A two and a three scored in the opening two races of the ICRA National Championships on Dublin Bay has put Courtown Sailing Club Quarter Tonner Snoopy (Joanne Hall and Martin Mahon) top of the 11-boat Class Three IRC fleet.
As predicted, the three optimised Quarter Tonners made full use of the light and tricky conditions in the Scotsman's bay race area.
Snoopy is one point ahead of Paul Coulton's Cri-Cri from the Royal Irish Yacht Club that won the opening race of the championships that has been full of drama.
Third is the Howth-based Formula 28 Animal, also on six points.
One of the championships favourites, Barry Cunningham and Jonathan Skeritt's Quarter Tonner Quest, was involved in a port and starboard incident in the first race.
The damage to her starboard gunwale took her shroud plate clean out of the hull. The crew were lucky not to lose the rig into the bargain.
The much-fancied RIYC entry now counts a retiral and a DNC. She is unlikely to be back on the water tomorrow, even though an overnight repair is not beyond the bounds of possibilities as we have already seen in this championship.
Results are here. Racing continues over the weekend.