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Frank Godsell March League at Kinsale Yacht Club - Day 3

by Dave O'Sullivan 31 Mar 2019 19:51 BST 31 March 2019

The final race of the Frank Godsell sponsored March League took place in gentle spring conditions at Kinsale Yacht Club. For the third week in a row the weather favoured the lighter boats and James Matthews and his crew on Diamond were in winning form. They won on both ECHO and IRC and were followed in both by Stephen Lysaght's Reavra Too and Class Captain Cian McCarthy's EOS.

Meanwhile in White Sails, David Hanley and his band of raiders from the RCYC on board Fast Buck made it look easy, romping home in front of Y Dream and Miss Charlie.

The generosity of Frank's sponsorship is renowned and the bar talk afterwards was whether or not this was his 40th year sponsoring the March League. To be certain, it was agreed to celebrate the 40 year event this year and the next two years!

Day 3 Results:

Spinnaker IRC & ECHO
1. Diamond (J. Matthews)
2. Reavra Too (S. Lysaght)
3. EOS (C. McCarthy)

White sail
1. Fast Buck (D.J. Hanley)
2. Y Dream (S. O'Riordan)
3. Miss Charlie (P. Beckett)

All sailors are reminded that the Matthews/Helly Hansen sponsored Spring Series starts next Sunday 7th April with the warning signal at 1155hr.

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