ONE lucky sailor was rescued after falling overboard during the Sovereigns Cup in Kinsale yesterday.

Tim Goodbody took 15th in Race 8 in the Finn class to place 21st overall in the 2008 Olympics sailing regatta today.

This morning's races involving Irish sailors Ciara Peelo and Tim Goodbody have been postponed due to a lack of wind.

In sailing, Ireland’s Ciara Peelo lies 25th overall after scoring a 23rd in Race 1 and 17th in Race 2 today in the women’s single-handed Laser Radial class.

In the doubled handed men’s 470 class Ireland’s Gerald Owens and Phil Lawton lies 9th overall after scoring a 22nd in Race 1 and 1st in Race 3 in their first day of competition.

WHILE Britain’s dominant Olympic sailors marched to lead two of the three classes which have started racing on Fushan Bay off Qingdao, Ireland’s Finn sailor Tim Goodbody lies in 18th place overall after four races.

In Sailing, Ireland's Tim Goodbody lies 18th overall after scoring a 15th in Race 3 and 15th in Race 4 at the Beijing Olympics.

Olympic swimmer Andrew Bree failed to qualify from his 100m breaststroke heat despite a personal best time of 1:01.76.

THE Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) is not prepared to consider the selection of Star class sailors Peter O’Leary and Stephen Milne for this year’s Games pending the outcome of an appeal against their nomination lodged by Max Treacy and Anthony Shanks.

A GRAND total of 85 boats turned out for the opening race of the C.H. Marine Autumn League at the Royal Cork YC in Crosshaven where the skippers and crews just could not have had it any better.