Frank Godsell March League at Kinsale Yacht Club - Day 1
by Dave O'Sullivan 20 Mar 2019 08:35 GMT
17 March 2019
Six boats braved the chilly morning and were soon lining up near the start line at Charles Fort on day 1 of the Frank Godsell March League at Kinsale Yacht Club.
Race Officer Donal Hayes on Fiona got things promptly under way at 1130hrs. The blackboard displayed a course of Bulman to Starboard followed by a laid mark to Starboard with two laps and then Bulman to port and straight to the finish line.
The gentle SW breeze held up with the last boat finishing at 1321 HRS and everybody ashore well before 1400 HRS when a mist set in.
Quarter tonner Diamond (J. Matthews) was the winner on both IRC and ECHO with EOS (C. McCarthy) second on both handicaps and LuvIs (T. Kingston) third on both handicaps. Chameleon (P. O'Donovan) and Fast Buck (D.J. Hanley) were fourth and fifth respectively.
The sole white sail competitor, the lovely Impala Deboah (M. Hargrove) came first in the one boat fleet.
The competitors and sponsor are confident of an increase in the size of the fleet for next week's edition with First Gun on Sunday 24th at 1130hrs.