2015 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta – Day 2 overall

by Dun Laoghaire Regatta on 13 Jul 2015 As Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2015 reaches its halfway stage, overall leaderboards are shaping up across 29 racing classes. With strong winds, the sixth edition of Ireland’s biggest sailing event has produced some impressive performances on the water and boat handling skills are at a premium.

With a strong wind warning, there was always going to be gear damage on day two of the massive 415-boat regatta. Battered sailors returned to harbour tonight with plenty of stories from the race course of retirals, torn sails, crews overboard, capsizes and dismastings. A lifeboat call–out only added to the drama of day two.

It marked a busy day for both for competitors and the race committee who were forced to postpone racing for the dinghies and one-designs until lunch time as southerly winds touched 30-knots. With all classes aiming for either two or three races today, results in the 415-boat fleet were still being computed in some classes at 7 pm.

Racing started with the bumper 25–boat IRC offshore class and a start close to the Dun Laoghaire shoreline. Adrian Lee’s canting keel Cookson 50 Lee Overlay took an immediate advantage in the heavy airs to lead the fleet south and now leads the division from George Sisk’s Farr 42 WOW from the Royal Irish Yacht Club. Third is Kinsale visitor Freya, an X–442, skippered by Conor Doyle.

The offshore race was not without incident and in the closing stages in the afternoon the Dun Laoghaire lifeboat was called to render assistance to a man overboard from the Arklow J122 Aquelina with winds reaching 25 knots in choppy seas.

Three straight wins for Royal Cork Yacht Club’s Ker 37 Jump Juice puts skipper Conor Phelan in the running for the top overall performance in the regatta so far.

The former Commodore’s Cupper is now five points clear of the Clyde’s Corby 37 Auora (R Stuart and B Ram) in the seven boat fleet. Struggling to perform however in this big boat class is the smallest boat in the class, the new C&C 30 Checkmate XVI under skipper Nigel Biggs from the Royal Irish.

In class one, two Royal Irish yachts, Bon Exemple, an XP33 and Paul O’Higgins’ Corby 33 Rockabill V are separated by a single point at the top of the 16–boat fleet. Third is another Dublin Bay entry, the A35 Gringo skippered by Tony Fox of the National Yacht Club.

South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club J97 Injenious is the leader of class two from Howth Half–Tonner Checkmate XV. The third is Craig Latimer’s J/92 Wildebeest V from the Clyde Cruising Club. The Howth X 302 Dux (Anthony Gore-Grimes) is counting two wins and a second to lead club–mate Paddy Kyne’s sister–ship by a single point in the 11–boat class three. Third is another Howth boat, the Corby 25 Fusion (Richard Colwell/Ronan Cobbe).

After three races sailed, Royal Irish yachts have taken the lead in cruiser class four. Paul Colton’s Quarter Tonner Cri Cri has the same five points as the Royal Ulster Yacht Club and Ballyholme entry Starflash (Alan Morrison and John Simms) but leads by virtue of two race wins today.

Pat Kelly’s first race advantage in the J109 National Championships, being sailed as part of the regatta, turned out to be short–lived when Thursday’s race was scrubbed due to an error in the starting sequence. The aim is to re-run that race tomorrow. Kelly, however, did not let the setback deter his national title ambitions and took two further wins today. It puts the Howth boat at the top of the leaderboard ahead of pre–regatta favourites, John Maybury’s Joker II, who counts two seconds.

In a fine turnout of 16 Sigma 33s, Alan Harper’s Leaky Roof 2 from the Clyde Cruising Club leads Belfast lough rival Squawk (Paul Prentice). Third is local yacht Popje skippered by Ted McCourt of the National Yacht Club. Three race wins gives Ian Mathews and Keith Poole the lead in the 20–boat Flying Fifteen class.

According to forecasters, it looks like there will be more blustery south-westerlies for racing tomorrow, moderating slightly for the final races on Sunday morning.

