun Laoghaire last night for and Irish win in Cowes, the British IRC National Championships was won outright by Anthony O'Leary on Antix in a large Class One turn-out of 20 boats. The Royal Cork YC skipper is captain of the ICRA team in this year's Commodores' Cup at the same venue next month.

(Above and below) Maintaining consistent speed in the five to eight knot winds was essential. At times even the keeping the spinnaker flying proved difficult

After a poor weather mark rounding the J109 Powder Monkey goes for the high lane

Competitive starts and finishes. Class one (above) gets away in race four on Sunday lunchtime and (below) a bow to stern class two finish between Tribal (IRL2525) of Galway Bay and the GK Westerly Slack Alice 34 from Dunmore East

That's how it's done. Slick gybing at the Dublin Bay Merrion buoy by class two winner Checkmate V, Nigel Biggs' Humphrey's Half Tonner and (below) heading for another win off Dun Laoghaire harbour

Touch of class. The spirit of James Bond came to town when the secret agent's yacht Soufriere entered in class zero

Entries came from far and near including the west coast. This Shannon estuary based Dehler 34  (above) voyaged from Foynes for the three day event. Derek Dillon's 'Big Deal', sponsored by Union Chandlery, has also enjoyed offshore success on the ISORA circuit during her trip to the east coast. Below Fox in Sox 

 

White sails racing against the Dublin coast off Dalkey

 The Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted the 113–boat event with some style

A full ICRA Nationals photo report will appear in Summer Afloat magazine out next week.

Read also: WM Nixon's blog on his Friday sail with the ICRA fleet

 

 

 

#cruiserracing – With racing abandoned for the bulk of classes there was frustration for the 113–boat ICRA championship on Dublin Bay today and an earlier start than scheduled for tomorrow's final day of competition.

Classes Zero and One completed their minimum amount of races for a championship after a short round the cans course in less than five knots of breeze but other classes are still looking for more racing tomorrow to complete the series.

 

 

In a frustrating day three race management teams afloat, what should have been a full programme was dominated by drifting in dead calm conditions for five hours at the Teng Tools ICRA National Championships today.

 

Classes Two, Three and Four were expecting three windward-leeward races and though Principal Race Officer Jack Roy managed to get the first group away in a gentle north-east airflow, a windshift to the east followed by a drop to a knot of "Force Nothing" wind saw the race abandoned. The other classes had also only just restarted after a recall in their sequence.

No further racing was possible as the fleet remained at sea until 3pm in the hope of an improvement in conditions. Racing was also abandoned on the Corinthian courses for White Sails entries.

On the 'Round the cans' course, Classes Zero and One managed to complete three legs of their first race before it was shortened by PRO Henry Leonard. The result enabled both classes to complete their minimum quota of three races to qualify for a championship series.

Class Zero was again dominated by Denise Phelan's Jump Juice from the Royal Cork Yacht Club. George Sisk's WOW! from the hosting Royal Irish YC has emerged as the principal challenger while Scottish entry Roxstar holds third overall.

Meanwhile, Class One has had a shake-up after the strong opening day by John Maybury's Joker 2 from the Royal Irish YC on Friday. However, a tenth today along with a race win for Paul O'Higgins Rockabill V leaves the two boats tied on points.

With a marginally better forecast for tomorrow with a possiblilty of clearer skies that may allow a sea breeze to develop, organisers announced that racing will begin one hour earlier than planned. Warning signals for all three courses will be at 0955 IST.

Full results are available here

#cruiserracing – The three day ICRA Nationals begin next Friday (June 13th) at the Royal Irish YC in Dun Laoghaire. The entry of one hundred and eleven boats from all parts of Ireland will inevitably see the numbers emphasis on the large home fleet, but W M Nixon reckons this will make the visiting rock stars try even harder.

The Spirit 54 Soufriere would attract admiring attention in any fleet. And under Stephen O'Flaherty's enthusiastic ownership, she has frequently made the scene - often with racing success – in classic yacht events. Nevertheless, to take this long and shapely beauty into the cut and thrust of Ireland's top national cruiser-racer championship is a truly sporting gesture. But as a star in a James Bond movie, Soufriere is accustomed to mixing the rough with the smooth.

It was in Casino Royale (2006) that Soufriere made her debut on the Tinseltown stage, sailing serenely into Venice with Daniel Craig as 007 taking the helm from co-star Eva Green. But it's far from the sheltered waters of the Serenissima that Soufriere will be competing in six day's time, yet her crew and the hundreds of other sailors who are shaping up for the ICRA Nationals 2014 on Dublin Bay will be hoping for a happy mix of good weather and decent sailing breezes to put away some high quality sport.

