Sail-World.com : Irish RS Traveller Series at Lough Ree YC
Irish RS Traveller Series at Lough Ree YC
|
The RS200, RS400 and RS Feva Irish Traveller Series got underway in the idyllic surrounds of Lough Ree Yacht Club this weekend, 28th and 29th April 2012.
A brisk North-Easterly blowing down the Lough greeted the RS teams on Saturday morning. The conditions were made tougher with a sharp chop, heaped up by the gusty conditions. Not 'ploughing the bow' into the waves was the key to upwind speed. Remaining in full planning mode and keeping the show on the road in the gusts was the order of the day downwind.
Race officer Vincent Rafter and event organiser Donal Herraghty did a fantastic job to squeeze four windward leeward races in on Saturday in anticipation of the gale-force winds that led to Sunday’s racing being cancelled. The quick turnaround between races was greatly appreciated by everyone on the water.
In the RS400’s former 49er campaigner Robert Espey and crew Michael Gunning from Ballyhome Yacht Club took the top stop. The pair finished level on points with Simon Hutchinson and Trevor Darcy from the Royal North but took top spot with a lower discard. The Royal St George pairing of Emmet and James Ryan finished in third place.
The level of quality in the RS400 fleet has certainly risen with some high calibre additions to the class. The strength of the Northern fleet which had fourteen RS400s competing in the Ballyhome Icebreaker Series this winter was certainly evident in the testing conditions.
Results:
200 Fleet
|
Rank
|
Sail No
|
Club
|
Helm Name
|
Crew Name
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
R4
|
Total
|
Nett
|
|
1st
|
771
|
RStGYC
|
Sean Craig
|
Heather King
|
(1.0)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
|
2nd
|
1352
|
Newcastle Yacht Club
|
Clive Coffey
|
Helen Cassidy
|
(3.0)
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
10.0
|
7.0
|
|
3rd
|
903
|
RStGYC
|
Ian Simington
|
Tom Simington
|
2.0
|
(3.0)
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
10.0
|
7.0
|
|
4th
|
624
|
Newcastle Yacht Club
|
Liam Coffey
|
Stephen Cassidy
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
(5.0 DNC)
|
5.0 DNC
|
18.0
|
13.0
|
400 Fleet
|
Rank
|
Sail No
|
Club
|
Helm
|
Crew
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
R4
|
Total
|
Nett
|
|
1
|
1178
|
BYC/RUYC
|
Robert Espey
|
Michael Gunning
|
1
|
-2
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
4
|
|
2
|
1001
|
RNIYC
|
Simon Hutchinson
|
Trevor Darcy
|
2
|
1
|
-3
|
1
|
7
|
4
|
|
3
|
1140
|
RStGYC
|
Emmet Ryan
|
James Ryan
|
3
|
-5
|
2
|
3
|
13
|
8
|
|
4
|
1292
|
RNIYC
|
Liam Donnelly
|
John Ferguson
|
-4
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
15
|
11
|
|
5
|
1188
|
CSBC
|
Trevor Fisher
|
Judy O'Beirne
|
-6
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
22
|
16
|
|
6
|
941
|
East Down YC
|
Paul McLaughlin
|
Micky McKinley
|
5
|
4
|
-7
|
7
|
23
|
16
|
|
7
|
728
|
RNIYC
|
Robert Hastings
|
Ben McGrane
|
7
|
-8
|
6
|
6
|
27
|
19
|
|
8
|
1136
|
Glandore Harbour YC
|
Arthur Mehigan
|
Laura Mehigan
|
8
|
7
|
-9
|
9
|
33
|
24
|
Feva Fleet
|
Rank
|
Sail No
|
Club
|
Helm Name
|
Crew Name
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
R4
|
Total
|
Nett
|
|
1st
|
1595
|
RStGYC
|
Dan O'Beirne
|
Conor O'Beirne
|
3.0
|
(4.0)
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
10.0
|
6.0
|
|
2nd
|
2357
|
LRYC
|
Tiarnan Dickson
|
Caolan Croasdell
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
(4.0)
|
3.0
|
10.0
|
6.0
|
|
3rd
|
3661
|
RStGYC
|
Blathnaid Cassidy
|
Rosanna Cassidy
|
(5.0)
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
13.0
|
8.0
|
|
4th
|
1776
|
RStGYC
|
Clodagh Hinkson
|
Triona Hinkson
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
(10.0 DNC)
|
22.0
|
12.0
|
|
5th
|
2719
|
RCYC IBSC
|
Eoin Lyden
|
Brian Stokes
|
(10.0 DNC)
|
10.0 DNC
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
23.0
|
13.0
|
|
6th
|
2259
|
HYC
|
Erica Markey
|
Hana Blandford
|
(6.0)
|
5.0
|
6.0
|
5.0
|
22.0
|
16.0
|
|
7th
|
2356
|
LRYC
|
Cormac Dickson
|
Lughaidh Croasdell
|
2.0
|
(10.0 DNC)
|
10.0 DNC
|
10.0 DNC
|
32.0
|
22.0
|
|
8th
|
3115
|
RStGYC
|
Emer Rafferty
|
Maeve Rafferty
|
7.0
|
(10.0 DNC)
|
10.0 DNC
|
10.0 DNC
|
37.0
|
27.0
|
|
9th
|
1487
|
RStGYC
|
Elizabeth Fogarty
|
Sarah Fogarty
|
(10.0 DNC)
|
10.0 DNC
|
10.0 DNC
|
10.0 DNC
|
40.0
|
30.0
|
|
|
UK RS Class Association website
Irish RS Class Association website
by RS Class Association
Click on the FB Like link to post this story to your FB wall
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?nid=96725
9:31 AM Tue 1 May 2012GMT
Click here for printer friendly version
Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story.
Click for further information on
Related News Stories:
MORE STORIES ...
|
|
|
Our Advertisers are committed to our sport, please support them!
This site and its contents are © Copyright TetraMedia Pty. Ltd and/or the original author, photographer etc. All Rights Reserved.
Photographs are copyright by law. If you wish to use or buy a photograph you must contact the photographer directly (there is a hyperlink in most cases to their website, or do a Google search.) with your request.
Please do not contact
Sail-World.com
as we cannot give permission for use of other photographer’s images.
Only if the photographer named on the image is Sail-world.com, Powerboat-world.com, Marinebusiness-world.com or NZBoating-World.com.
Contact us
.
Ph: +61 2 8006 1873
or complete our
feedback form
Contact us
.
View our Privacy Policy.
[ Go Home]
[ Banner Advertising Specification]
[Bot Archive ]
Customised news feeds -Marine Industry companies, Clubs and Associations have their own customised version of our news feed on their website.
Look_here_to_see_examples
|
CLD
| | |
