Sheeran Insurances Mixed Dinghies Frostbite Series 23 November 2003

Sheeran insurances have once again kindly sponsored the Royal Cork Yacht Club mixed dinghy series 2003. The series will be held over 4 weeks (first two weeks of November were cancelled) . Three Races are scheduled per day. Race Start each day will be at 12:30. Racing will be held each Sunday, except for Saturday the 6th of December. 12 races are scheduled, One discard will apply after 4 races.  

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Sunday 23 November Report 23 November 2003

The mixed dinghies series enjoyed some excellent racing last Sunday in the fresh conditions. With a northerly breeze blowing down the harbour the Multihulls revelled in the fresh conditions. Jim Sheeran sailing with Chris Sheeran showed a consistent results in Race One and two and led the fleet around the course. Meanwhile the battle was going on for 2nd place between Mark Donegan sailing with Orla Duggan in their Laser II against Kevin Boyd and Simon Woodward in their Spitfire. The Spitfire taking 2nd place by seconds from the laser 2, however the race results were to be reversed in Race 2 with Mark Donegan and Orla Duggans Laser two taking 2nd position with the spitfire coming third.  

Race three saw the closest race of the day when Yvonne Sheehan sailing her tiger led the fleet at the top Mark with Jim Sheeran’s tiger close on her heels. With the two tiger’s fighting it out on the down wind leg, the spifire set chase. However the gusty northerly breeze caught the spifire unawares and left the team swimming in the harbour. The race leader cam down to the final mark rounding with Yvonne Sheehan gaining the inside line on the leeward and crossed the finish line two seconds ahead of Jim Sheeran’s Tiger. The overall standings after three races, Jim Sheeran – 4pts, Kevin Boyd - 9 pts, Yvonne Sheehan -10pts.

Event News

Yvonne On Tour 17 July 2003

F18 Worlds Koksijde Belgium July 7th – 13th The fleet comprised of 102 registered boats, varying from Olympic catamaran sailors to F18 Supremo's from 11 nations competing in varied conditions. A women’s team of, Elaine Taylor Ballyholme and Yvonne Sheehan Royal Cork Yacht Club represented Ireland. The Irish pair finished 1st Women’s Team and 15th overall in the Silver Fleet. Day one was sailed in a moderate force three and sunny conditions, Emmanuel and Vincent BOULOGNE (FRA) and Darren BUNDOCK and Glen ASHBY took full advantage, leading their respective flights in the qualification stage of the regatta. The Irish scored two 20th places and a 38th. After day two of qualification was cancelled, due to lack of wind, it was down to the wire to decide the final places for the fleet split into Gold and Silver for the final races on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and after a few protests were heard, the final split was decided. Four races were sailed on Friday and it was Bundock and Ashby who dominated the first three, with a second and two firsts, however, they beat themselves to the overall lead by being black flagged in the fourth. The World championship was won by, the Boulogne brothers on the penultimate day of racing. In difficult light to medium, choppy conditions, they succeeded in hammering home their advantage with two firsts in the bag. A sixth on the final day clinched it from Colby and Comenisch in second and Bundock and Ashby left thinking “what if”, in third. The silver fleet only managed one race on the final day, as the time limit for starting the fleet was exceeded; when the fleet were called back three times on general re-calls. The Irish put in their best performance on the last race, finishing in 8th position, and this was enough to secure them the first women’s team placing at the 2003 f18 Worlds. There were very balanced results in the Silver fleet, with no less than seven different designs in the top ten: CIRRUS, HUNTER, NACRA, MATTIA, MYSTERE, TWISTER, HOBIE TIGER ... proving the club sailors still do have a real choice in buying their F18 from their favourite dealer. Hobie Tiger Europeans – Travamunde July 22nd – 26th 2003 was a record entry for the Hobie Tiger European Championships, with 53 boats from 9 Nations. Ireland was represented by, Jarod Dolan and Yvonne Sheehan RCYC. Scoring 34, 26, 26, 20, 20, 31, 31, 22 The pair finished on joint points, for 30th position overall and are looking forward to next years event, which will see the Hobie Tiger European Championships in their home club Royal Cork Yacht Club. Overall Results: 1st Joerg Gosche & Christoph Boch Germany 2nd Will Howden & Cori Camenisch Switzerland 3rd Andreas Bredendiek & Nil Froehmer Germany

Event News:

Carnac May 1^st – 4^th 2003

First AWAY event of the season, saw one Hobie Tiger Travel.

Jimmy Nyhan & Yvonne Sheehan RCYC.

A Fleet of 132 Formula 18’s entered and the Irish Duo, made it to the Gold Fleet, finishing 58^th overall. The long Distance race 40 miles around Houat Island had 314 entries, the Irish finished 127^th.

Dutch Open & Round Texel June 18^th - 21^st

Elaine Taylor and Yvonne Sheehan teamed up for their first event and recorded a time of 3hr 31mins 05 secs, on the 60mile round the Island Race. 525 boats started and the girls finished 155^th and 5^th girls boat.

F18 Worlds Belgium July 7^th – 13th

The Irish entry is an all Girls team, Elaine Taylor Ballyholme and Yvonne Sheehan RCYC, on the newly named Hobie Tiger – “Chicks on Top”.

A fleet of 120 boats are expected.

Hobie Tiger Europeans – Travamunde July 22^nd – 26^th

Jarod Dolan, current Irish National Multihull Champion will team up with Yvonne Sheehan RCYC. This will be Jarods first International Regatta on the Hobie Tiger, as last season, he competed on the Hobie 16, with crew Katie Dolan and Finished 2^nd Youth boat at the European Championships. His performance at the Irish Nationals 2002, taking 1^st place overall on the Hobie Tiger, against stiff competition

British Nationals Pwlheli - August 23^rd – 26^th

This event the troops will be travelling in force, with three Hobie Tigers from the RCYC making the journey:

Rob Doyle & Rob Gill

Jim Sheeran & Kevin Boyde

Yvonne Sheehan & TBC

Aruba Heineken Regatta November 2003

The last International event of the season, while the rest of the fleet, will be battling the cold in Drysuits for the Winter Leagues, Jimmy Nyham & Marita Bulwalda will be flying spinnakers in the Caribbean, to finish the 2003 season in style.