Final Day at Cork Week

by kearneymelia on 22 Jul 2006 Cork Week 2006 ended with a blast of southerly wind and sunshine for the 5000 sailors and 400-plus boats racing off Ireland's south coast on Friday (21st July). Just one short race ended the series as crews prepared for delivery trips home or westwards to the scenic cruising grounds of West Cork.

A perfect set of six first place results secured the Boat of the Week trophy for Colm Barrington's Ker 50-footer Magic Glove while his Class Zero rival Nick Lutte won the Prix d'Elegance trophy for his Mark Mills DK46 Shockwave.

Cowes' Robin Aisher took the helm of Irish IRC Champion Antix to race as Yeomatix for the week in the competitive Class 3 and the Corby 35-footer won the 30-boat division to receive the trophy for Top RCYC Boat of Cork Week.

Across the classes, there was mix of the predictable and down to the wire results. Benny Kelly's first generation Transpac 52 Panthera continued on to win Class Super Zero while Ger O'Rourke's Chieftain won the final race to secure the runner-up slot.

Conor and Denise Phelan's Jump Juice held out against David Dwyer's marinerscove.ie to win Class One though for a time during the Harbour Course it appeared that the tables may at last have been turned on the class leader.

Bernard Gouy from France ended his visit to Ireland with success on Inis-Mor in IRC Class 3 after a highly consistent week of first and second places that left him with a clear 12-point lead over Bengal Magic from Northern Ireland.

Irish paralympic sailor John Twomey from Kinsale Yacht Club topped the 30-strong IRC Class 6 fleet on his Sonar keelboat Fawkes with his second race win of the week just edging Stephen Rees Throbber into second overall.

Amongst the Sportsboats, Peter O'Leary was confirmed overall winner of the 1720's and was joined on the podium by his brother Nicholas who edged Charles Swingland's Dark Side into third place overall in the final race of the series.

The close match race between Laser SB3 leader Ian Southworth and Christina Summerhayes and the all-woman crew of Team McLaren ended with a clear victory for the ladies despite a poor start to the final, tie-breaking race. Better upwind speed provided the needed edge to secure the class win.

CORK WEEK 2006 - Final Overall Results:

Boat of the Week: Magic Glove (Colm Barrington)

Prix d'elegance: Shockwave (Nick Lutte)

Top RCYC Boat: Yeomantix (Robin Aisher)

Cork Week IRC Super 0
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Panthera Mr Benny Kelly 8
2 Chieftain Mr Ger O Rourke 13
3 Formidable 3 P.W. Vroon 19

Cork Week IRC0
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Magic Glove Colm Barrington 6
2 Tiamat Tim Costello 13
3 Dark & Steamy Nick & Annie Haigh 16

Cork Week IRM
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Werewolf Mr Jerry Otter 12.5
2 Exabyte 4 Shaun Frohlich 13.5
3 Farrfalina Robert Goddard 15

Cork Week IRC1
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Jump Juice Conor & Denise Phelan 12
2 Marinerscove.ie David Dwyer 13
3 Jammy Dodger Mr Neil Martin 17

Cork Week IRC2
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Yeomantix Mr Robin Aisher 10
2 Barafundle Dr Neil White 14.5
3 Kiss David Pinner 16

Cork Week IRC3
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Inis-Mor Bernard GOUY 10
2 Bengal Magic John Moorehead & Chris Ferres 22
3 Raptor Hewitt/Mc'Carthy 26

Cork Week IRC4
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Respect Tom Brennan 8
2 Fixation Mr Nick Fullagar 10
3 Blue Berret Pi E. Connellan/T. Madigan 12

Cork Week IRC5
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Dick Dastardly Kinnear/Cusack/O Neill 11
2 Merlin Kieran Dorgan 13
3 Obsession VI Barry & David Rose 13

Cork Week IRC6
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Fawkes John C Twomey 8
2 Throbber Stephen Rees 9
3 Bandit Ian Travers 11

Cork Week Corporate Class
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Joopster Impression Sailing 14
2 Lancelot Mr Andy Byham 16
3 Aberlady Mrs Ann Ryan & Mr Nick Hodshon 19

Cork Week Gentlemans Class
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Red Rhum Jonathon Nicholson 12.5
2 Crystal Light Michael Powell 21.5
3 Heavens Above V Christopher James Anderson 25

Cork Week J109
Place Boat Owner Points
1 King Louie Fiona & Malcolm Thorpe 9
2 No Naked Flames Andrew Allen/Colm Monahan 10
3 Jumunu Alistair Ray 27

Cork Week X332
Place Boat Owner Points
1 X-Rated John & Gair Gordon 15
2 Equinox Emma McDonald 17
3 Xpletive Michael John Crompton 19

Cork Week Sigma 38
Place Boat Owner Points
1 The Project Andy Budgen / Freddie Schwin 7
2 Errislannan Patrick Kirwan 19
3 Arbitrator Peter Hopps and Hilary Cook 26

Cork Week Sunsail Sunfast 37
Place Boat Owner Points
1 PSUK Sunsail 9
2 Agave Avengers Sunsail 13
3 National Grid Sunsail 14

Cork Week Mixed Sports Boats
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Jenga Mr & Mrs Marie-Claude & Paul Heys 9
2 Elf Christine Leiper & Robin Murray 20
3 No Limit Mr Ray Cook 21

Cork Week SB3
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Team Maclaren Christina Summerhayes 11
2 SMALL BUT STEAMY IAN SOUTHWORTH 12
3 Charlie Fish-Team Steam Team Steam 28

Cork Week Hunter 707
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Cacciatore Richard A Barnes 11
2 Sparkle Paul Curtis 12
3 Darkness Patrick Miles 12

Cork Week 1720
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Antix 2 Peter O Leary 22
2 Wet n Black Nicholas O Leary 26
3 Dark Side Charles Swingland 27

Cork Week Beneteau 31.7
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Flying Machine Barry Cunningham 4
2 Eauvation Jason and Debbie Corlett 9
3 Levante Brian Leyden/Michael Leahy 10

Cork Week Prima 38
Place Boat Owner Points
1 Mighty Max 3 Andy Williams 8
2 Another Nods Richard & Helen Booth 10
3 White Knuckles Mervyn Hughes 16