Complete results

IRC CLASS 0 

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Boat Type	Owner	Club	Handicap	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	IRL2007	Jump Juice	Ker 37	Conor Phelan	Royal Cork Yacht Club	1.104	7	1	1	1	3	1	6
2	GBR7737R	Aurora	Corby 37	R Stuart B Ram	Clyde Cruising Club	1.090	12	2	2	3	4	4	1
3	GBR4041R	Forty Licks	First 40	Jay Colville	East Down Yacht Club	1.083	13	4	3	2	5	2	2
4	GBR621R	Stratisfear	Corby 36	Guy Cowper	Royal Dee Yacht Club	1.072	18	5	6	4	1	5	3
5	GBR8038R	Roxstar	XP38i	Jonathan Anderson	Clyde Cruising Club	1.079	19	2	5	5	2	6	5
6	IRL9852	Crazy Horse	Mills 36	Chambers/Reilly .	Howth Yacht Club	1.083	23	6	4	8	6	3	4
7	GBR6615R	Checkmate XVI	C&C 30 One-Design	Checkmate Sailing	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.140	34	7	7	6	7	7	7

IRC CLASS 1

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Club	Handicap	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	IRL3307	Rockabill V	Paul O'Higgins	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.040	16	4	4	1	4	3	4
2	IRL7778	Gringo	Tony Fox	National Yacht Club	1.023	19	5	2	2	10	1	9
3	GBR7377	Impostor	Richard Fildes	South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club	1.036	19	6	3	3	11	4	3
4	GBR8933R	Bon Exemple	X Yachts GB	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.021	22	2	1	17	2	6	11
5	IRL1666	Carmen 2	Paul /Alan Scutt / Jeffrey	Helensburgh Sailing Club	1.020	24	9	9	8	3	2	2
6	GBR3627L	Animal	Kevin Aitken	Clyde Cruising Club	1.023	24.5	17	5	5	5.5	8	1
7	IRL811	Raptor	Denis Hewitt & Ors	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.018	29.5	3	10	10	5.5	5	6
8	GBR9740R	Sloop John 'T'	Iain Thomson	Clyde Cruising Club	1.028	30	8	13	4	1	9	8
9	IRL1367	Boomerang	Kirwan Family	Royal St George Yacht Club	0.999	39	1	7	12	12	7	13
10	GBR702R	Wildfire	D/J O'Malley/Urquhart	Royal Northern Yacht Club	1.000	41	10	8	7	9	11	7
11	GBR2620L	Fox in Sox	Andrew Jones	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.001	44	7	12	6	7	14	12
12	IRL7386	Lynx TEAM INSS	Kenneth Rumball	Irish National Sailing School	1.049	49	17	6	9	14	10	10
13	IRL3504	Prima Luce	Burke, Lemass O'Flynn	Royal Irish YC/National YC	1.018	56	17	11	11	8	12	14
14	GBR7667R	Now or Never 3	Neil Sandford	Fairlie Yacht Club	1.036	57	11	15	17	13	13	5
15	IRL11100	Zephyr	Morgan Crowe	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.027	73	12	16	17	15	15	15
16	IRL1818	In Correct	Frank Whelan	Royal St George Yacht Club	1.030	82	17	14	17	17	17	17

IRC CLASS 2

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Club	Handicap	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	IRL1484	Harmony	Jonny Swan	Howth Yacht Club	0.948	12.5	4	1.5	7	3	2	2
2	GBR2728L	Injenious	Mike and Graham Crompton & Hallworth	South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club	0.980	13	1	1.5	2	6	3.5	5
3	IRL2016	Checkmate XV	David Cullen	Howth Yacht Club	0.944	17	3	5	1	7	1	8
4	GBR9292C	Wildebeest V	Craig Latimer	Clyde Cruising Club	0.961	17	2	3	4	8	5	3
5	IRL5522	The Big Picture	Michael and Richard Evans	Howth Yacht Club	0.944	18	7	6	3	2	6	1
6	GBR8747T	Movistar Bleu	Raymond Killops	Killyleagh Yacht Club	0.967	20.5	5	7	8	1	3.5	4
7	IRL3471	Black Velvet	Leslie Parnell	Royal Irish Yacht Club	0.987	33	6	9	6	5	7	9
8	IRL7284	Red Rhum	Jonathan/Christopher Nicholson	Royal St George Yacht Club	0.970	37	11	8	9	4	9	7
9	GBR7347R	Daydream Believer	Jim Cartwright	Liverpool Yacht Club	0.981	40	9	15	5	12	8	6
10	IRL8750	Jester	Declan Curtin	National Yacht Club	0.958	44	10	4	10	10	12	10
11	IRL1046	Jawesome 2	Noel Young	Ballyronan Boat Club	0.958	56	15	10	15	9	11	11
12	GBR605	Jambiya	Vincent & Martin Lattimore & Ryan	Royal Irish Yacht Club	0.958	60	12	15	15	11	10	12
13	GBR8272	Enigma	Howard Morrison	Clyde Cruising Club	0.982	68	8	15	15	15	15	15
14	IRL26026	Ruthless	Conor Ronan	Sligo Yacht Club	0.951	75	15	15	15	15	15	15

