HOPEFULLY it isn’t ominous – but the dining room lightshade hanging over the table at yacht designer Rob Doyle’s design-savvy home is a design called Titanic. On the plus side, the sleek, long light has been in place for quite a few years, unlike that fateful ship.

THE season’s racing finally drew to a close at the Royal Cork YC at Crosshaven with the last events of the Laser series and of the multihull leagues.