Frank Godsell March League at Kinsale Yacht Club - Day 2
by Dave O'Sullivan 24 Mar 2019 19:58 GMT
18 March 2019
The elegant Tofinou 8 Metre 'Miss Charlie' beating up to the finish line in the Frank Godsell March League at Kinsale © Dave O'Sullivan
The promised light winds never materialised and the second week of the Frank Godsell sponsored, March League, was sailed in a delightful 15 knot breeze. The course, taking in SandyCove and CentrePoint, was testing with three spinnaker hoists and three hard upwind beats.
As often happens in Kinsale, the harbour finish can provide one final banana skin and today's treat was a particularly low tide. A number of boats learned how shallow the harbour can get and although there were one or two red faces there was no damage done.
A good day stolen at the start of spring.
Day 2 Results:
Spinnaker IRC & ECHO
1. Diamond (J. Matthews)
2. Reavra Too (S. Lysaght)
3. Luv Is (T. Kingston)
White sail
1. Y Dream (S. O'Regan)
2. Miss Charlie (P. Beckett)
3. Fast Buck (D.J. Hanley)
It's still all up for grabs next Sunday 31st, the final race of the League, with the Firing Gun at 1125hrs. Competitors are reminded of the change to Irish summer time next Sunday (clocks go forward).