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A dense sea fog prevented any racing in Sunday afternoon's Axiom Private Clients Spring Series for Cruisers at Kinsale Yacht Club.
Two attempts were made to start racing for both Class One and Two spinnaker divisions, but there was a general recall on both occasions.
Race Officer Richard Leonard was then going to attempt to split the fleet and start under a U flag but to no avail when the fog persisted.
It means the last racing in the league was now a fortnight ago on April 5th, as last weekend's racing was also cancelled due to strong winds.
As Afloat reported previously, Royal Cork Yacht Club boats topped the leaderboard in both Spinnaker One and Two divisions after the first – and only race so far – on April 2nd.
The next race in the series will run next Sunday morning, April 23rd.
Photo Gallery by Bob Bateman
80 Boats Entered as Kinsale's Sovereign's Cup Has Just 20 Places Left for June Regatta
With over 80 entries already registered, the Simply Blue Group-sponsored Sovereign’s Cup has less than 20 places left at Kinsale to reach its official cap.
The biennial regatta takes place 21st to 24th June in Kinsale Yacht Club and this year, the regatta incorporates the 1720 European Championships.
Race Officer Peter Crowley will run racing in the waters between the Old Head of Kinsale and the Sovereign Islands for the Spinnaker, 1720 & White Sail Fleets.
A Coastal Fleet will have longer courses which will take them west to Black Tom and east to the Cork Buoy.
Kinsale Yacht Club's second Axiom Private Clients Spring Series race was cancelled on Monday due to strong southerly winds.
As Afloat reported previously, Royal Cork Yacht Club boats topped the leaderboard in both Spinnaker One and Two divisions after the first race on April 2nd.
The next race in the series will run next Sunday morning, April 16th.
On a day that suggested summer is coming, Royal Cork Yacht Club boats topped the Axiom Private Clients Spring Series 2023 in both Spinnaker One and Two divisions at Kinsale Yacht Club on Sunday.
Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble (David and James Dwyer) won the first race in the Spinnaker One division.
Light winds prevailed for the first race that saw the J109 Artful DodJer (Finbarr O'Regan of the host club) in second and Stephen Lysaght's Elan 333 Reavra Too in third.
The McCarthy brother's Swift Trawler Mac Eile is the Kinsale Yacht Club Axiom Private Clients Spring Series 2023 Committee Boat Photo: Bob Bateman
This event is the year's first event to count for SCORA season points.
Kieran Kelleher/Colman Garvey in the Royal Cork Dubois Quarter tonner Diamond were winners of the first race of the Axiom Private Clients Spring Series 2023 at Kinsale Yacht Club Photo: Bob Bateman
In the Spinnaker Two division on IRC, Kieran Kelleher/Colman Garvey were winners in the Royal Cork Dubois Quarter Tonner Diamond.
The RCYC crew beat the Kinsale Yacht Club Kinsailor under-25 crew. Third was Dunmore East visitor David Marchant from Waterford Harbour Sailing Club.
Overall, there was a good turnout from visiting RCYC boats that included Jelly Baby, Nieulargo, Alpaca, Luas, Sweet Dreams, Magnet and the under 25 j24, Jambalaya.
Axiom Private Clients Spring Series 2023 Main Fleet Photo Gallery Day One By Bob Bateman
Axiom Private Clients Spring Series 2023 White Sails Fleet Photo Gallery Day One By Bob Bateman
Carroll's Chancer Wins Frank Godsell March League 2023 for Cruiser Racers at Kinsale Yacht Club
Michael Carroll's Chancer was the overall IRC ratings winner of the Frank Godsell March League 2023 for cruiser racers at Kinsale Yacht Club, while Alan Mulcahy was the IRC White Sails winner of the 41st edition of the league.
The Spring League starts this Sunday at Kinsale Yacht Club after the March League ended in a close encounter between the top two boats.
The battle between Reavra Too and Chancer for top place in the season's opening league at Kinsale Yacht finished very closely.
