Cork enjoys twice the va va Vroon

Dutch entry Tonnerre de Breskens, owned by Piet Vroon, continued its foray into Irish waters this week by opening class zero at Cork Week with two emphatic race wins.

Local class favourite Anthony O’Leary, on Antix, placed outside the top three in the nine-boat class after scoring two sixth places.

At 46 feet overall, Tonerre is jointly the largest boat in the 101-boat regatta as the exotic super-maxis of the super zero class are absent this year.