The dawning of day two for the Championships provided some heart stopping moments for the organisers and race officials with the complete absence of wind. However, National Race Officer for the Senior Fleet, David O’Brien, must have prayed harder than anybody else and by noon with some wind starting to fill from the south he was able to get the senior fleet into a start sequence for race one of Flight Two. 
The wind having died again the race was shortened for the second beat and the result was Paul McMahon, Laser Class 1st, Alan Carr, IDRA 14 Class 2nd and Laurence Hanley, Shannon OD Class 3rd.
Race Two in Flight Two managed a south -south west breeze of 3-4 knots and the top two placings remained as for the first race with Paul McMahon and Alan Carr and third place filled this time by John Driscoll of the Squib Class.Race Three in Flight Two had Paul McMahon once again in first place with John Driscoll second and Neil Spain third. It is now looking likely that Paul McMahon (Laser) and John Driscoll (Squib) are going through to Sunday’s Final Series of races as the top two competitors in Flight Two. Paul McMahon scored three straight wins in his qualification series today. John Driscoll counted a fifth and two second places to count 9 points overall, just one point clear of Neil Spain.
Paul McMahon Laser Class HYC 3 1 1 1
John Driscoll Squib Class RNIYC 9 5 2 2
Neil Spain ICRA Division 2 HYC 10 4 3 3
Alan Carr IDRA14 Class SDC 12 2 4 6
Laurence Hanley Shannon OD Class LDYC 13 3 5 5
Annalise Murphy Laser Radial Worlds NYC 16 6 6 4
With the conclusion of Flight Two it was time for the competitors of Flight Three to take to their boats. They had indeed been having an anxious wait owing to the weather and lack of wind that pertained during the earlier part of the day. However, for Race One of Flight Three a breeze of 6 knots southwesterly had appeared and it was Tim Corcoran who took the win, followed by Dave Dwyer and Colin Chapman.
In Race two at the first leeward mark, Michael Duffy, Patrick Dillon and Tim Corcoran rounded with virtually nothing between them. Colin Chapman, Garreth May and Andrew Gallagher were hot on their heels with David Dwyer just behind.
Race Two for Flight Three finished with Michael Duffy in first place, Tim Corcoran in second and Garrett May third.
Race Three was won by Colin Chapman, followed by Michael Duffy and Dave Dwyer. It now looks like the three qualifiers for the final to-morrow are Tim Corcoran, Colin Chapman and Dave Dwyer.
Provisional results for Flight Three are:
Tim Corcoran GP 14 Class SYC 8 1 2 5
Colin Chapman National 18 Class RCYC 9 3 5 1
David Dwyer ICRA Division 0 RCYC 9 2 4 3
Michael Duffy Howth 17 Class HYC 10 7 1 2
Garrett May Puppeteer 22 Class HYC 11 4 3 4
Patrick Dillon Dublin Bay Mermaid Class RSC 18 6 6 6
Andrew Gallagher Multihull Class GBSC 19 5 7 7
The Junior & Girls fleets under Race Officer Richard Leonard, successfully completed their schedule of three races to-day. Racing will resume tomorrow with another three races to count towards the overall results.
Series Place Sail No Representing Helm M/F Series Points Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
1 181999 Euro Cup in Denmark Matthew O’Dowd M 10 4 1 5
2 179328 RS Feva Class Conor Lyden M 12 2 3 7
3 190777 Laser 4.7 Class Mark Condy M 13 3 7 3
4 190580 Laser 4.7 Class Diana Kissane F 15 7 6 2
5 195271 Youth Worlds Saskia Tidey F 20 5 9 6
6 187545 420 Youth Europeans Rob Lehane M 21 1 19 1
7 174794 Mirror Class Cillian Dickson M 26 9 4 13
8 186295 Laser 4.7 Wild Card Sophie Murphy F 27 14 5 8
9 190754 Laser Radial Class Ruth Harrington F 29 15 10 4
10 191879 RS Feva Class Belle Morehead F 30 6 12 12
11 177849 Mirror Wild Card Cormac Diskson M 31 12 8 11
12 190671 Mirror Class Kerri Ann Boylan F 32 10 13 9
13 187591 Topper Class Finn Lynch M 33 16 2 15
14 173156 Topaz Class Emily Jones F 35 11 14 10
15 190750 Laser Standard Class Conor Simms M 38 13 11 14
16 161401 Topaz Class James Quealy M 42 8 15 19
Pictures from the event can be seen on Bateman Gallery
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