IRC CLASS 3

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Type of Boat	Owner	Club	Handicap	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	IRL988	Dux	X 302	Anthony Gore-Grimes	Howth Yacht Club	0.929	8	1	2	1	3	1	3
2	IRL7495	Maximus	X-302	Paddy Kyne	Howth Yacht Club	0.924	11	2	1	2	1	6	5
3	IRL2552	Fusion	Corby 25	Richard Colwell/Ronan Cobbe	Howth Yacht Club	0.935	15	3	3	4	7	4	1
4	GBR4377T	Evenflow	Sigma 35	Stuart Cranston	Down Cruising Club	0.930	17	4	6	3	2	2	6
5	IRL2507	Impetuous	Corby 25	Noonan Chambers	Howth Yacht Club	0.930	21	5	5	6	4	3	4
6	IRL2525	Tribal	Corby 25	Liam Burke	Galway Bay Sailing Club	0.930	22	6	4	5	5	7	2
7	IRL1103	Viking	X-302	Kevin Darmody Mark Patterson	Howth Yacht Club	0.926	32	8	7	7	6	5	7
8	IRL521	Bendemeer	First 325	Denis Power/Lindsay Casey	Royal St George Yacht Club	0.926	39	7	9	8	8	8	8
9	IRL8223	Kamikaze	Sunfast 32	Peter Nash	Royal St George Yacht Club	0.939	44	9	8	9	9	9	9
10	IRL1656	Witzend 2	First 27.7	Peter Conlon	Royal St George Yacht Club	0.953	56	10	12	12	12	12	10
11	IRL1798	Rebel	Beneteau First 300 Spirit	Cris Miles	Conwy Yacht Club	0.937	60	12	12	12	12	12	12

IRC CLASS 4

Place	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Club	Handicap	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	ITA8709	Cri Cri	Paul Colton	Royal Irish Yacht Club	0.905	6	3	1	1	2	1	1
2	GBR7149	Starflash	Alan Morrison John Simms	Royal Ulster Yacht Club/Ballyholme	0.855	15	1	2	2	3	9	7
3	GBR9612	Bambi	Richard Harding	National Yacht Club	0.888	17	6	4	4	1	8	2
4	GBR7195	DI RICH	Tim Hare & Paul & Josh Pratt	Liverpool Yacht Club	0.841	17	2	5	3	5	2	5
5	GBR4203	Stargazer	Donald Campbell	Arran Yacht Club	0.904	19	5	3	5	9	3	3
6	IRL1654	Goyave	Russell Camier	Malahide Yacht Club	0.871	32	7	7	6	6	7	6
7	GBR7469T	Tango	Andy Dunn	Douglas Bay Yacht Club	0.859	34	8	6	8	8	4	8
8	IRL6998	Flash	Graeme Noonan	Greystones SC	0.907	37	11	8	9	11	5	4
9	8245N	Asterix	Boushell/Counihan/ Meredith	Dun Laoghaire Marina	0.823	38	9	9	11	4	6	10
10	IRL7500	Supernova	Joseph Timbs and Others	Royal Irish Yacht Club	0.871	52	12	11	7	13	13	9
11	282	Digit	Colin Patterson	East Down Yacht Club	0.844	55	10	12	10	12	11	12
12	IRL851	Taiscealai	Brian Richardson	Royal Irish Yacht Club	0.878	57	13	10	12	10	12	13
13	IRL8069	Cacciatore	Mairead Ni Cheallachain	National Yacht Club	0.822	59	14	17	17	7	10	11
14	IRL508	Quest	Barry Cunningham/Jonathon Skerritt	Royal Irish Yacht Club	0.906	72	4	17	17	17	17	17
15	1192C	Apache	Jonathan Gifford	Quoile Yacht Club	0.861	85	17	17	17	17	17	17
15	FRA9186	Cartoon	K.Lawless, J.Brady, S.McCormack	Royal Irish Yacht Club	0.898	85	17	17	17	17	17	17

