The last weekend of 28/29 July saw the battle for the Crosbie Cup take place once again in Sutton Dinghy Club. The Crosbie Cup is a Silver & Regatta Fleet only event. The stakes were high for the 3 Royal Cork sailors travelling – the trophy travelled with them to Dublin having been won by […]
In the run in to the weekend, the forecast was looking very light and we were all worried about whether we’d get a series in. Of course, with PRO John Leech and his in-depth local knowledge, it was never in doubt. He secured 5 Junior and 4 Senior fleet races and delivered great racing, to […]
Well, the pleasant summery conditions from our first Regional of 2018 didn’t last long. The fleet well and truly took a hammering off Howth for the Leinsters, with 20-25kts and a very nasty chop for most of the weekend. However, conditions seemed to suit the Royal Cork sailors – taking Senior Fleet, Junior Fleet and […]
Having put down a breezy 2017 season, a long hard winter and then a tough Trials, the weather finally became seasonal for the first regional event of 2018. 25 boats made the journey to Malahide, where MYC hosted the Ulsters on the fabulous Broadmeadows estuary. Saturday’s 10-12 knots and warm sunshine meant the PRO got […]
As ever, Trials 2018 provided excitement, disappointment, thrills, spills, and no end of drama – there’s probably a movie in it somewhere. PRO John Leech and his team did an amazing job in the face of some very adverse forecasts – from too much breeze to virtually none. Thursday saw the three scheduled races completed, […]
