Royal Cork's Oisin Pierse (14) won the Optimist Munster Championships on home waters after six races sailed in a 46-boat senior fleet.
With three wins on his scorecard, the Gaelcholáiste Carrigaline schoolboy was nine points ahead of Royal St. George Yacht Club's Caoilinn Geraghty-McDonnell on 16 points. On 24 points, Malahide Yacht Club's Conor Cronin finished third.
119 boats in three fleets contested the Championships hosted by Royal Cork Yacht Club at Crosshaven.
Both junior and senior fleets sailed the same course (with separate starts) on the Curlane bank in Cork Harbour.
Southwest winds of eight knots with gusts of 12/14 made for ideal sailing conditions for the youth sailors.
In the Main Fleet race area, a decent tide and some gusty conditions made the race track a tricky read but the pre-event favourites managed the conditions well and took their expected places on the leader board.
Peter Crowley in his Committee Vessel Sparetime was in charge of both fleets with Race Officer Tom Crosbie in charge of the Regatta fleet and also racing on the Curlane Bank.
In the Junior fleet, the overnight positions from Saturday's first three races were maintained with Malahide Yacht Club's Juliet Ryan clinching the title on 10 points, four clear of Royal St. George Yacht Club's Max O'Hare in second overall. Third was Royal Cork's, Dougie Venner.
With no protests, a prizegiving followed on Sunday afternoon. Slight technical issues with the PA system left RCYC Optimist Class Captain Rob Bateman voicing the prize winners at the top of his voice.
Opening the proceedings, he welcomed Alex Walsh of IODAI, followed by RVYC’s Rear Admiral Dinghies Maurice Collins and rounded off by Cllr. Marcia D’Alton, Chairperson from the Carrigaline Municipal District Committee of Cork County Council.
See the racing gallery of images from day one of the championships here
Bob Bateman's Optimist Munster Championships Prizegiving Photo Gallery
Regatta Fleet
1st Charlie McKieben MBSC
2nd Aurale Dion NYC
3rd Oliver Ryan MYC
4th Alex Butcher MYC
5th Theo Carney Cove SC
Best under 11 Emily Lynch RCYC
Best under 10 Louis Murphy Royal St.George YC
Best under 9 Arthur Fegan MYC
Coaches award
Most improved Matt HIras RCYC
Sportsmanship award Brendan Hughes RCYC
Youngest sailor award Fionn Pierse RCYC
Junior Fleet
Bronze
1st Finn Foley Royal St.George YC
2nd Emily Donogh Lough Derg YC
3rd Maeve Donogh Lough Derg YC
4th Thomas A Coistealbha MYC
5th Lily Donogh Lough Derg YC
Silver
1st Max O’Hare Royal St.George YC
2nd Patrick Fegan MYC
3rd Rian O’Neil RCYC
4th George Doig East Antrim Boat Club
5th Paudie A Coistealbha
Gold
1st Juliet Ryan MYC
2nd Dougie Venner RCYC
3rd James Gorman NYC
4th Olin Bateman RCYC
Senior Fleet
Bronze
1st Gemma Brady Lough Derg YC
2nd Grace Keating Lough Derg YC
3rd Conor O’Sullivan MYC
4th Henrietta Leach Lough Ree YC
5th Nathan Harris Waterford Harbour SC
Silver
1st Felix Dion NYC
2nd Marcus Shelley Royal St.George YC
3rd Hannah Scott Royal St.George YC
4th Zita Tempany Royal St. George YC
5th Suin A Coistealbha
Gold
1st Oisin Pierse RCYC
2nd Caoileann Geraghty McDonnell Royal St.George YC
3rd Conor Cronin MYC
4th Jules Start Royal St. George YC
5th Grace Cronin Royal St.George YC
More results are here.