With six days to go, forecasters are reluctant to firm up their opinions on the expected state of the fickle Irish weather, particularly as it operates in the peculiar climatic laboratory which is Dublin Bay. But the folk who put their faith in anticipated Polar Jetstream movements are encouraged by fairly clearcut suggestions that this indicator and activator of our meteorology may finally be moving northwards towards its proper summer position by next weekend. But whether or not it does so in time to significantly benefit the ICRA Nationals is currently a moot point.

Whatever, the most recent charts we've seen have been showing a marked tendency towards southwest to northwest winds six days hence. You might well think that would provide a steady breeze coming down the Liffey Valley and out across the bay for splendid sailing on relatively smooth water. But as dear old Dublin town heats up with the summer temperatures building towards Bloomsday on June 16th, all sorts of quirks can be introduced into the weather, with afternoon sea breezes with varying touches of east in them playing havoc across the underlying gradient.

As for the Jetstream, the least we can hope for is that it won't be lying across Ireland. Ideally, its underlying path will be swirling away northwards. But if it has settled down unseasonably far south to make life disagreeable in northwest Spain or even across France, then we might just get lucky, as Scotland was in 2012, when they'd superb weather while Ireland had an unpleasant summer with the Jetstream like a nasty girdle across Munster.

Either way, we can do nothing about it. But as last summer's late-forecast arrival of good weather in time for the four day Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta showed, "Here Comes Summer!" is sailing's greatest recruiting slogan. Fleet numbers soared in a last minute rush, and boats which had spent the early part of the season with a shortage of hands found themselves almost embarassed by the arrival on board of willing crewpersons seeking any escape from the heat of the city.

ICRA boats being an altogether more serious proposition than casual local classes, it's likely that the total is pretty well fixed at this stage. But for those who batter around the high seas in weather good and bad from season's start in April, they surely deserve a reward in good sailing after a mix of 2014 weather which, so far, could most kindly be described as "interesting".

The ICRA Nationals 2014 are being hosted by the Royal Irish YC from their wellnigh perfect location within Dun Laoghaire marina, where their fine neo-classical building of 1851 vintage (it's the world's oldest complete purpose-designed yacht club premises) is conveniently positioned beside totally sheltered modern waterfront facilities, yet within easy reach of the open sailing waters of Dublin Bay.

The Royal Irish YC's prime location and historic clubhouse within Dun Laoghaire Marina's sheltered water provides a perfect location for hosting major keelboat events. Photo: W M Nixon

The club in turn have brought in sponsorship for the ICRA Nats from Teng Tools, a company whose management have been long involved in offshore racing success, with Alan Crosbie of TT sailing in this event aboard the vintage Mills-designed Quarter Tonner Quest, a boat of contemporary relevance whose history includes association with such luminaries of Irish sailing as Marcus Hutchinson and Gordon Maguire.

Thanks to Dublin Bay's time-honoured tradition of enthusiastically racing boats which in most other sailing areas would be seen only as cruisers, the entry list includes the usual mix of modern performance craft from builders such as X Yachts of Denmark, J Boats of America, Elan of Slovenia, Beneteau and Jeanneau of France, and Hanse and Bavaria of Germany, and they'll be lining up with venerable cruisers such as the vintage Nich 31 Saki and others such as Soufriere for whom success is a bonus to be treasured in the simple pleasure of sailing a comfortable much-loved boat.

The Nich 31 Saki is regularly raced in Dublin Bay, and for the ICRA Nationals she'll be competing in Class 4 against the likes of First 211s and a Hunter Sonata. Photo: David O'Brien

For those who are looking for razor-sharp virtually boat-for-boat racing, Class 1 is surely the place to be, where the active fleet of Dublin Bay J/109s, rating around the 1.015 to 1.017 mark, find themselves head to head with last year's ICRA Nats star performer, Philip Byrne's XP 33 Bon Exemple from the host club, whose helming lineup includes current Irish Champion Ben Duncan.

However, inter-area rivalry is a great spur to success, and the pride of Fingal, Pat Kelly's J/109 Storm from Rush SC, has several years of ICRA success under her belt, including the Boat of the Year title. Another 'out of Bay' challenger in the J/109s is Ian Nagle's Jelly Baby from the Royal Cork, so it will be wall-to-wall J/109s in Division 1, a formidable prospect for one of the smallest boat in the class, Denis Hewitt and partners' Mills 30CR Raptor, whose personnel includes top ICRA mover and shaker Fintan Cairns.

