Harrison and Disney win at Cork

After conclusion of Friday's final race

Peter Harrison's 2003 IRM UK National Championship winning Farr 52 Chernikeeff 2 clinched the IRM Class winning the final long inshore race.

With just a relatively soft south westerly breeze blowing and not much more than six to eight knots promised by forecasters, the race officer not only made the prudent choice to set the shortest available course option, and then scored himself some extra popularity by shortening the course still further.

This produced a long beat up to Kinsale from the Cork safe ground buoy and a corresponding run back with the finish at the same mark.

Again Chernikeeff were quick off the start line and built an early lead over Bear of Britain. Working the wind shifts well, they identified a band of compressed, stronger pressure under the cliffs and by the windward mark were two and a half minutes clear of Babbalaas, the leading Farr 45, and had Bear of Britain in check.

There was little change on the return downwind, with the same strategy required: keeping in the best pressure and again, with a clear advantage racing from the front Chernikeeff crossed first to win on corrected time from David Murrin's 2XL, the Farr 40.

Harrison's Chernikeeff 2 won six clear points from David McLean's Babbalaas which held second by virtue of count back, while 2XL sailed consistently well through the regatta.

"Our main objective today was not to make any mistakes and I think we managed that." reported Chernikeeff's navigator Marc Fitzgerald, "If Babbalaas had won today we needed to be no worse than sixth, so it was worth being careful and not doing anything rash. We had loads of pace and were cool and calm among the crew. There were loads of worthwhile windshifts to use and we also used that band of pressure under the cliffs well, when some boats went offshore and caught a real cold."

"It has been a good class with some good quality opposition. IRM was tweaked a little through the winter to try and reduce any advantage the big boats were perceived to have but there is a reasonable spread among the top boats," Fitzgerald continued.

Chernikeeff 2 has sailed this week for the first time with a trim tab, taking advantage of the change in the rating rules regarding moveable appendages designed to accommodate canting keels.

"We noticed it was relatively free of penalty - we take three points under IRC - and we had a spare keel in the yard after we had a new keel under warranty, so we saw it as an opportunity worth trying. We still need to do some work on it but it seemed good this week in flat water and not so effective in a sea-way."

In the showcase Class 0 fleet, Roy Disney's Pyewacket had a close call when
the breeze died close to the finish, allowing the smaller boats behind with wind to make substantial gains on the sole MaxZ86 footer who was much further ahead on the Coastal course. In the end however, third place was enough to secure the overall win in the class.

The only firm victor going into the closing stages was Robin Aisher's Yeomantix, his son-in-law Anthony O'Leary's Antix that he was racing with his own crew from the Solent for the week. A 12 point advantage, counting four wins was enough to secure Class 1 with comfort.

In the Sigma 33 European Championship, defending title-holder Tim Goodbody on White Mischief was only able to manage third overall as the event was won by Scottish entry Squawk skippered by Colin Porteous from Largs Sailing Club with 470 trialist Mark Plummer on board as tactician.

Amongst the IRC Handicap classes, Colm Barrington's new Jason Ker 39-footer Flying Glove was able to oust DK46 footer Erivale in the final coastal race to take second overall to Pyewacket in Class Zero.

There were plenty of Irish celebrations in Crosshaven this evening as homeside crews had victories in three classes including George Sisk's Wow from the Royal Irish YC in Class 1, Anthony Gore-Grimes from Howth YC on Dux in Class 6 and Paralympian John Twomey's Cool Runnings Too who reclaimed his overall lead on Class Seven in his Sonar.

