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The 17th Red Funnel l Easter challenge regatta eventually got two races started yesterday after competitors waited for two days for the weather to clear. The regatta attracts a large and diverse fleet of racing and cruising yachts...

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... and some of the finest sailing talent including gold medalist Ben Ainsle aboard TP52 ‘Henri Llyod Cutting Edge’. There are over 20 different designers or brand of yachts which makes for some interesting comparisons, especially this being a Rolex Commodores’ Cup trial event for the UK teams, although due to only two races been run it’s likely another trial event will have to be run.

Among the Irish in attendance were Silk Glove, Blondie IV, Jump Juice and Voodoo Chile. In IRC 0, Colm Barringtons new Kerr 39 ‘Silk Glove’ finished 1st scoring a 1st and 2nd place to clear Fever, Swan 45 by 3 points. The boat was chartered Anthony O’Leary who is part of the Irish Commodore Cup Team.

In IRC 1, Blondie IV, a Mark Mills designed King 40 and owned by Eamonn Rohan performed well for her first outing finishing with a 1st place podium finish closely followed by fellow Corkman Conor Phelan with Jump Juice. Also, ex Flying Glove and now Erivale 3 finished 3rd in IRC 1 proving she is still a boat to be reckoned with.

Other attending Irish included Dun Laoghaire boat ‘Voodoo Chile’ who retired due to gear damage and Hamble based J109 Blond.ie who also retired after an on the water incident.

Results below;

IRC 0

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Type of Boat	Owner	Handicap	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2
1	IRL3939	Silk Glove	Ker 39	Colm Barrington	1.131	3	1	2
2	GBR945R	Fever	Swan 45	Stuart Miller	1.184	6	3	3
3	GBR1545R	Poppy of Portland Marina	First 45	David Lancefield	1.136	8	7	1
4	GBR998R	Freddie Freeloader	Farr 45	Eamonn O'Nolan	1.227	8	4	4
5	GBR2045R	Alice II	Farr 45	Simon Henning	1.233	12	2	10
6	GBR8448R	Rebel	Farr 45	Stewart Whitehead	1.231	13	5	8
7	GBR95R	Dark & Steamy	DK46	Nick Haigh	1.21	14	9	5
8	GBR1445R	Fortis Excel	Farr 45	Agne Nilsson	1.23	15	6	9
9	GBR46L	Shockwave	DK46	Nick Lutte	1.209	18	12	6
10	GBR150L	Novus Arca	First 50	Ched Hill	1.169	18	11	7
11	GBR907R	P42	Stimson 42	Peter Jackson	1.14	25	14	11
12	GBR1130L	Moondance	Shipman 50	Cornel Riklin	1.156	25	13	12
13	GBR4512R	Exabyte Four	Farr 45	Shaun Frohlich	1.23	29	8	21
14	GBR9160T	Espresso Martini	Farr 45	Alexander Williams	1.232	31	10	21
15	GBR641	Hope & Glory/Unicef	Humphries 50	Rob Gibson	1.153	42	21	21
15	GBR4545R	Fraxious	Farr 45	Jack Pringle	1.232	42	21	21
15	GBR4601L	Fair Do's VII	Ker 46	John Shepherd	1.185	42	21	21
15	GBR4908R	Pace	Marten 49	Simon Tate & Johnni Vincent	1.257	42	21	21
15	GBR7400R	Hooligan VI	Farr 40	Edward Broadway	1.189	42	21	21
15	GBR9402R	Audacious	Dubois 40	Jon Pegg	1.167	42	21	21

IRC 1

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Type of Boat	Owner	Handicap	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2
1	IRL3008	Blondie IV	King 40	Eamonn Rohan	1.116	3	1	2
2	IRL2007	Jump Juice	Ker 37	Cornor & Denise Phelan	1.098	5	4	1
3	GBR236R	Erivale III	Kerr 39CR	Jerry Otter	1.118	5	2	3
4	GBR8410R	Premier Flair	Elan 410	Lucy Macgregor	1.081	9	5	4
5	GBR6503N	Sailplane	Prima 38	Rob Bottomley	1.079	10	3	7
6	GBR1540R	Maverick 2	IMX 40	Dominic Chappell	1.093	12	6	6
7	GBR7777L	Passion	Elan 410	Paul Jones	1.072	13	8	5
8	GBR7382R	Jaguar Logic	Reflex 38	Sailing Logic	1.066	15	7	8
9	GBR5991T	Prime Suspect	Mills 36	Dave Richards	1.074	18	9	9
10	GBR7381R	Cougar	Reflex 38	Steve Blake	1.063	22	12	10
11	GBR410L	Esprit	Elan 410	Neil Vardy	1.078	29	10	19
12	GBR447L	Vespucci's Black Sheep	First 44.7	John Stapleton	1.115	30	11	19
13	GBR39R	Magnum II	IMX 40	Andrew Pearce	1.08	38	19	19
13	GBR1381R	Mostly Harmless	Prima 38	Tom Hayhoe	1.08	38	19	19
13	GBR4243T	Jackdaw	J 39	David Walters/Andrew McIrvine	1.06	38	19	19
13	GBR9859T	Addiction	40.7	Paul Jenkins	1.071	38	19	19
13	GBR9863	In X Celsis	X119	Peter Jones	1.073	38	19	19
13	GBR9949T	Palsif	First 40.7	Alan Draper	1.068	38	19	19

IRC 2

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Type of Boat	Owner	Handicap	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2
1	GBR7031T	Sanguma	Ker 31	Chris Walmsley	1.036	4	1	3
2	GBR7712R	Zarafa	HOD 35	Peter Scholfield	1.031	4	2	2
3	GBR73R	Salvo	Beneteau 34.7	Peter Morton	1.012	6	5	1
4	GBR3938R	Steady Barker	Bavaria 38	Michael Brough	1.038	8	4	4
5	GBR8901R	Jahmali	J109	Mike Wallis	1.033	9	3	6
6	GBR979R	Malice	HOD 35	Mike Moxley	1.032	11	6	5
7	GBR1121L	Tangaroa	Pronavia 38	Steven Winstanley	1.046	17	10	7
8	GBR1405R	Elaine	Elan 37	Mike Bridges	1.031	29	7	22
9	GBR1242R	Yeoman of Wight	J 109	David Aisher	1.031	44	22	22
9	GBR6895T	Xcitable	X362 Sport	Peter Hodgkinson	1.021	44	22	22
9	GBR7005R	J-Dream	J109	David & Kirsty Apthorp	1.019	44	22	22
9	GBR8320R	White Knight V	X-332	Royal Armoured Corps Yacht Club	0.993	44	22	22
9	GBR8710T	Christina	Swan 40	Ben Mobley	1.027	44	22	22
9	GBR8799T	Wild Spirit	Sun Odyssey 40	Paul Jackson	0.993	44	22	22
9	GBR9033R	No Retreat	Corby 33	David Riley	1.044	44	22	22
9	GBR9470R	Iskareen	Corby 33	Robert Napier	1.048	44	22	22