The J/109 has proven an ideal size for Dublin Bay and Irish Sea racing. Photo: David O'Brien

Father and son team of Neil and George Kenefick from Crosshaven will be campaigning their Quarter Tonner Tiger as Nathan Kirwan Trust during the ICRA Nats. Photo: Bob Bateman

The Dun Laoghaire emphasis in the fleet is an added peformance incentive for any visitors, and great things are expected in Division 3 from the Kenefick family's hot Quarter Tonner Tiger from Cork, which races this series as Nathan Kirwan Trust with former champion helm George Kenefick on the helm. Another visitor which has been making waves in the Irish Sea this year is the Shannon Estuary-based Dehler 34 Big Deal (Derek Dillon, Foynes YC), which has been scoring success in ISORA racing as part of the buildup to participation in the Round Ireland Race in three weeks time. The Dehler 34 has been around since 1980 or so, but this well-engineered cruiser-racer has deservedly proven an enduring success in Irish waters.

Further down the size scale, there's an impressive turnout of Corby 25s racing against Big Deal in Division 2 where winning will be an impressive notch in the bedpost as the lineup includes Anthony Gore-Grimes' regularly successful X 302 Dux from Howth, while Division 3 sees the continuing friendly (well, fairly friendly) war between vintage Quarter Tonners and J/24s such as Flor O'Driscoll's Hard on Port.

Anthony Gore-Grimes' X 302 Dux has been a regular and successful participant in ICRA events for many years. Photo: Bob Bateman

As for the Corinthians sailing non-spinnaker in Divisions 5 & 6, Eastsiders are pinning their hopes on the two extra-keen Howth boats. David Sargent's Elan 33 Indulgence, and the veteran Club Shamrock Demelza aboard which Windsor Laudan and Steffi Ennis have turned white-sail racing into an art, and a very successful one at that.

Transparency is all. George Sisk and his seasoned crew aboard the Farr 42 WOW will be racing with the second-highest rating in the fleet. Photo: W M Nixon

Up among the biggies in Division 0, Soufriere at 54ft is longest of all, and the highest rated at 1.135, but close astern is George Sisk's Farr 42 WOW, which rates 1.124. This provides a challenge for her senior crew, though we're assured that WOW doesn't stand for "We Ould Wans". Quite. There's a good outside challenge here with Denise Phelan's potent Mills 36 Jump Juice from Cork, the XP38i Roxstar (Findlay & Anderson) from the Clyde, the Corby 40 Converting Machine (Dave Cummaford) from Pwllheli, the pride of Arklow which is the Tyrell family's J/122 Aquelina, ICRA Commodore Nobby Reilly's Mills 36 Crazy Horse from Howth, and Lynx, Martin Breen's Reflex 38 which sails thousands of sea miles, many of them with racing success, for the honour of Galway Bay SC.

The Tyrrell family's J/122 Aquelina from Artklow is an active contender throughout the season. Photo: W M Nixon

The main man. Nobby Reilly of Howth, Commodore of ICRA, at the helm of his Mills 36 Crazy Horse. Photo: Bob Bateman

Martin Breen's Reflex 38 Lynx from Galway, seen here racing round Ireland, will be hoping to add ICRA success to her established offshore achievements.

Thus the lineup is what you'd expect of a sailing community emerging from several years of economic recession. There are few if any brand new boats, only a small group are travelling any significant distance to take part, and within the local fleet, as with the visitors, there's a marked emphasis on well-loved boats which have been with their owners for quite some time, but are continuing to give excellent value and great sport for the day that's in it.

And finally, if you don't believe a word about Soufriere being in a James Bond movie, here's the clip from Casino Royale. Soufriere was already being built when the request for her use in the film came through. But who could decline such a thing? It's even better than having a genuine Beken photograph of your boat.

Once upon a time, back in 1990, I sailed into Venice and motored right up the crowded Grand Canal as far as the Rialto Bridge with the late great Brian Hegarty on the Hallberg Rassy 42 ketch Safari of Howth. We'd a better time of it than poor old James Bond. We didn't have to waste time with the distraction of writing resignation letters on the laptop. For we were on our holliers, and believe me, arriving in Venice in the morning sunshine on a fine cruising yacht merits your full attention. It is one of life's great and magical experiences.

Meanwhile, back in Dublin Bay, first gun in ICRA Nats 2014 is at 1055hrs Friday June 13th, racing continues through Sunday May 15th, right hand side of the boat continues to be starboard, and the wind being on it usually confers right of way.

