Irish crews wary in Cowes

After the event recovered its full racing programme yesterday, with three races sailed in very light conditions, the three-boat squad has an apparently unassailable 99-point lead in the nine-team event.
Except that this is Cowes, and it’s the Commodores’ Cup, and the forecast is dire; there’s a curve ball lurking out there somewhere. The list of uncertainties begin with this morning’s scheduled Round the Island Race, a 50-mile circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight.