Mel & Sophie Collins from Royal Cork YC sailing 69659 - Renaissance lead after day 1 of the Mirror Euros. Places are tight at the top of the fleet with 3 boats on 8 points being split on countback
Mel lead race 1 from the 1st mark after playing the shifts up the left hand side of the beat.
Rob Keil & Cillian Foster in 70237 - North Scales (sailing as 7030) was 2nd & Oscar Langan & Lughaidh Croasdell in 70465 got up to third on the final triangle when Rory & Oisin MacAllister in 70883 hit the gybe mark.
In Race 2 it was Ben Graf & Hannah Smyth in 70428 - Q'White Hot who played the shifts best to lead at the first mark with Mel & Sophie 2nd & Caolan Crosdell & Alexander Farrell in 70696 3rd having got past Oscar & Lughaidh at the last gybe mark
Top 3 results
Boat | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | Points | Place |
69659 - Renaissance | Mel Collins | Sophie Collins | RCYC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
70428 - Q'White Hot | Ben Graf | Hannah Smyth | LRYC | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
70237 - North Scales (sailing as 7030) | Rob Keal | Cillian Foster | RCYC | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 |