WITH a pair of first places from two starts at Skandia Cowes Week, Dublin’s Colm Barrington’s Ker 39 Flying Glove is the best of the Irish entries so far at the massive annual regatta on the Solent.

BRITAIN were defeated in their historic first return to the America’s Cup stage in 15 years, as they lost to Team Dennis Conner’s vastly experienced crew on Stars and Stripes in the first showcase race of the 31st America’s Cup series.