Another win for Patches

Light, tight racing at the Dun Laoghaire Regatta

After postponements of up to 3 hours due to heavy mist and light winds, racing got underway on Dublin Bay this afternoon for day two of the Dun Laoghaire Regatta Championships. Easterly winds of 5 knots made for tight racing with the big boat classes last to get underway.

Patches added another win today and was clear ahead on handicap, however only three seconds separated Tim Costello's Tiamat and Colm Barrington's Flying Glove, and they follow the same order overall. With Patches the only boat to finish inside the three hour time limit in this class yesterday, overall places in this class will only be clear after the single discard is applied.

Class one saw a very impressive win of over three minutes for Adam Gosling's Yes after getting a clear break on the fleet at the first leeward mark, leaving them third overall. No Naked Flames, owned by Andrew and Niall Allen and Anthony O'Leary's Antix finished second and third respectively and now lie joint first overall.

Class Two saw some very close racing again with Blue Beret Pie winning their second race and moving into a clear lead overall. A second for Susie and John Murphy on Kinetic and sixth for Paddy Gregory on Benola leave both on joint second overall. It seems rivalry between these two Howth boats is set to continue, as they closely contested the top two places at the recent National Championships.

The Dragon fleet got their event underway today with a win for Richard Goodbody from Michael Halpenny in second place. The dinghy fleets again raced in Salthill and Fireballs, the biggest dinghy fleet saw N. Colin win today's second race with Francis Rowan coming in second, and leading overall after four races.

Sunshine and clear blue skies welcomed the sailors back to shore after racing as they look forward to another packed social programme.