Final Overall Results

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Type	Owner	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Tot
		IRM
1	GBR52R	Chernikeeff 2	Farr 52	Peter Harrison	2	6	1	2	5	1	1	12
2	GBR5955T	Babbalaas	Farr 45	David McLean	6	5	3	4	1	2	3	18
3	GBR10R	2XL	Farr 40	David Murrin	3	2	11	5	2	4	2	18
4	GBR521R	Bear of Britain	Farr 52	Kit /Tim Hobday/Louis	21	6	5	1	4	6	6	27.5
5	GBR8448R	Rebel	Farr 45	David Franks & DuncanMorris	1	1	4	12	6	6	11	28.5
6	GBR745R	WOLF	Farr 45	Glynn Williams	11	3	2	7	3	3	18	29
7	GBR50R	Atomic Struan	Farr 45	David Cullen	7	10	8.5	6	8	10	8	47.5
8	GBR1445R	Audacious	Farr 45	David Wadsworth	12	13	8.5	8	7	7	7	49.5
9	AUS69R	Cacharaza	Farr 40	Marcos Vivian	8	9	10	13	14	9	4	53
10	GBR1640R	Too Steamy	Farr 40	Nick & Annie Haigh	5	17	14	9	9	8	13	58
11	GBR1106L	High Life	Ker 11.3	Peter & John Rogers & Taggart	15	19	12	3	12	11	12	65
12	GBR6638R	Alice	Mumm 36	Simon Henning,	14	4	15	15	13	15	5	66
13	GBR1105L	Minnie The Moocher	Ker 11.3	Anthony Richards	4	15	7	21	11	14	17	68
14	GBR1107L	El Gringo	Ker 11.3	Nick Hartshorn	10	18	13	14	10	13	9	69
15	GBR1103L	Kerisma	Ker 11.3	Stephen Bromley	9	11	16	17	15	12	15	78
16	GBR1109L	Team Langley	Ker 11.3	Tony Langley	17	8	19	11	16	17	10	79
17	GBR1104L	I-Site	Ker 11.3	Steve Travis	13	14	6	16	17	16	19	82
18	GBR567R	Zzing	Mumm 36	Bob Fisher	16	16	17	10	21	19	16	94
19	GBR1108L	Skipjack of Cowes	Ker 11.3	Alex Spring	18	12	18	18	18	18	14	98
20	IRL12732	Jabberwocky	Mumm 36	Tim Costello	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	116
		IRC0
1	USA4	Pyewacket	MaxZ 86	Roy E Disney	11	1	1	1	28	1	3	18
2	IRL3939	Flying Glove	Ker 39	Colm Barrington	2	4	4	5	6	5	1	21
3	GBR236R	Erivale	DK 46	Robert Elliot	1	5	3	6	5	4	4	22
4	NED7260	Satori	Grand Soleil 45	Steven Blom	7	9	5	28	3	3	5	32
5	USA50002	Constanter	Swan 62	Will Mesdag	5	13	7	3	2	8	11	36
6	RUS7	Follow me	IMX 45	Serguei Kotsiouba	3	8	6	9	11	12	2	39
7	IVB6821	Chippewa	Swan 68	Clay Deutsch	8	12	11	4	4	2	12	41
8	IRL4500	Exabyte 3	IMX 45	Shaun Frohlich	9	3	8	13	9	6	6	41
9	GER5386	Morning Glory	MaxZ 86	Hasso Plattner	10	2	2	2	1	28	28	45
10	GBR4321	Flirt	Corby 49	Richard/Jose Matthews/Alvarez	6	11	9	28	7	7	8	48
11	GBR9210L	Minx	Corby 41.5	Andrew Ritchie	15	7	13	7	13	9	7	56
12	GBR7745R	McFly	Swan 45	Tony Mack	4	6	10	11	18	17	9	57
13	GBR9050	Piper at the Gates of Dawn	Swan 45	Charles Swingland	13	10	19	12	10	15	10	70
14	GBR1665	Desperado of Cowes	Swan 65	Richard Loftus	16	28	15	8	8	11	17	74.5
15	NED27	Tonnerre De Breskens	Lutra 52	Pleter Willem Vroon	12	15	12	10	12	17	15	76
16	GBR4896R	Assauge-Alvine	Swan 48	Harry Evans	17	28	16	17	14	16	13	93
17	GBR124	Yeoman of Hamble	Judel Vrolijk 46	David Aisher	18	28	14	14	16	14	20	96
18	GBR133L	Jump	J 133	Bernard Lambilliotte	14	28	18	15	20	18	14	99
19	USA23	Breakaway	Santa Cruz 70	Michael Webb	28	17	22	16	15	13	19	102
