Karate Kid Sailing

In the 1984 film Karate Kid a young boy is groomed in martial arts. The film spawned the famous phrase "wax on, wax off". Last nights DBSC race was characterised by squally unpredictable conditions and  schooled every sailor in "wind on, wind off".

Further to recent discussions at DBSC Committee level there was a shakeup in the start sequence and the Fireballs were first off. In a display of how far reaching the DL Dinghies communications channel has become no PY boats lined up for the first start presumably because everyone had heard of the SI change.

PY were the second fleet to go, Sheehy in the OK looked like he got a good start and was on the right side of the pack as everyone headed into Scotsmans Bay out of the tide and looking for the left shift.

A healthy Laser fleet which was bolstered by Michael Delaney, Gary O'Hare, Theo Lyttle (has he got the bug back?) and that "Gun for Hire" Mr Ronan Keneally sailing in Dan O'Connells boat started the chase to the PY fleet 3 minutes later.

3 rounds of a good sized triangular course, a beat that wouldn't settle into any discernible pattern and streaky wind lines downhill which allowed seemingly healthy leads to evaporate saw a lot of attrition and a fair amount of swimming.

In PY a distracted Sheehy decided he wasn't in a racing mood and went off to see how fast an OK would go on power reaches. Tom Murphy kept plugging away in the K1, in close contact with the leading Mermaids and IDRA14s, with Pat McGoldrick battling to the finish in the Vago.

In the Lasers Keneally, Lyttle and Galavan (in training for his Europeans bid) made the early running and a big gust as they rounded the first windward mark ensured they had a buffer right to the end.

Results for PY here
Laser One Design Results here