Finnegan Banks the Cup

Last Sunday at CLYC race officers Brown and Hicks set a windward/leeward course for the Ulster Savings Cup. With Line Dancer still having her annual spruce up the race was started from a RIB, never an easy task and they did well to hold up all the flags and watch the clock at the same time.

Sarah McCann was the only one brave enough to chance a port start but soon had to put in a tack as the rest of the fleet bore down on starboard. The RS400 with Rooney/ McDonagh was always going to be the fastest on the water but with an almighty handicap they had to be well ahead to have any chance. Stephen Finnegan in the 4.7 managed to get to the windward mark ahead of Conor O’Farrell in the Radial and although he fell back a bit on the water he was going to be hard to beat.

Meanwhile at the rear of the fleet Colin Matthews and Connla Conway were playing a mixture of dodgems and submarines and took a while to recover from a bit of swimming. When the handicaps were worked out afterwards Stephen Finnegan managed to hold onto his lead and had beaten all the A Fleet boats, a great performance and a rare occurrence.