20	GBR125L	Wings of the Wind	J 125	Steven Thorpe	20	16	26	19	19	28	17	117
21	GBR5021L	Disco Inferno	First 47.7	Matthew Abbiss	19	28	17	20	21	28	18	123
22	FRA29428	KOD1	Kod 33	Axel Chawngall	28	28	20	18	17	19	28	130
23	NED523	Pride	Sydney40	Adrian McCarroll	28	14	21	24	25	28	21	133
24	GBR7404T	Soleil lll	First 47.7	Robert Martin	21	28	23	21	22	28	22	137
25	GBR2436R	Full Pelt X	Richards 36 fpx	Stephen Fein	22	18	27	25	28	28	24	144
26	GBR9347R	Capricorno	One Off 50	Lloyd Norton	28	28	24	22	23	28	23	148
27	GBR3000	Crusade of Dee	Gurney 62	Nicholas Roach,	28	28	25	23	24	28	28	156
		IRC 1
1	IRL9779	Wow	J 133	George Sisk	9	7	2	1	1	1	7	19
2	GBR1540R	Maverick 2	IMX 40	Christopher Sharples	7	1	3	5	4	11	5	25
3	IRL8833	Dark Angel	Dubois 37	Eamon Connelly	3	8	1	15	7	2	8	29
4	GBR2027	Eclipse	Humphreys 40	Douglas Hassell	1	5	6	7	8	10	3	30
5	GBR9369R	Bateleur 97	BH 36	Chris Bonar	11	3	5	2	15	8	4	33
6	IRL5718	Loose Change	IMX 40	Maurice Mitton	13	6	7	12	5	6	6	42
7	IRL4470	White Tiger	First 44.7	Timothy Oliver Sheehy	4	15	15	3	13	7	13	55
8	IRL1965	Mustang Sally	Corby 36/95	John Symington	2	12	4	22	10	12	21	61
9	GBR6514N	Bare Knuckles	Prima 38	Robert Gateshiul	6	14	20	6	6	10	23	61.5
10	GBR6513N	Wight Link	Prima 38	Ben Archer	14	18	9	14	3	5	19	63
11	GBR6505N	Another Nods	Prima 38	Richard Booth	18	11	16	4	9	15	12	67
12	IRL4477	Freya	X442 Mk II	Conor Doyle	28	21	8	8	14	3	18	72
13	GBR940R	Exabyte 2	IMX 40	Jerry Otter	8	4	21	24	17	33	2	76
14	GBR4072C	Tundra	Seaquest 36	Donald Sharp	12	33	11	18	19	16	1	77
15	GBR6515N	Kylidh	Prima 38	Guy Spurr	5	9	10	33	11	33	10	78
16	GBR6501N	White Knuckles	Prima 38	Mervyn Hughes	16	13	22	9	12	13	22	85
17	GBR8383R	Mighty Max Two	Prima 38	Neil Thomas	15	19	18	11	16	14	14	88
18	IRL2003	Gloves Off	Corby 38	Jim/ Kieran O Mahony/ Twomey	26	33	13	10	22	21	9	101
19	GBR49R	Blue Magic	Grand Soleil 45	Robert Napier	30	28	20	22	2	4	33	106
20	GBR7930R	Panther	Mumm 30	David Eddowes	19	2	23	26	23	24	15	106
21	GBR1381R	Mostly Harmless	Prima 38	Tom Hayhoc	10	10	14	23	33	33	16	106
22	GBR8416R	Freckles	J 120	Mike & Ann, Riley,	20	17	33	19	21	19	17	113
23	GBR3949R	Jinja	J 120	Ian Matthews	17	26	27	23	18	20	11	115
24	GBR6504N	Talisman	Prima 38	Andrew Williams	22	22	17	13	33	33	24	131
25	GBR7753T	Gusto IV	Prima 38	Andrew Hinton-Lever	21	25	25	25	20	22	20	133
26	GBR8720R	J'ouvert	J 120	Jonathan Webb	24	20	28	21	26	23	26	140
27	GBR6511N	Closing Time	Prima 38	David Riley	25	24	20	20	33	33	25	147
28	GBR531	Masquerade of Cowes	Swan 46	Roger Motson	27	27	26	27	24	17	27	148
29	RSA918	Zimbali	Mumm 30	Thomas Smyth	23	16	24	28	33	33	33	157
30	GBR8186T	Tacktix	X 442 MKII	Richard Arkle	29	23	33	33	25	18	33	161
31	F550	Mustang Sally	Farr 46	Warren Batt	33	29	33	29	33	33	28	185
32	IRL10482	Touche V	X 47	Colm O'Nuallain	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	198

