Lasers from Dun Laoghaire put in a strong performance at the Leinsters but were pipped at the post in the end. Matty O'Dowd was equal on points with Chris Penney after the 4 races but ended up in second overall on countback. Still a very strong performance! Conor Byrne was pipped for 3rd place by 1 point, with Ulster's Conor Simms taking the place. Again, kudos!

In the Masters Sean Craig was first with Ross O'Leary in 3rd. These overall results are very strong across the board. Well done all!

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Laser Leinster Championship Std 2013

Entries: 17 Races Sailed: 4 Discard: 1

Series Place	Sail No	Type of Boat	Class	Helm	Club	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4
1	201566	S		Chris Penney	East Antrim BC	5	3	1	1	3
2	181999	S		Mathew o'Dowd	Royal St. George YC	5	1	2	2	2
3	185104	S		Conor Simms	Royal Ulster YC	10	2	3	8	5
4	198554	S		Conor Byrne	Royal St. George YC	11	6	4	3	4
5	193562	S		Oisin McClelland	Ballyholme YC	19	10	8	11	1
6	197364	S		Sean Murphy	Kinsale YC	19	8	7	4	10
7	178335	S	M	Sean Craig	Royal St. George YC	20	4	5	12	11
8	201365	S	M	Stephen Penney	East Antrim BC	20	9	12	5	6
9	155068	S	M	Ross o'Leary	Royal St. George YC	21	5	6	10	14
10	191670	S	M	Colin Galavan	Royal Irish YC	24	12	11	6	7
11	185043	S		Peter Cameron	East Antrim BC	25	11	10	7	8
12	198560	S		Henry McLaughlin	Carlingford Lough YC	25	7	9	9	9
13	181674	S	M	Troy Hopkins	Howth YC	39	13	13	15	13
14	173164	S	M	Timmy Washington	Wexford Harb. B&TC	40	15	14	14	12
15	178689	S	M	Tommy Fallon	Wexford Harb. B&TC	43	14	16	13	18
16	180237	S	M	Paul Ebrill	Wexford Harb. B&TC	47	16	15	16	18
17	137120	S		Don Ryan	Wexford Harb. B&TC	54	18	18	18	18

A report by the Royal George team - taken from their newsletter - is available in the full article.

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Laser Leinster Championships Wexford SC

Saturday 29th

F3-4 sunny and warm - champagne sailing for the three fleets competing at the Laser Leinster Champs and Ladies Laser National championships.

In the laser Standard fleet the George waste represented by Matty o'Dowd, Sean Craig. Ross O'Lear and Conor Byrne. Saturdays racing left it delicately balanced with Matty kn equal points with Chris Penney if east Antrim BC. Conor Byrne was in the frame a couple of points back and needing to discard a 6th place to shake the leaders. Meanwhile that redoubtable Master, Sean Craig pulled some great results in the shifty stuff that he so loves while Ross was snapping at his heels.

In the Radials we were represented by Mark Bolger, Luke Murphy, Nathaniel Gillett and Patrick Cahill. Mark pulled out the best performance with a fifth in the second race. The wind continued to build all afternoon to finish in 15-18 kts.

In the Laser 4.7 fleet the charge was led by Conor O'Beirne followed by Blaithnaid O'Connell who was competitive in all three races, having stepped into the 4.7 for the first time only three days before. The day ended with Conor trailing Cliodhna O'Regan of KYC by two points....all to play for.

The evening BBQ was notable for the numbers of heads drooping with fatigue.....a lot of tired sailors hit the hay early after a very physical day.

Sunday 30th

Started bright and .....windy. A high blue sky with a warm breeze greeted all out of the west. Early launching got race 1 under way. Luke was obviously working hard as he pulled the toe-straps straight out of the deck. Some quick repairs back ashore saw him join the fray for the planned second race.

Meanwhile out on the course, Matty locked horns with Chris Penney again both of them breaking free of the fleet and one behind Oisin McClelland in their own private battle. Tired legs saw Chris capsize at the last gybe mark to let Matty through for second. However bizarrely while they both ended on equal points, the count back saw Matty move second overall for the championships. Sean worked his way into the winners spot in the Masters with Ross coming second. Not bad for two old laads!

In the Radials, a dominant Ryan Glynn of Ballyhome made it four straight wins. Nathaniel, being in the heavyweight division clocked up his best result in the breeze. Mark and Patrick kept if steady to come 14th and 17th respectively. Luke having bust a gut to make it back out for the second race....well, see below for the rest.

Conor O'Beirne has a big of a thing for the breeze and made the most of it. Having to come back for a premature start he got stuck in and led around all marks to finish first by a distance and take the race first overall.

So in summary the RStGYC came 2nd Laser Standard rig, 1st and 2nd in the Masters and 1st in the 4.7 rig. Not a bad result and with three of our Radial sailors away at the Europeans in Croatia who knows how much more could have been achieved. Not a bad weekend for the club.

And finally to Luke... who sailed well all weekend, was towed in following his breakage on Sunday, repaired at top speed and then raced out the two miles for the start of the second race only to have all racing cancelled for the rest of the day. Sometimes you just have a bad day at the office - no matter what you do...

Report by Frank O'Beirne

Standard Rig Results

Radial Rig Results

4.7 Rig results