Conditions make it best day’s sailing so far

FOR the third day in a row, the gods smiled on Crosshaven yesterday, confounding the weather watchers’ predictions of atrocious conditions and delivering what was, by consensus, the best day’s sailing so far of Cork Week.

“The conditions couldn’t be better,” said Niall MacAllister as he powered his 37 foot Sun Oydssey cruiser, Jessy, into a not-so-gentle swell to chase the flotilla of boats assembled for the morning race.

“It’s a bit sloppy out here at the moment but that’s because we are facing wind against tide. Overall, though, this is a fantastic day for racing. We have five knots of wind and that’s perfect.”