Irish RS400 Inland Championship at Killaloe Sailing Club

 

With the tail end of hurricane Lee sweeping the Island we saw numerous sailing events cancelled this weekend across Ireland. The team at Killaloe Sailing Club decided to go ahead as planned with the hope of getting some racing for the 33 boats entered across the three classes.

After two races on Saturday, the evening commenced with news that racing would be moved forward an hour on Sunday to try and get 3 races in before the breeze built in the afternoon. The evening entertainment began with a BBQ, which saw a great attendance due to the majority of sailors camping on site. Later in the evening many enjoyed the rugby and stayed around until the early hours before retiring for an early start the next morning.

On Sunday Sailors woke to a pleasant sunrise and winds of 12-15 kts. 

After three more closely fought races the championship saw Luke/Ryan take the win with Govan/David in 2nd and Jocelyn/Rowan 3rd with Jane McMeekin taking first masters.

Thanks to Killaloe Sailing Club for hosting a fantastic event and the 400 fleet look forward to returning in the future!

Overall Results:

Pos Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts

1st 1245 Luke McIlwaine Ryan Wilson Newcastle YC / Carrickfergus SC 2 3 2 1 ‑5 8

2nd 1549 Govan Berridge David Coleman Killaloe Sailing Club 1 1 (DSQ) 2 6 10

3rd 741 Jocelyn Hill Rown Berry County Antrim Yacht Club ‑7 2 6 3 2 13

4th 1111 Chris Helme Alan Claffey Blessington SC / National YC 3 5 ‑7 5 1 14

5th 1076 Andrew Mullally Leon Mullally Killaloe Sailing Club 5 4 4 4 ‑8 17

6th 1509 Dara McDonagh Kevin Brazel Greystones SC / DHSC 4 (RET) 5 7 3 19

7th 877 William Findlay Ben McMeekin Strangford Sailing Club 6 6 3 ‑8 4 19

8th 1353 Robert Hastings Dan Sheriff Strangford Lough YC / Ballyholme YC 8 (RET) 1 6 7 22

9th 762 Patrick McMeekin Jane McMeekin Strangford Sailing Club 10 (RET) 9 9 9 37

10th 1138 Thomas Drayton Dave Tarr Killaloe Sailing Club 9 (RET) 8 10 11 38

11th 1035 Brian Bryce Pat O'Donnell Killaloe Sailing Club ‑13 7 10 11 13 41

12th 581 Paul Cullinane Eanna Coleman Killaloe Sailing Club 11 (RET) 12 12 10 45

13th 1207 Canice Keane Daniel Ionkeu Blessington Sailing Club 12 (RET) 11 13 12 48

14th 1514 Paul Phelan Alan Leddy Greystones Sailing Club (DNS) RET DNC DNC DNC 64

14th 1436 John Callanan Eoin Enright Killaloe Sailing Club (RET) DNF DNC DNC DNC 64