If the first two days of the Covestone Asset Management Sovereigns Cup were branded “champagne sailing”, yesterday was the cork being firmly shoved back into the bottle as fresh to strong winds took their toll across the 90-strong turnout.

THE Sovereigns Cup was lifted by Anthony O’Leary at Kinsale on Saturday after his Class Zero entry Antix was judged best of the 101-boat fleet for the series that featured a full range of conditions.