Irish Squib Inland Championship at Lough Derg Yacht Club

by Vincent Delany 16 Oct 2018 15:03 BST 13-14 October 2018

Light winds for the Irish Squib Inlands at Lough Derg © Reggie Goodbody

The Championship weekend was all about the weather! On Thursday and Friday when the teams were arriving from every part of Ireland, they were told to expect 100km/hr winds.

Fortunately, these winds did not materialise, and 21 one entries represented the best supported Squib event of the year, with three teams from Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, three from Killyleagh Yacht Club, two from Kinsale Yacht Club, one from Baltimore Sailing Club, one from Howth Yacht Club, one from Glandore Harbour Yacht Club, one from Royal St George Yacht Club, and three from the home club. There were three very welcome visitors from Brexitland, one from Holyhead, one from Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club and Dick Batt from Bosham. Two further entries didn't arrive due to personal circumstances. Although there were no female helms, there were several female crews, including Fiona Ward in 'Allegro', Pamela Phelan in 'Squib', and Mary Faherty in 'Sidewinder'.

Racing on Saturday took place in rain drenched Dromineer Bay in shifty winds which varied from 4 to 8 knots. This made for difficult boat handling due to telltales being non- operational, and solar powered compasses responding in the same manner. Over the duration of the day, the wind swung 180 degrees from the east through the south and then the west. Notwithstanding the conditions, there were three different winners. The PRO John Leech was persuaded by the competitors to abandon the fourth race due to the crews finding it difficult to concentrate under such conditions.

On Sunday the sun shone, but the wind stayed away- so the race which was started was abandoned by the PRO on the grounds of inadequate means of propulsion. Thus, with only three races sailed, all race results counted.

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat Name	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Total	Pts
1	Fagan	100	Gordon Patterson	Ross Nolan	RNIYC	3	2	1	6	6
2	Firecracker	149	Stephen Bridges	Matthew Bolton	Killyleagh	7	3	2	12	12
3	The Worm	824	Sam Lyness	Eric Heyes	RNIYC	6	1	7	14	14
4	Toy For The Boys	818	Peter Wallace	Martin Weatherstone	RNIYC	2	6	6	14	14
5	Outlaw	785	Ian Travers	K. O'Riordan	Kinsale	5	5	4	14	14
6	Allegro	134	Colm Dunne	Fiona Ward	Kinsale	4	7	5	16	16
7	Fuggles	612	Jeff Condell	TBC	Kinsale	1	8	8	17	17
8	Slipstream	102	Robert Marshall	David Ferris	Killyleagh	8	10	9	27	27
9	Squib	11	Dick Batt	Pamela Phelan	R. Victoria Y.C.	22	4	3	29	29
10	O'Leary	123	Simon Sheahan	TBC	Howth YC	11	9	12	32	32
11	Fantome	730	Ronan MacDonnell	Miss X	Baltimore	12	14	11	37	37
12	Femme Fatale	24	Joe O'Byrne	TBC	LDYC	10	12	16	38	38
13	Volante	807	Simon Watson	Ryan Withers	Killyleagh	9	16	15	40	40
14	Too Dee	686	Dave Sheahan	Miss Sheahan	Glandore	14	11	17	42	42
15	Brookfield Belle	603	Vincent Delany	Noel Colclough	LDYC	16	17	10	43	43
16	Too Fat To Fly	483	Alex Minginovic	Jerry Buckley	LDYC	17	13	13	43	43
17	Sidewinder	138	Rupert Westrup	Mary Faherty	RStGYC	15	15	14	44	44
18	Li'l Quickie	847	Tudor Roberts	Ieuan Williams	Holyhead	13	18	18	49	49
19	Selik	223	Fergal	Robert Mann	RN&SYC	18	19	19	56	56
20	Andromeda	790	David Kelly	TBC	Killyleagh	22	22	22	66	66
21	Flagella	457	Thomas Murphy	TBC	National YC	22	22	22	66	66