With winds between 8 and 20+ knots and plenty of squalls predicted, racing took place for the DBSC Lasers inside Dun Laoghaire harbour on Tuesday, May 10th. Staying in your boat with the mast pointing at the sky was the best tactic. In the Radials, with huge wind shifts allowing for big gains upwind, the never say die attitude of Michael Norman and Hugh Cahill allowed them to share the honours with one win each.
In the standard rig Gary O’Hare and Conor O’Leary, standing in for Theo Lyttle, battled it out. Both had capsizes and the 2nd race was particularly close after a well-fought battle for the favoured pin end at the start.
All sailors were delighted when the DBSC race committee posted a X2 course rather than X3, there were some tired sailors nursing their boats ashore afterwards.
Standard Rig
Race 1, 1: Gary O’Hare 2: Theo Lyttle
Race 2, 1: Gary O’Hare 2: Theo Lyttle
Radial rig
Race 1, 1: Hugh Cahill 2: Michael Norman 3: Judy O’Beirne
Race 2, 1: Michael Norman 2: Alison Pigot 3: Judy O’Beirne