ICRA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2014, 13th to 15th June 2014 ENTRIES (AS AT 6/6/14)

Division	Sail No	Boat	Type of Boat	Club	IRC
0	IRL9852	Crazy Horse	Mills 36	HYC	1.084
0	IRL5718	Loose Change	IMX 40	RIYC	1.073
0	IRL1974	Soufriere	Spirit	RIYC	1.135
0	IRL4208	WOW	Farr 42	RIYC	1.124
0	IRL1644	Lively Lady	First 44.7	RIYC	1.107
0	IRL2007	Jump Juice	Ker 37	RCYC	1.103
0	GBR6940R	Converting Machine	Corby 40	Pwllheli SC	1.095
0	IRL1281	Aquelina	J-122	Arklow SC	1.083
0	GBR4041R	First Forty licks	First 40	East Down YC	1.080
0	GBR8038R	Roxstar	XP 38i	Clyde CC	1.077
0	IRL4007	Tsunami	First 40.7	NYC	1.055
0	IRL7386	Lynx	Reflex 38	GBSC	1.051
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1	EI1906	ZURI	Hanse 37	Carlingford SC	#N/A
1	IRL3511	Adventure	A35	GSC	#N/A
1	IRL638	State O’ Chassis	Sigma 38	RIYC	#N/A
1	IRL3307	Rockabill V	Corby 33	RIYC	1.041
1	IRL3709	Axiom	X 37	RIYC	1.035
1	IRL3061	Fools Gold	A35	WHSC	1.028
1	IRL9609	Jelly Baby	J109	RCYC	1.027
1	IRL28898	Powder Monkey	J109	NYC	1.025
1	IRL7778	Gringo	A 35	NYC	1.024
1	IRL811	Raptor	Mills 30CR	RIYC	1.020
1	IRL1141	Storm	J109	HYC/Rush SC	1.017
1	IRL8088	Jedi	J109	RIYC	1.017
1	IRL1206	Joker II	J109	RIYC	1.017
1	GBR8933R	Bon Exemple	XP 33	RIYC	1.016
1	IRL1383	Ruth	J109	NYC	1.015
1	GBR9047R	Mojito	J109	Pwllheli SC	1.015
1	IRL1129	Jump The Gun	J109	RIYC	1.014
1	IRL9898	Indecision	J109	RIYC	1.013
1	IRL29213	Something Else	J109	NYC	1.013
1	IRL7991	Jigamaree	J109	RIYC	1.011
1	GBR8609R	Jetstream	J109	NYC	1.009
1	GBR2620L	Fox in Sox	X 34	RIYC	1.003
1	IRL3471	Black Velvet	First 34.7	RIYC	1.001
1	IRL1367	Boomerang	First 36.7	RStGYC	1.000
1	IRL3470	Flashback	First 34.7	HYC	0.989
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2	IRL1310	After You Too	Beneteau 31.7	RStGYC	#N/A
2	IRL3438	Albireo	Swan 371	RIYC	#N/A
2	IRL7317	Attitude	First 31.7	RIYC	#N/A
2	GBR8747T	Movistar Bleu	Elan 333	Killyleagh YC	0.967
2	IRL7284	Red Rhum	Dehler DB1	RStGYC	0.967
2	IRL8750	Jester	J 80	NYC	0.957
2	IRL1188	Utopia	X 3/4 Ton	DL Marina	0.956
2	IRL8094	King One	Half Tonner	HYC	0.953
2	IRL6909	Extreme Reality	Beneteau 31.7	RIYC	0.952
2	FRA079	Graduate	J 80	RIYC	0.952
2	IRL993	Prima Nocte	Beneteau 31.7	RIYC	0.950
2	IRL4170	SLACK ALICE	GK Westerly 34	WHSC	0.949
2	GBR66R	Checkmate XV	Humphreys Half Tonner	RStGYC	0.943
2	IRL5522	The Big Picture	Mg30	HYC	0.942
2	IRL8223	Kamikaze	Sunfast 32	RStGYC	0.941
2	IRL2552	Fusion	Corby 25	HYC	0.935
2	IRL2506	Alpaca3	Corby 25	RCYC	0.931
2	IRL2507	Impetuous	Corby 25	HYC	0.930
2	IRL3492	Big Deal	Dehler 34	Foynes YC	0.929
2	IRL2525	Tribal	Corby 25	GBSC	0.929
2	IRL25007	Smile	Corby 25	GBSC	0.929
