Irish Squib South Coast Championship at Kinsale Yacht Club
by Dave O'Sullivan 10 Jul 2019 09:43 BST
6-7 July 2019
Irish Squib South Coast Championship at Kinsale © Fiona Ward & John Stalney
Oh to be in Kinsale on a sunny Saturday with a breeze watching the wonderfully named Fagin, Outlaw, Slipstream, Allegro, Nimble and Kanaloa zipping around offshore marks battling like gladiators for best positions at windward and leeward, ducking and diving under the eagle eye of Race Officer Tony Small and his team aboard Destiny who got three races in... what a great first day.
Sunday turned out to be tougher for all with an overcast start followed by a sea mist later. Three races were once again sailed over a long day with boats finally alongside at 1600 with a crane awaiting to lift visitors ashore.
The nineteen boat fleet saw great competition with only four points separating first and fourth in the end after a discard.
Fagen (Royal NIYC - G. Patterson & R.Nolan) were overall winners by one point to Outlaw (Kinsale YC - I. Travers & K. O'Riordan) with Slipstream (Killyeagh YC - R. Marshall & B. Kelly) third, just ahead of Allegro (Kinsale YC - C. Dunne & F. Ward).
All agreed that it was a great test run for the Squib Nationals due to be held in Kinsale in late June 2020.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Boat Name | Sail No | Helm Name | Crew Name | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | Fagin | 100 | Gordon Patterson | Ross Nolan | RNIYC | 1 | ‑9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 2nd | Outlaw | 785 | Ian Travers | Keith O Riordan | KYC | ‑4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 3rd | Slipstream | 102 | Robert Marshall | Brian Kelly | Killyleagh YC | 3 | 2 | 9 | ‑14 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 4th | Allegro | 134 | Colm Dunne | Fiona Ward | KYC | ‑12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 5th | Nimble | 818 | Peter Wallace | M Weatherstone | RNIYC | ‑9 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| 6th | Kanaloa | 130 | Jack Roy | Suzi Roy | KYC | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ‑16 | 7 | 25 |
| 7th | Firecracker | 149 | Steven Bridges | Matthew Bolton | Killyleagh YC | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ‑11 | 9 | 29 |
| 8th | Volante | 807 | Simon Watson | Jordy Withers | Killyleagh YC | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 | ‑15 | 40 |
| 9th | Mucky Duck | 51 | Micheal O Suilleabhain | Michael O Sullivan | KYC | ‑11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 42 |
| 10th | Fantome | 730 | Ronan Mac Donell | Catherine Wilson | HYC | 6 | ‑18 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 43 |
| 11th | Flora | 643 | Bobby Nash | Dave Ross | KYC | ‑16 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 56 |
| 12th | Nebulette | 98 | Michael Barry | Liz Bond | KYC | 7 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 9 | ‑16 | 56 |
| 13th | Sensation | 523 | Denis Cudmore | Brid Cudmore | KYC | 8 | 14 | 10 | 10 | ‑18 | 14 | 56 |
| 14th | Fifty Shades | 42 | Julie Silverberg | Colm Daly | KYC | 14 | ‑15 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 57 |
| 15th | Espresso | 150 | Victor Fusco | Alistair Christie | KYC | 15 | ‑16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 64 |
| 16th | Femme Fatale | 24 | Joe O Byrne | Rupert Westrup | LDYC | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | ‑17 | 64 |
| 17th | Sibu | 704 | Geraldine Kieran | Denis Kieran | KYC | 17 | 12 | 17 | (RET) | 13 | 13 | 72 |
| 18th | Sonata | 654 | Nigel Dann | Ger Sheeran | KYC | 18 | 17 | ‑19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 87 |
| 19th | Bzzz Off | 379 | Frank Mc Gowan | Richard Callanan
June Mac Cabe | KYC | ‑19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 93 |