Michael Carroll’s Chancer won the third and final race of the Frank Godsell series in both IRC and ECHO handicaps. That gave him overall victory in ECHO on five points, one ahead of Stephen Lysaght’s Reavra Too on six points. The crucial intervention under this handicap was by Nigel Dann’s Val Kriss, sailing for the first time in the series and taking second place. This pushed Reavra Too down to third finish in the race and second overall. Sam Cohen’s Gunsmoke II finished fourth in Sunday’s race, to claim overall third of the series.
Brian Carroll "Chancer winner both IRC and Echo with Michele Kennelly Frank Godsell Sponsor and Anthony Scannell, Vice Commodore (right) Photo: Bob Bateman
In IRC, Reavra Too and Chancer could not be separated on overall points at the top, both finishing on five. However, winning Sunday’s race gave Chancer the better countback of two wins and a third place against one win and two second places for Reavra Too. Gunsmoke II was third overall.
In Whitesails, no spinnakers, Alan Mulcahy’s Apache took first place overall in both IRC and ECHO handicaps. He won the last race in IRC, making a hat-trick of successes in the three races. However, in ECHO he was pushed into second place on Sunday by John O’Connor’s Fast Buck, which achieved its second win in the series under this handicap system. That left Apache the overall ECHO winner on 5. Fast Buck moved up to second place overall on 7 and Miss Charlie was third on 9.
Apache was also IRC Whitesails overall winner through that hat trick of three points for the series. Patrick Beckett’s Miss Charlie was second on eight and Fast Buck third overall on nine points.
The Spring league will start on Sunday at the club and run for five weeks. Racing is scheduled under both handicaps with placings also counting for the South Coast Offshore Racing Association’s annual league. There is Spinnaker and White Sail racing in the Axiom Private Clients series.
Kinsale March League Looks Close for Last Race on Sunday
Two races into the March cruiser league at Kinsale and heading for the conclusion of the Frank Godsell series this Sunday, Stephen Lysaght’s Reavra Too is setting the pace in the cruiser/spinnaker IRC and ECHO fleets, while Alan Mulcahy’s Apache is out in front in both handicap sectors of White Sails.
With a small fleet of four boats racing, competition is close in the spinnaker fleets, with Reavra Too on three points in the lead in both IRC and ECHO handicaps and Michael Carroll’s Chancer second in both, just one point behind on four. Each boat has won one race and had a second in another of the series. Samuel Cohen’s Gunsmoke is third in IRC. Paul Cotter and Dominic Falvey’s Swift is third in ECHO.
Two wins leave Apache in first place on two points in IRC White Sails, with Patrick Beckett’s Miss Charlie second on five and John O’Connor’s Fast Buck third on seven. In ECHO, Apache leads on three points, Miss Charlie is second on five and Fast Buck has six. Five boats are entered in White Sails.
When this series ends the Spring league will start on Sunday, April 2 and run for five weeks. It will also be the first racing of the SCORA (South Coast Offshore Racing Association) 2023 series, so boats from other clubs are expected to take part. There will be Spinnaker and White Sail Classes in this Axiom Private Clients series.
“One race per day is scheduled, but up to eight races may be sailed over the five race days in all classes at the discretion of the Race Officer,” according to the Sailing Instructions.
St Patrick’s Day Kinsale Maritime Parade and Fireworks Display Give Spectacular Start to West Cork Festivities
A daring on-the-water display from Zap Cat speedboats began St. Patrick's Day eve proceedings in Kinsale Harbour on Thursday night.
A flotilla of 14 Kinsale Yacht Club yachts, local boats and fishing trawlers dressed with fairy lights paraded from Charles Fort to the Pier before a fireworks display at the West Cork Harbour.
A huge crowd gathered on the Pier, including visitors from Singapore, Germany the United States – to name but a few – welcomed the man of the moment, St. Patrick himself, at the flotilla's head.
A flotilla of 14 Kinsale Yacht Club yachts, local boats and fishing trawlers dressed with fairy lights paraded from Charles Fort to the Pier for the start of the St. Patricks Day festivities Photo: Bob Bateman
The fireworks display lit the night sky as the yachts passed the Pier.
The RNLI lifeboat also joined the flotilla.
