All Hail the Royal Irish

Well, the winter hasn't let go yet. After a sunny day the dinghy fleets launched into greying skies and then had a whopping hailstorm with BIG hailstones. Ouch, to put it mildly.

The start happened just as the hail eased off, from a line with a huge pin bias. The wind was around 20 knots from the south east and with a tide running east the trapezoid course left few tactical options despite the consistent right shift. Most boats went up the left through the heavy chop and only nibbled in on bigger righties as the wind died away through the race.

Wind for the evening.

Downwind was interesting with the waves running at an angle across the shifting breeze, making it tricky to catch and hold a ride.

Galavan and Keane from the Royal Irish again dominated proceedings, finishing clear ahead....hence the bad joke in the title.

Sheehy's OK Dinghy got in the middle of the Lasers on corrected time taking 3rd, with O'Toole the next Laser. The fleet got quite spread out with the chop making life tricky upwind and downwind. Plus...did Sean Craig capsize?

The time shown for Tom Murphy's K1 is incorrect and will have to be checked.