Main Boat Image logos

Liebherr Irish Cruiser Racing Association Nationals – GS43 Quokka 8 Continues to Impress

The three day championship, a platform for Commodore’s Cup triallists, concluded Sunday for all classes with the run of good luck holding up with winds of 10 knots and flat seas providing exciting and tight racing. After the first race was sailed today the fleets swapped courses and sailed on their alternative course for the second race adding variety and spice to the racing

Anthony O’Leary in Antix on 0.5 pts took the Class 0 IRC title by the slimmest of margins over Dave Dwyer’s Marinerscove.ie who had 10.5 pts. Marinerscove, sailed by Nicholas O’Leary, had two first places today. Peter Rutter’s new Grand Soleil 43 Open Transom, Quokka 8 (a British Commodore’s Cup Team member) had a third and second today but was very consistent throughout the event and was able to discard a 6th and this cemented his third place on 16 points.

This was only the third outing for Quokka, and builds on her two previous wins; the forst in the Solent Points Series two weeks ago and her Class win (and second place overall in IRC)  in the RORC offshore qualifier last weekend.

Full results for all classes at www.rsgyc.ie/icra2010/

© Copyright Key Yachting Ltd 2010 - Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy
Image 01 Image 02 Image 03 Image 03 Image 03 Image 03 Image 03 Image 03 Image 03 Image 03 Image 03 Image 03