First and Second Division

Saturday was another of those glorious days where you'd wonder why all the dinghies in the park aren't on the water. Nevertheless, the PY sailing saw a typical fleet on the startline. Finns, Lasers, OK Dinghies and Laser Vagos all out there in the sunshine.

Will Nesbitt was out in Neil O'Toole's Laser, thereby confusing the results, and Colin Galavan was out but missed the first race, thereby denying himself results to match his speed.

Race 1

The racing saw definite divisions in speed.

In Race 1 Paul Keane was in Division 1 - or the Premiership for you young folk - all by himself. Sheehy's OK, Tate in the Finn and Nesbitt in the Laser all finished close together in Division 2, but well behind the storming Keane.  The Vago brought up the rear of the field, finishing with the Flying Fifteens who had done one extra lap.

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In Race 2 Galavan joined the 1st Division too, and he and Keane disappeared off into the distance leaving the rest floundering behind them. Galavan finally won by 30 seconds after three full triangles, but it was close between the top two for most of the race.

Further back, the 2nd Division was led by Sheehy's OK Dinghy, which held on to 3rd place by a minute. Nesbitt in the Laser beat Tate's Finn by a mere 20 seconds, taking 4th. McGoldrick again brought up the rear in the Vago.

Race 2

Galavan's reappearance in Saturday sailing is very welcome. A regular winner last year, he's been mostly absent this year but doesn't seem to have slowed down. Darn.