2	IRL988	DUX	X-302	HYC	0.929
2	IRL7495	Maximus	X-302	HYC/WHSC	0.925
2	IRL521	Bendemeer	Beneteau First 325	RStGYC	0.925
2	IRL1103	Solgari Viking	X-302	HYC	0.923
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3	GBR8148	Squawk	Sigma 33 ood	BYC/RUYC	#N/A
3	I8709	Cri-Cri	Quarter Tonner	RIYC	#N/A
3	ITA10767	Don Giovanni	Ceccarelli	HYC	#N/A
3	IRL9311	Borraine	Aphrodite 101	RIYC	#N/A
3	IRL4384	Django	J24	Lough Ree YC	#N/A
3	IRL5795	Black Sheep	Mustang 30	NYC	0.919
3	GBR5507T	Peridot	Mustang 30	RIYC	0.916
3	IRL4464	Springer	Sigma 33 ood	RStGYC	0.912
3	IRL4536	Elandra	Sigma 33	DL Marina	0.912
3	IRL4633	White Mischief	Sigma 33 ood	RIYC	0.911
3	IRL34218	Lady Rowena	Sadler 34	RStGYC	0.911
3	IRL999999	Nathan Kirwan Trust	1/4 ton	RCYC	0.907
3	IRL508	Quest	1/4 ton	RIYC	0.905
3	FRA9186	Cartoon	Quarter Tonner	RIYC	0.902
3	IRL8188	Alliance II	Laser 28	HYC	0.896
3	IRL4533	Crazy Horse	J24	Sligo SC	0.887
3	IRL680	Euro Car Parks Kilcullen	J24	HYC	0.887
3	IRL4794	Hard on Port	J24	RStGYC	0.887
3	IRL9508	Huggy Bear	Impala 28ood	NYC	0.884
3	IRL728	Maximus	J24	Foynes YC	0.884
3	IRL851	Taiscealai	Club Shamrock	RIYC	0.876
3	IRL7500	Supernova	Quarter Tonner	RIYC	0.870
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4	IRL1208	Capilano	Beneteau First 211	RIYC	#N/A
4	IRL2121	Chinook	Beneteau First 211	RIYC	#N/A
4	IRL2111	Syzrgy	Beneteau First 211	RStGYC	#N/A
4	307	Wynward	Beneteau First	RIYC	#N/A
4	IRL246	Saki	Nicholson 31	RIYC	#N/A
4	IRL6556	Challenger	Challenger Europe	HYC	#N/A
4	IRL1689	Chouskikou	First 28	DL Marina	0.870
4	8245N	Asterix	Hunter Sonata	DL Marina	0.823
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Non-spinnaker Corinthian Cup
5	IRL37747	Windshift	Sunfast 37	RStGYC	#N/A
5	IRL607	Effex II	First 35	RIYC	#N/A
5	IRL532	Orna	Grand Soleil 40	NYC	1.021
5	IRL3506	Just Jasmin	Bavaria Match 35	RIYC/DMYC	0.995
5	IRL8478	Warrior	Beneteau 34.7	ISA-DBSC	0.984
5	IRL1357	Humdinger	Sunfast 37	Carlingford SC	0.972
5	IRL3339	Indulgence	Elan 333	HYC	0.958
5	IRL1333	White Lotus	Elan 333	DL Marina	0.957
5	IRL3400	Brazen Hussy	Dufour 34	HYC	0.950
5	IRL5687	To Infinity and Beyond	Dehler 37 CR	RStGYC	0.949
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6	IRL1217	The Great Escape	Bavaria 33	RIYC	#N/A
6	IRL1309	Syledis in blue	Beneteau oceanis clipper 323 LK	Bray SC	#N/A
6	IRL5013	Sweet Martini	She 31	RStGYC	#N/A
6	IRL966	More Mischief	Beneteau First 310	DL Marina	#N/A
6	IRL2860	Pure Magic	Feeling 286 Special	Bray SC	#N/A
6	IRL1166	Edenpark	Jeanneau Sun Odyssey	RIYC	0.977
6	IRL5643	Calypso	Beneteau Oceanis 361	RStGYC	0.928
6	IRL1502	Vespucci	Dehler 31	RIYC	0.876
6	IRL100	Demelza	Club Shamrock	HYC	0.875

