Endgame brings the curtain down
There was a Christmas flavour to the day but race officer Brian Cudmore had his own surprise as he set a novel course taking in Corkbeg, a beat up the west passage taking Spike Island to starboard, over to No 11 and back via Corkbeg to finish at Cage. The start was a repeat of last week’s jostle for position as the over-eagerness of the 1720s led to a general recall. The second start fared little better as they edged their way in at the Cage end, forcing other windward boats to take avoiding action. However this did little to spoil the day’s sailing in a brisk and at times gusty northwesterly breeze, ranging from around 15kt but with some very strong gusts.
In Class 1 Martin Darrer and Coleman Garvey’s True Pennance took the prize in IRC and Echo but overall both IRC and Echo went to Frank Doyle’s Endgame with True Pennance second and Ria Lyden’s Ellida third on countback but taking second in Echo.
