Mammies come out to cheer on the sailors

There were more high spirits than high winds to set the first day of competitive racing off to a breezy start at Cork Week yesterday as sailors and landlubbers descended on Crosshaven for the biennial event.

Billed as a boutique week, the fear was that the recession, the huge success of the Volvo Ocean Race finale in Galway, and the upcoming Olympics in London would turn the week into a non-event.

Thankfully, that hasn’t happened, as diehard sailors and supporters, mostly from Ireland, Britain, and France, once again made the journey to the home of the hosts, the Royal Cork Yacht Club.