Kinsale Yacht Club Commodore Matthias Hellstern (left) welcomes the Mayor of Newport, Rhode Island, USA, to Kinsale for St. Patricks Day festivities Photo: Bob Bateman
Later, ashore, the Mayor of Newport, Rhode Island, USA, was decorated with the Grand Marshal Sash for the St Patrick’s Day Parade by Paul Carty of Fáilte Ireland.
St. Patrick's Day Maritime Parade, Kinsale Photo Gallery by Bob Bateman
The Kinsale Yacht Club’s 2023 cruiser-racing season kicked off on Sunday, March 12th, with the first race of the Frank Godsell-sponsored March League.
On a damp misty day, five boats came out to race on a course set by Race Officer Denis Kieran.
The course largely raced in the harbour, factoring in the inclement weather and the desire to get back in time for the all-important Six Nations rugby match.
Denis Kieran was the Race Officer in the opening races of the Kinsale Yacht Club March League Photo: Dave Cullinane
Class Captain Brian Carroll on Chancer won both Echo and IRC in the cruiser fleet, and Alan Mulcahy’s Apache won ECHO and IRC in the White Sails fleet.
Alan Mulcahy’s Apache competing in the White Sails fleet in the opening races of the Kinsale Yacht Club March League Photo: Dave Cullinane
Two more weeks follow in the March League before the Axiom Private Clients Spring Series starts on 2nd April.
With no racing possible on the final day of Kinsale Yacht Club's Squib Frostbite Series, the overall win went to Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan in Outlaw.
There were 15 races sailed and three discards in the 12-boat fleet, leaving Travers and O'Riordan with a 5.5-point winning margin. Colm Dunne and Fiona Ward were second in Allegro.
Third was Club Commodore Matthia Hellstern sailing with Colm Daly in third place.
Unfortunately, there was not enough wind to race on the final day of Kinsale Yacht Club's Squib Frostbite Series Photo: Bob Bateman
Squib winners Keith O'Riordan (left) and Ian Travers in Outlaw were the overall winners of Kinsale Yacht Club's Squib Frostbite Series Photo: Bob Bateman
Fiona Ward and Colm Dunne were second overall at Kinsale Yacht Club's Squib Frostbite Series Photo: Bob Bateman
Kinsale Yacht Club's Squib Frostbite Series Prizegiving Photo Gallery by Bob Bateman
“Shindig is an old boat, very traditional, down-to-earth, you wouldn’t have the luxury of the super yachts around down here, some of which are massive cruising machines with every gadget known to man, but she suits us perfectly and makes good speed,” Alice Kingston says on the phone from Antigua in the Caribbean which herself and husband, Tony, a former Cork Harbour Pilot, have reached on their voyage from Kinsale.
“From here, we’re going to make our way to Fort Lauderdale. We’ll try and see as many of the islands as we can, probably stopping in St.Barts, St.Kitts and the British Virgin Islands, and we’ll take Shindig out of the water in Florida and then head for home in April sometime. Tony and Alice are members of Kinsale Yacht Club and left their home port a few months back, were crewed by family and friends to Barbados, from where they carried on by themselves.
Alice Kingston at the helm of Shindig in the Caribbean
They originally bought, Shindig, a Swan 40 that is fifty years old and sailed it from the USA back to Kinsale three years ago with their son and daughter. Tony and his brother, George, restored the boat in Kinsale Boatyard.
Apart from using the engine for an hour a day to charge batteries, it’s been all sailing for the couple, using the main and head sail. They have found some areas pretty crowded with boats.
Shindig anchored in Antigua
“At Martinique, there was an 800-berth marina which was full and wouldn’t have space for two weeks,” said Alice on my Maritime Ireland March Podcast, “but we prefer anchorages anyway, and we swim ashore from the boat because you’re advised if possible not to use the dinghy. We’ve used it only twice. We anchor close to shore and swim ashore with our dry bags when we need to, so we’re getting loads of swimming, but the water is warm, thirty degrees, so it’s no hardship. Many boats have water-makers. We are living very simply really on the boat, which is lovely to get back to that kind of living. It shows you can do with so much less,” Alice said.
Listen to Alice Kingston on the Podcast here
