Poor weather for May. Drizzle and a light breeze faced Race Officer O’Connor who was nevertheless safe from capsizing in the committee boat. Race one was a close affair with Jim Linton giving the RS400 of Rooney/McDonagh a run for their money. Ian Roche took second place still nearly 2 minutes ahead of the RS on handicap. If the results are to be believed the other RS with Browne/Hicks took nearly 2 hours to finish. I can only presume they were RSing about. Race 2 and Ian Roche took no prisoners with a winning margin of over a minute on Rooney/McDonagh. Colin Matthews took a fantastic third and is now a regular at the front of the fleet.
In the B Fleet Stephen Finnegan put the rest to the sword with two bullets. Tom O’Hare and Matthew McNulty took a second and a third each.
Next weekend sees the annual pilgrimage of the IDRA’s from Dublin. The racing will be on Saturday and Sunday with a BBQ and a performance from the choir on Saturday night. Always a good weekend.
Start line action
Rooney/McDonagh getting the RS on the plane
The IDRA’s are coming next week. They take their sailing seriously!
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