While storms raged elsewhere...Dun Laoghaire basked

The impact of the weather on other parts of the country was pretty severe, and even Dun Laoghaire was nervous of what might come.

But the tempest never came, at least not until well after the sailors had returned home for the night. Boats launched with rigs prepped for a blow and instead got light to moderate conditions. The conditions were really light at the weather mark, which was placed far too close in under the ferry terminal. But overall the conditions drew smiles.  The Irish team even won the rugby.

Post by Dun Laoghaire Dinghies.

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In the PY fleet the arrival of another single-hander was noted happily. Shane McCarthy was 2nd in Race 1 and even won Race 2 in his Solo, with Hamilton's IDRA taking the other race.  Apart from the excellent Topper group, we now have four single handers in the PY Fleet; a Solo, OK Dinghy, Finn and K1. Overall it's now Des Fortune's consistent Finn in the lead in Series II, with Sheehy's OK Dinghy in second. The picture is likely to change when Hamilton can discard his OCS from two weeks ago.

PY Race 1
PY Race 2

In Lasers there was only a small fleet, dominated again by Marc Coakley...although persistently pursued around the course by Sean Flanagan. Marc is now 10 points clear of Flanagan overall. David Cahill, previously leading, now carries several DNC scores and has dropped back. With a big entry list those DNC scores can be painful!

Laser Race 1
Laser Race 2

In the RS fleet the 200s finally had their day, taking the top 3 positions in Race 1 and the top 2 positions in Race 2. Conor Totterdell won the first race followed by Craig and Byrne, with even leader Emmet Ryan scored as DNF. Sarah Byrne moved up to first place in Race 2 with Craig again in second. Overall it's tight, with Ryan's RS400 now on 12 points and fourth placed Craig on 16 points. Interestingly, the overall ranking is RS400, then 200, then 400, then 200. Good balanced stuff!

RS Race 1
RS Race 2

The ten-strong Fireball fleet saw the ancient battle between Rumball and Butler continuing again! Each took a win and a second in the two races, with Clancy third in both finishes. It's tight there too, with Rumball on 6 points, Butler on 9 points and Clancy on 12. The rest are further back.

Fireball Race 1
Fireball Race 2

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