Over the weekend of 29/30 November, Blessington SC organised a RS400 Winters Event to round off the 2025 season with a final fling before the Christmas period. The plan was for some light-hearted, fun and fast racing before the cold sets in and return to the big burning stove in the ever-friendly clubhouse.
Dave Mullaly among his rescue crew ably performed OOD duties setting the plan for 2 races each day windward-leewards with quick turnarounds. The local HAWK20 keelboats also joined in on a separate start to total 13 boats.
Saturday began with a flurry of people rigging up their RS400s with a tuning session from Alan Claffey for the 12-18 knot Northerly chilly and shifty breeze. Boats planed out full beam to the racecourse hitting over 15 knots speed starting off and setting the tone for the day.
Each boat had some mishap, a swim, a rip in the kite, a broaching experience but with a gybe-set and a big gust on the last run McCartin/Thompson robbed 2nd at the final mark from Mullaly/O'Sullivan in 3rd and that called an end to the 1st day.
Day 2 dawned with less wind but filling in and Race 3 got under way right on 11am by Dave Mullaly. This time in the 7-10 knots.
Overall a really fun event sailed in good company and friendly atmosphere showing RS sailing is still strong down south. Big thanks to Alan Claffey who was the main driver in making the event happen. All the rescue crews and their photographer skills, PRO Dave Mullally for setting great courses and of course Blessington SC for their exemplary hospitality as always, any visitors always look forward to coming back.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1st 1406 Barry Mc Cartin Harry Thompson Greystones SC ‑2 2 1 1 4
2nd 1452 Chris Helme Alan Claffey Blessington Lakes SC 1 1 ‑2 2 4
3rd 1251 Ben Graph John McGonigle Lough Ree SC ‑4 4 3 3 10
4th 1190 Sam Street Jim Haide Blessington Lakes SC ‑7 7 4 4 15
5th 1436 Andrew Mullaly Dominic O'Sullivan Killaloe SC 3 3 (DNS) DNS 16
6th 1207 Canice Keane Peter Dolan Blessington Lakes SC 6 6 5 ‑7 17
7th 1451 Lisa Flynn Savannah Blessington Lakes SC ‑8 5 7 6 18
8th 1240 Sam Smith Carl Smith Blessington Lakes SC ‑9 RET 6 5 20
9th 1509 Aaron Bailey Mike Blessington Lakes SC 5 8 8 (RET) 21
10th 728 Coen O'Reilly Odin Keane Greystones SC (DNC) DNC 9 8 28
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