Cork Week at the Royal Cork Yacht Club - Day 1
by Jean Kearney 18 Jul 2006 07:02 BST
15-21 July 2006
Light conditions dominated the opening day of Cork Week at Crosshaven yesterday (Monday) as the estimated 5000 sailors began racing in the five series that is one of the highlights of the international sailing season.
After a prolonged delay in a near calm, a gentle sea breeze started with enough force to keep the fleet racing for a couple of legs so that results could be scored. Forecasts of ten knots for Tuesday offer some hope of relief and a full race programme.
Benny Kelly's Transpac 52 emerged overall leader of Class Super Zero, home of the exotics including Bill Buckley and Charlie Browns' Maximus who fell foul of the short course and light airs to finish second from last in the class.
Colm Barrington's new Kerr 50 footer Magic Glove scored first in Class Zero after a runaway lead against 15 other contenders.
Elsewhere in the 402 boat combined entry, Ian Southworth leads the Laser SB3 class while the largest racing fleet in Class 2 is being led by Donal O'Leary's X-35 D-Tox.
Results after Day 1:
IRC Super 0
1 Panthera, Mr Benny Kelly 1pt
2 Oystercatcher, Mr Richard Matthews 2pts
3 Formidable 3, P.W. Vroon 3pts
IRC0
1 Magic Glove, Colm Barrington 1pt
2 CODIAM ENSP dh, NICOLEAU/LODAY 2pts
3 Dark & Steamy, Nick & Annie Haigh 3pts
IRM
1 Farrfalina, Robert Goddard 1pt
2 Audacious, David Wadsworth & Neil Lamont 2pts
3 Creative Play, H2O Yachting 3pts
IRC1
1 Jump Juice, Conor & Denise Phelan 1pt
2 Marinerscove.ie, David Dwyer 2pts
3 Cracklin Rosie, Jean Phillippe Cau 3pts
IRC2
1 D-Tox, Mr Donal O Leary 1pt
2 Kiss, David Pinner 2pts
3 Checkmate, Mr Mike McCarthy 3pts
IRC3
1 Raptor, Hewitt/Mc'Carthy 1pt
2 X-Perience, Peter Evans 2pts
3 Indiscretion, Mr Richard Fildes 3pts
IRC4
1 Esperanto, Alfa Romeo 1pt
2 Blue Berret Pi, E. Connellan/T. Madigan 2pts
3 Fixation, Mr Nick Fullagar 3pts
IRC5
1 ALIG8R, Brian McKernan 1pt
2 CUL8R, Team CUL8R 2pts
3 Blackadder, Dr Jonathon Price-Jones 3pts
IRC6
1 Bluff, Alex Ballot 1pt
2 Throbber, Stephen Rees 2pts
3 Bandit, Ian Travers 3pts
Corporate Class
1 Strata 3, East Anglian Sea School 1pt
2 Aberlady, Mrs Ann Ryan & Mr Nick Hodshon 2pts
3 Assarain II, Mr Ross Ireland 3pts
Gentleman’s Class
1 Crystal Light, Michael Powell 1pt
2 Aras, Mr Tim McNamara 2pts
3 Adventurer, Mr Philip Llewhellin 3pts
J109
1 No Naked Flames, Andrew Allen/Colm Monahan 1pt
2 Mono of Gibraltar, Mr John Bassadone 2pts
3 King Louie, Fiona & Malcolm Thorpe 3pts
X332
1 Brightwork, Mr Bob and Jon Baker 1pt
2 Xpletive, Michael John Crompton 2pts
3 Dexterity, Team Foynes 3.5pts
3 X-Rated, John & Gair Gordon 3.5pts
Sigma 38
1 Premier Cru, Simon Brock & James Barr 1pt
2 The Project, Andy Budgen / Freddie Schwin 2pts
3 Arbitrator, Peter Hopps and Hilary Cook 3pts
Sunsail Sunfast 37
1 Sunsail 76, Sunsail 1pt
2 Sunsail 72, Sunsail 2pts
3 Sunsail 68, Sunsail 3pts
Mixed Sports Boats
1 No Limit, Mr Ray Cook 1pt
2 Elf, Christine Leiper & Robin Murray 2pts
3 Jenga, Mr & Mrs Marie-Claude & Paul Heys 3pts
SB3
1 Small but steamy, Ian Southworth 1pt
2 Team Maclaren, Christina Summerhayes 2pts
3 Bandit, Martin Head & Hugh McAdoo 3pts
Hunter 707
1 Swallow, Gordon Craigen 1pt
2 Darkness, Patrick Miles 2pts
3 Sparkle, Paul Curtis 3pts
1720
1 Dark Side, Charles Swingland 1pt
2 Wet n Black, Nicholas O Leary 2pts
3 Storm, Norman Armstrong / Brett Lewis 3pts
Beneteau 31.7
1 Flying Machine, Barry Cunningham 1pt
2 Levante, Brian Leyden/Michael Leahy 2pts
3 Attitude, D Owens, J Sugars et all 3pts
Prima 38
1 Mighty Max 3, Andy Williams 1pt
2 Longbow, Mr P Anderson 2pts
3 Another Nods, Richard & Helen Booth 3pts
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