Obsession and Canterbury lead Kinsale classes

TWO races were sailed at Kinsale on Easter Monday in the Kevin O’Leary Nissan April League series and now it is down to the wire for some as they face into the final race on Saturday. The influence of Munster’s rug

The north easterly breeze was light and very shifty for the first race at Easter, with a strong ebb running. Crews had to use every ounce of their skills as positions changed at every tack. The officer of the day, Alan Crosbie, with Ted Ender and Giles Battcock gave the fleets a beat to Bullman against the tide and then spinnakers to Black Head and Hake. Then it was a beat again to Bullman and a harbour mouth finish.

In the second race, on a similar course, winds were forecast to go light and all 43 finishers met with huge wind shifts, slackening winds and falling tide.