IRC2
1 Tarka (N Jones);
2 Calyx Voice & Data/Voodoo Chile (E Crosbie);
3 Salvo (P Morton).

IRC3 1 Yeomantix (R Aisher);
2 OBSESSION (B & D Rose);
3 Checkmate (Mac Carthy).

IRC4
1 TBS/DSM (J Burgaud);
2 Jacana (B Douglas);
3 Inis-Mor (B Gouy).

IRC5
1 Fixation (N Fullagher);
2 Ruthless (M Pearson);
3 Dick Dastardly (B Cunningham).

IRC6
1 Dux (A Gore-Grimes);
2 Phantom (Guinan & Neenan);
3 Respect (T Brennan).

IRC7
1 Cool Runnings Too (J Twomey);
2 Throbber (S Rees);
3 Purple Haze (A Dodd).

Sigma 38
1 Supernatural Dominic, (Cahill);
2 Festina Lente (P Meakins);
3 Errislannan (P Kirwan).

Sigma 33
1 Squawk (C Porteous);
2 Honey of Bosham (J Platt);
3 White Mischief (T Goodbody).

Sigma 33 Silver
1 Miss Behavin (D O'Reilly);
2 Rajah (R Summers);
3 Blue Peregrine (Mc Donald &Wright).

Gentlemen No Spinaker
1 Cornovaille Magic 2 (Cornouaille Nautique);
2 MGM Boats (R O'Leary);
3 Fastrack V (N De Quervain Colley).

Gentlemen No Spinaker cat 1 2 Sailors
1 SplashDance (G d'Esterre Roberts);
2 Enigma of Tamar (J Dryburgh);
3 Singita (L Johnston.

Cork Week Gentlemen No Spinaker Restricted
1 Cornovaille Magic 2 (Cornouaille Nautique);
2 MGM Boats (R O'Leary);
3 Fastrack V (N De Quervain Colley).

ECHO
1 Foxy Lady (E Curtis);
2 Champagne (B Kenny);
3 Sunsail 4 (Sunsail).

Mixed Sports Boats
1 Gentelman's Club (P Heys);
2 4 Walls 4 Sale (T Rayer);
3 Pure 6 (McClure & Moore).

X332
1 Yellow Rose (M Jan Ringers);
2 Peanut (J Butler);
3 Roxanne (R&L Smith).

IRC0C
1 Follow me (S Kotsiouba);
2 Exabyte 3 (S Frohlich);
3 Assauge-Alvine (H Evans).

1720
1 King Quick (G Scott);
2 Express Security Group (S Douglas);
3 Mr & Mrs (C Mitchell).

Prima 38
1 Bare Knuckles (R Gateshiul);
2 Wight Link (B Archer);
3 Another Nods Richard Booth.

Hunter 707
1 Charlie Fish (I May);
2 Pocket Battleship (M Gillet);
3 The Anthill Mob (R Mead).

Impala
1 Sprack (H English);
2 Whistlin' Dixie (T Keelan);
3 Crescent Moon (Cr Perry).

Laser SB3
1 Baby Blue (B Shelley);
2 Laser Sailing (C Blackburn);
3 Bandit (Head & McAdoo).