Biggs bags glory at Dun Laoghaire Regatta

Racing a 27-year revamped 30-foot yacht, Nigel Biggs won the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta yesterday with a perfect record of six race wins.

His Checkmate XV also won the national Class 2 championship at Fenit a month ago at the Irish Cruiser Racing Association series, successfully defending his 2012 title.

A fleet of 26 boats contested his class, the largest of the 25 divisions in Dun Laoghaire that eventually attracted 393-boats, down fractionally on the debut regatta in 2005.