Kinsale Yacht Club returned to club cruiser monthly league racing after the Sovereigns Cup dominated activities, with racing in the Blue Haven Group Summer Series.
Dan Buckley’s ‘Justus’ a J109, won the first race in IRC1 and ECHO handicaps from Stephen Lysaght’s ‘ Reavra Too’ an Elan 333, with Finbarr O’Regan’s ‘Artful Dodjer’ another J109 third, the same placings in ECHO.
Samuel Cohen’s ‘Gunsmoke,’ a First 32, won Class 2 from Patrick Beckett’s ‘Miss Charlie’ with ‘No Notion’ (O’Regan/O’Sullivan) third. ‘Gunsmoke’ also won in ECHO from ‘Miss Charlie’. Nigel Dann’s ‘Val Kriss’ was third. IRC 3 fleet winner was ‘Swift’ (Paul Cotter/Dominic Falvey), second was ‘Apache’ (Alan Mulcahy) and third Padraig O’Donovan’s ‘Chameleon’.
ECHO handicap Fleet 3 winner was ‘Toroloco’ (Raymond Hanley), second Martin Hargrove’s ‘Deboah’ and third ‘Swift.’