A PDF version of this entry list (with owners names) is available to download below

#sb20 – A solid breeze of 12 to 15 knots made up for the overcast and somewhat unseasonal chill in the air. Seven SB20s made the start line for the Royal Irish Regatta and were treated to two races on a windward leeward course, each consisting of 3 rounds.

A slight pin end bias became exaggerated during the starting sequence for race 1 with the majority of the fleet towards the pin for the off. Manamana (Graeme Grant, Ronan Downing, Joseph Murphy) lead off the line closely followed by Timber (helmed by Alan McNabb with Marty Cuppage in the middle) and Venuesworld (helmed by Ger Dempsey with his nephew Rory onboard) carrying on on starboard tack. Sacrebleu and Probably lead the rest of the fleet out right on the lifted tack. Manamana tacked off into the middle of the course to cover the split but found less breeze. Timber had a healthy lead by the weather mark with Manamana, Probably and Venuesworld scrapping it out for second and rounding together. With the wind out of the North East and the waves out of the east, the starboard gybe was on a plane. Less wind at the leeward mark made finding an accurate gybe angle next to impossible. Timber lead to the leeward mark followed by Manamana with Venuesworld in hot pursuit. Timber carried on on port tack on what appeared to be a small left shift with Manamana learning their lesson from the first beat and heading out left for more breeze. Manamana and Venuesworld fought it out for the lead at the next weather mark with Manamana stealing the lead by barely eeking around the weather mark and forcing Venuesworld to dip their stern. Positions remained unchanged for the first two with Bad Kilcullen (Gerry Dowling, Dave Barry, Jimmy Dowling) storming through the pack to take third.

After some quick repairs on Sacrebleu (it is never ideal to have to take your main sail down) the fleet got away off another pin end biased line. After a pile up at the pin, Manamana lead Bad Kilcullen out to the left side of the course with much cross tacking and dipping in their wake. With a solid 15 plus knots of breeze for the second race the entire fleet enjoyed the downwind legs planing and playing dodgems with the other classes on our course. In a less eventful race at the front of the fleet, Manamana lead Bad Kilcullen to the finish with Venuesworld taking third which is the order the top 3 finished for the regatta.

Despite the inclement weather, a large turnout remained at the club for refreshments and to cheer on the winners. The SB20 fleet winners where honoured to accept the Baker Cup.

Full RIYC regatta results

#riyc – It may have been grey and overcast but there was plenty of breeze for the Top Secuity sponsored Royal Irish Yacht Club regatta today, the first of Dublin Bay's waterfront regattas of the season.

Keelboat classes trialled new race courses that have been designed for next month's ICRA Championships at the same venue.

The RIYC regatta also started the ten race Royal Alfred Superleague.

The results for all 20 competing keelboat and dinghy classes are below, downloadable as jpeg files.

 

 

#riyc – This Saturday, the Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) hosts the first of the 2014 season waterfront club regattas with a two race schedule for keelboats, one designs and dinghies.

Keelboats classes will have an opportunity to practice on the newly designed ICRA Championship courses for next month's 100 plus cruiser national championships.

With an 11:25 warning signal for the first race and a second race to be completed back to back it'll be a packed day for sailors!

There is a comprehensive social programme for sailors, non-sailors and especially juniors including a creche for 1 year olds and up, an Irish National Sailing School Pirates Adventure Day for older kids and RS Fevas are very welcome in the PY fleet.

Juniors are also very welcome in the Laser fleets!

#cruiserracing – The current entry of 98 boats for the ICRA National Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) (sorted by club below) reveals a wide distribution of entries from all over the Irish coastline and beyond. Although some areas are weaker than others (none from Kinsale for example), there are very few ports with no representation.

As forecast, the championships, a highlight of the sailing season, looks set to break the record of 125 entries previously set in Howth. Encouragingly, the entry a month ago stood at 42 but by April 30th  it had increased to 72 IRC cruiser and 17 white sails. Today it has risen by another nine boats for the June 13 event.

In a show of strength from Royal Irish hosts 35 club boats are entered, a third of the total entry so far.

Next biggest is Howth Yacht Club with 18 entries, RIYC neighbours, RSt.GYC have 11 and the National Yacht Club has seven.

There are some long distance travellers from Sligo and Foynes on the west coast and also visitors from Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club in Wales and the Clyde in Scotland.

In a further update to the list issued by ICRA this morning, another Welsh entry Converting Machine from Pwllheli has just entered leaving the event one boat away from the magic 100 mark

Yesterday, the cruiser racer body dropped plans to create a new handicap division at the bottom end of class 1 and the top of class 2 for its IRC national championships. It has also introduced a new means of policing its pro rule.