J109

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Club	Series Points	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	IRL1206	Joker 2	John Maybury	Royal Irish Yacht Club	6	2	2	1	2	1
2	IRL1141	Storm	Pat Kelly	Rush Sailing Club	7	1	1	4	1	5
3	IRL5109	Jalapeno	Barrington, Bourke Philips	National Yacht Club	13	4	5	2	12	2
4	IRL29213	Something Else	John & Brian Hall	National Yacht Club	13	3	4	3	3	4
5	IRL7991	Jigamaree	David Stewart	Royal Irish Yacht Club	20	5	8	7	5	3
6	GBR8209	Jeepster	David Lean	South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club	22	9	3	10	4	6
7	IRL1095	Dear Prudence	Bourke/Cummins	Royal Irish Yacht Club	28	8	6	8	6	8
8	IRL1383	Ruth	Liam Shanahan	National Yacht Club	30	6	7	5	12	12
9	IRL9898	Indecision	Declan Hayes	Royal Irish Yacht Club	32	7	9	9	7	9
10	IRL28898	Powder Monkey	Moore,Byrne and Others	National Yacht Club	33	11	12	6	9	7
11	IRL1129	Jump The Gun	Michael/John M Monaghan/Kelly	Royal Irish Yacht Club	39	10	12	11	8	10

SIGMA 33

Place	Sail No	Boat	Club	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	GBR4607	Leaky Roof 2	Cove SC/Clyde Cruising Club.	8	2	1	1	3	1	5
2	GBR8148R	Squawk	Belfast YC/Royal Ulster Yacht Club	9	1	2	2	2	6	2
3	IRL4633	White Mischief	Royal Irish Yacht Club	17	5	3	4	1	4	8
4	IRL4518	Rupert	Royal St George Yacht Club	20	6	17	6	5	2	1
5	GBR4254	Sea-Pie of Cultra	Manx Sailing and Cruising Club	23	4	4	8	4	3	12
6	IRL4364	Popje	National Yacht Club	24	3	5	3	6	9	7
7	K4359	Signet of Kip	Strangford Lough Yacht Club	33	17	6	7	10	7	3
8	GBR4583	Marauder	South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club	36	11	17	5	8	8	4
9	GBR4348	Legless Again	Liverpool Yacht Club	40	12	7	10	9	5	9
10	IRL4534	Gwili Two	Royal St George Yacht Club	45	8	17	9	7	11	10
11	IRL4464	Springer	Royal St George Yacht Club	48	7	17	12	13	10	6
12	GBR8666	Polished Manx	Isle of Man	56	9	8	13	12	14	14
13	1688C	Pastiche	Royal Irish Yacht Club	60	13	10	14	11	13	13
14	K4368	Enchantress	National Yacht Club	63	17	9	11	17	15	11
15	GBR4999	Moonshine	Royal St George Yacht Club	70	10	17	17	14	12	17
16	IRL971	Leeuwin	Royal Irish Yacht Club	85	17	17	17	17	17	17

BENETEAU 31.7

Place	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Club	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	1740	Levana	Jean Mitton	Royal St George Yacht Club	9	1	1	1	3	3	3
2	IRL2004	Crazyhorse	Frank/Ivan Heath/Schuster	Royal St George Yacht Club	12	2	4	7	1	4	1
3	IRL1310	After You Too	Michael Blaney	Royal St George Yacht Club	15	6	2	4	4	1	4
4	IRL1565	Prospect	Chris Johnston	National Yacht Club	23	3	13	2	8	2	8
5	IRL3007	30 Something	Brian Kavanagh/Tom Lubliner Gerry Gaffney	Royal St George Yacht Club	25	13	8	8	2	5	2
6	GBR7221T	Eauvation	Jason and Debbie Corlett	Douglas Bay Yacht Club	26	9	3	5	6	7	5
7	IRL7317	Attitude	Sugars & Milner	Royal Irish YC/Royal St George YC	30	8	6	3	7	12	6
8	IRL3107	Levante	John / Michael Power / Leahy	National Yacht Club	33	7	5	13	5	9	7
9	IRL2970	Kernach	Eoin O'Driscoll	National Yacht Club	37	5	10	6	11	6	10
10	IRL6662	Bluefin Two	Michael & Bernie Bryson	National Yacht Club	39	4	7	13	9	8	11
11	IRL6909	Extreme Reality	Patrick McSwiney	Royal Irish Yacht Club	52	10	11	13	12	10	9
12	IRL5317	Fiddly Bits	PJ Timmins	Royal St George Yacht Club	55	13	9	13	10	11	12