Fickle conditions provide tough tests

STRONG winds forecast for today’s third and penultimate day of the Sovereigns Cup at Kinsale could yet prove as decisive as yesterday’s light and extremely fickle conditions off the Old Head of Kinsale.

All classes had to deal with wind that suddenly altered direction on different parts of every course turning the racing into a lottery for the unwary.

On the high-scoring Coastal Race from near the Bulman Buoy to Courtmacsherry Bay and back, the first boat enjoyed a massive lead of almost two miles before ‘parking-up’ off the Old Head of Kinsale on the return leg as the breeze died.