Calves Week 2023 'for the craic' will, as promised, deliver an eclectic maximum 70-boat fleet for its first race of the annual regatta next Tuesday in West Cork.
The weather looks like it may play its part, too, and as WM Nixon predicted on Saturday in Afloat, the event which may most benefit from the more benign pattern will be Calves Week from Tuesday onwards for four days.
Westerly winds gusting up to 20mph will bring all types of keelboat designs to Schull's Copper Point line, everything from a brand new keelboat from Racing Sailboats (RS) to an oceangoing fifty-foot canting keeler for the Round the Islands first race.
This year Calves Week Regatta has a new addition – at the suggestion of the bigger Class Zero boats – which is a laid windward mark at the entrance to Crookhaven Harbour. From the starting line off Schull Harbour, the fleet will have a first upwind leg of six nautical miles, tacking up Long Island channel before a turn downwind, which should make an excellent sight for shore spectators at Goleen.
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