Matthews Helly Hansen Kinsale Yacht Club Spring Series - Day 3
by Dave Sull 22 Apr 2018 22:00 BST
22 April 2018
Wind and sun provided champagne sailing on day three of the Matthews Helly Hansen Spring Series 2018. It was a perfect day for the windward leeward course with a blustery 20 knot breeze blowing from Bullen's Bay.
The 1055 first gun sent the fleet off to a laid mark weather mark with a subsequent run Eastwards to the leeward mark near Bulman.
The strong breeze may have favoured the big boats but it was spills and thrills in class three with skilled sailors who knew their boats well showing others how to organise the many spinnaker hoists required.
Two races were sailed and careful race management ensured that the whole fleet were alongside KYC marina in plenty of time to see the Munster match on TV.
In Class One the dual continued between Nieulargo and Jump Juice who now have 11 points each with Alpaca third on 15 points.
Class Two's Oracle IV has an impressive lead over Artful Dodger and Slack Alice who only have a point between them.
Kinsale Boats Headcase and Diamond dominate Class Three with Headcase ahead by 2 points going into the last day. Waterford Boats Fulmar Fever and Flyer are drawn at 18 points each.
Godot leads the White Sail fleet every day on the water but on corrected it's Sweet Dreams and Gunsmoke 2 who are in the running for first place overall with Godot third.
It's all to sail for next Saturday 28th April with the final two races planned by race officer Denis Kieran. The FG is at 1155 HRS. If the weather holds up everybody will be a winner.
Results after Day 3: (see www.kyc.ie for individual race results)
Class One IRC and ECHO
Nieulartgo D Murphy
Jump Juice C Phelan
Alpaca P Tingle
Class Two IRC
Oracle IV - K Collins
Artful Dodger - F O'Regan
Slack Alice - S Stratham
Class Two ECHO
Slack Alice - S Stratham
Oracle IV - K Collins
Artful Dodger - F O'Regan
Class Three IRC
Headcase - M Helsten
Diamond - J Matthews
Fulmar Fever - R Merchant
Class Three ECHO
Headcase - M Hellstern
Fulmar Fever - R Merchant
Diamond - J Matthews
White sail IRC
Gunsmoke 2 - S Cohan
Sweet Dreams - B O'Leary
Godot - J Godkin
White Sail Echo
Sweet Dreams - B O'Leary
Gunsmike 2 - S Cohen
Godot - J Godkin