See full entry list to date below:

Sail No	Boat	Type of Boat	Division	Owner	Club
IRL1281	Aquelina	J-122	0	Sheila Tyrrell/James Tyrrell	Arklow SC
IRL1309	Syledis in blue	Beneteau oceanis clipper 323 LK	6	John & Brenda Hayes	Bray SC
IRL2860	Pure Magic	Feeling 286 Special	6	Steve Hayes	Bray SC
GBR8148	Squawk	Sigma 33	3	Paul Prentice	BYC/RUYC
EI1906	ZURI	Hanse 37	1	Declan Murphy	Carlingford SC
IRL1357	Humdinger	Sunfast 37	5	Michael Mc Cabe	Carlingford SC
GBR9047R	Mojito	J109	1	Peter Dunlop	CHPSC
GBR8038R	Roxstar	XP 38i	0	Findlay and Anderson	Clyde CC
IRL3214	Sublime	Elan 320	2	Aine Stafford	Courtown SC
IRL1188	Utopia	X 3/4 Ton	2	John B Healy	DL Marina
IRL4536	Elandra	Sigma 33	3	Mick Flynn	DL Marina
8245N	Asterix	Hunter Sonata	4	Boushel,Coonihan,Meredith	DL Marina
IRL1333	White Lotus	Elan 333	5	Paul Tully	DL Marina
IRL966	More Mischief	Beneteau First 310	6	Eamonn Doyle & Peter O'Toole	DL Marina
GBR4041R	First Forty licks	First 40	0	Jay Colville	East Down YC
IRL3492	Big Deal	Dehler 34	2	Derek Dillon	Foynes YC
IRL7386	Lynx	Reflex 38	0	Martin Breen	GBSC
IRL2525	Tribal	Corby 25	2	liam Burke	GBSC
IRL25007	Smile	Corby 25	2	Rob Allen	GBSC
IRL9852	Crazy Horse	Mills 36	0	Norbert Reilly	HYC
IRL3470	Flashback	First 34.7	1	Breen/Hogg	HYC
IRL5522	The Big Picture	Mg30	2	Richard and Michael Evans	HYC
IRL8094	King One	Half Tonner	2	David Cullen	HYC
IRL2552	Fusion	Corby 25	2	Colwell & Cobbe	HYC
IRL2507	Impetuous	Corby 25	2	Noonan/Chambers	HYC
IRL988	DUX	X-302	2	Anthony Gore-Grimes	HYC
IRL1103	Solgari Viking	X-302	2	K.Darmody/ M.Patterson	HYC
IRL8188	Alliance II	Laser 28	3	Vincent Gaffney	HYC
ITA10767	Don Giovanni	Ceccarelli	3	Cillian Macken	HYC
IRL191	Jebus	J24	3	Emmet Dalton	HYC
IRL680	Euro Car Parks Kilcullen	J24	3	HYC U25 Team	HYC
IRL6556	Challenger	Challenger Europe	4	Paul Rossiter	HYC
IRL3339	Indulgence	Elan 333	5	David Sargent	HYC
IRL3400	Brazen Hussy	Dufour 34	5	J Barry/M Stirling	HYC
IRL100	Demelza	Club Shamrock	6	Windsor Laudan / Steffi Ennis	HYC
IRL1141	Storm	J109	1	Pat Kelly	HYC/Rush SC
IRL7495	Maximus	X-302	2	Paddy Kyne	HYC/WHSC
IRL8478	Warrior	Beneteau 34.7	5	Dave Shanahan	ISA-DBSC
GBR8747T	Movistar Bleu	Elan 333	2	Raymond Killops	Killyleagh YC
IRL4384	Django	J24	3	MacNamara/Carey/Whelan	Lough Ree YC
IRL4007	Tsunami	First 40.7	0	Vincent Farrell	NYC
IRL7778	Gringo	A 35	1	Tony Fox	NYC
IRL1383	Ruth	J109	1	Liam Shanahan	NYC
IRL29213	Something Else	J109	1	John Hall	NYC
GBR8609R	Jetstream	J109	1	John Collins	NYC
IRL8750	Jester	J 80	2	Declan Curtin	NYC
IRL5795	Black Sheep	Mustang 30	3	Eoin Healy	NYC
IRL9609	Jelly Baby	J109	1	Ian Nagle	RCYC
IRL2506	Alpaca3	Corby 25	2	Paul & Deirdre Tingle	RCYC
IRL999999	Nathan Kirwan Trust	1/4 ton	3	George Kenefick	RCYC
