Kinsale Yacht Club emerged as the winner of the inaugural Irish Sailing League 2024 after 20 races sailed off Dun Laoghaire on Sunday.
The light wind league was hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club and organised by Kenny Rumball and his Irish National Sailing School team in the school's fleet of J80 keelboats.
According to provisional results (below), the 20-race event—with no discard—saw Kinsale finish on 98 points five points ahead of Dublin rivals, the Royal St. George Yacht Club.
The Kinsale winners were Sam Hunt, Micheal O’Suilleabhain, Sorcha O’Suilleabhain, Ben Fusco and Mike Carroll, who were presented with the inaugural Irish Sailing League Cup and winners medals by league organiser Kenny Rumball.
Courtown Sailing Club from County Wexford finished third with 106 points.
In a successful staging that featured many firsts for an Irish regatta, the organisers pioneered the use of robotic marks, which have been hailed as a great success.
Conditions were such that virtually every course changed with regard to wind strength and direction, and Race Officer Barry O'Neill told Afloat that "the event would not have been possible without robotics."