IRL1974	Soufriere	Spirit	0	Stephen O'Flaherty	RIYC
IRL4208	WOW	Farr 42	0	George Sisk	RIYC
IRL1644	Lively Lady	First 44.7	0	Derek Martin	RIYC
IRL5718	Loose Change	IMX 40	0	Maurice Mitton / Peter Redden	RIYC
IRL3307	Rockabill V	Corby 33	1	Paul O'Higgins	RIYC
IRL3709	Axiom	X 37	1	Michael O'Neill	RIYC
IRL811	Raptor	Mills 30CR	1	Denis Hewitt & Others	RIYC
IRL8088	Jedi	J109	1	Treanor/Sarratt/McGuiness	RIYC
IRL1206	Joker II	J109	1	John Maybury	RIYC
GBR8933R	Bon Exemple	XP 33	1	Philip Byrne	RIYC
IRL1129	Jump The Gun	J109	1	Michael Monaghan & John M Kelly	RIYC
IRL9898	Indecision	J109	1	Declan Hayes	RIYC
IRL7991	Jigamaree	J109	1	Ronan Harris	RIYC
GBR2620L	Fox in Sox	X 34	1	Andrew Jones	RIYC
IRL3471	Black Velvet	First 34.7	1	Parnell Family	RIYC
IRL3438	Albireo	Swan 371	2	David A Simpson	RIYC
IRL6909	Extreme Reality	Beneteau 31.7	2	P McSwiney E O Rafferty	RIYC
FRA079	Graduate	J 80	2	Dominic O Keeffe	RIYC
IRL993	Prima Nocte	Beneteau 31.7	2	Patrick Burke/Deirdre Kennedy	RIYC
GBR5507T	Peridot	Mustang 30	3	Jim McCann	RIYC
IRL508	Quest	1/4 ton	3	Cunningham & Skerritt	RIYC
IRL4633	White Mischief	Sigma 33	3	Timothy Goodbody	RIYC
I8709	Cri-Cri	Quarter Tonner	3	Paul Colton	RIYC
FRA9186	Cartoon	Quarter Tonner	3	Ken Lawless, Joe Brady, Sybil McCormack	RIYC
IRL851	Taiscealai	Club Shamrock	3	Brian Richardson	RIYC
IRL7500	Supernova	Quarter Tonner	3	Joe Timbs, Jacqueline McStay, Jim Monaghan, Joe Costello	RIYC
IRL1208	Capilano	Beneteau First 211	4	Seamus Storan	RIYC
307	Wynward	Beneteau First	4	Wyn McCormack	RIYC
IRL246	Saki	Nicholson 31	4	Paget McCormack, Ben and Michael Ryan	RIYC
IRL607	Effex II	First 35	5	Mr Frank Friel	RIYC
IRL1166	Edenpark	jeanneau sun odyssey	6	Liam farmer	RIYC
IRL1217	The Great Escape	Bavaria 33	6	Pat Rigney	RIYC
IRL1502	Vespucci	Dehler 31	6	Sean & Kristina O'Regan	RIYC
IRL3506	Just Jasmin	Bavaria Match 35	5	Philip Smith	RIYC/DMYC
IRL1367	Boomerang	First 36.7	1	Paul Kirwan	RStGYC
IRL1310	After You Too	Beneteau 31.7	2	Michael Blaney	RStGYC
IRL8223	Kamikaze	Sunfast 32	2	Peter Nash	RStGYC
IRL7284	Red Rhum	Dehler DB1	2	Jonathan and Chris Nicholson	RStGYC
GBR66R	Checkmate XV	Humphreys Half Tonner	2	Nigel Biggs	RStGYC
IRL521	Bendemeer	Beneteau First 325	2	Lindsay Casey and Denis Power	RStGYC
IRL34218	Lady Rowena	Sadler 34	3	David Bolger	RStGYC
IRL4794	Hard on Port	J24	3	Flor O'Driscoll	RStGYC
IRL37747	Windshift	Sunfast 37	5	Coghlan/Gillen/Keogh	RStGYC
IRL5687	To Infinity and Beyond	Dehler 37 CR	5	Kieran Crowley	RStGYC
IRL5643	Calypso	Beneteau Oceanis 361	6	Howard Knott	RStGYC
IRL3805	Tully Too	Bavaria 38	5	Declan Higgins	Skerries SC
IRL4533	Crazy Horse	J24	3	Martin O'Reilly	Sligo SC
IRL4170	SLACK ALICE	GK Westerly 34	2	Shane Statham & Trudi O'Leary	WHSC