Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble Dominates Class One at Kinsale's Axiom Spring League

21st April 2024

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Class 1 of the Axiom Spring Series at Kinsale Yacht Club was dominated by James Dwyer's Half-Tonner Swuzzlebubble Credit: David Cullinane

What a difference a week makes in the Axiom Spring Series for mixed cruisers at Kinsale Yacht Club.

From last week's dramas in winter-like conditions to the blue skies and sunburn this week, Race Officer John Corkery and his team ran one race.

Class 1 was dominated by James Dwyer's Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble and Denis and Annmarie Murphy's Nieulargo. Both elected to take the left-hand side of the course on the first beat, and this paid off as they led the fleet for the rest of the race. Swuzzlebubble finished two minutes ahead of Nieulargo. Swuzzlebubble came first in both Echo and IRC in Class 1. Nieulargo came second in IRC and third in Echo. Stephen Lysaght's Reavra Too came second in Echo and third in IRC.

In Class 2, Kieran Kelleher's ¼ tonner Diamond led the fleet and came first in both Echo and IRC in Kinsale Yacht Club's Axiom Spring League Photo: David Cullinane

In Class 2, Kieran Kelleher's Quarter Tonner Diamond led the fleet and came first in both Echo and IRC. Padraig O'Donovan's Chameleon finished second in Echo and third in IRC. David Marchant's Flyover (Waterford Harbour Sailing Club) came second in IRC and third in Echo.

Alan Mulcahy's Apache continues his winning streak with first place in IRC for the fourth race in a row at Kinsale Yacht Club's Axiom Spring Series Photo: David Cullinane

In White Sails, Alan Mulcahy's Apache continues his winning streak with first place in IRC for the fourth race in a row. John O'Connor's Fast Buck from RCYC came second in IRC, followed by Patrick Beckett's Miss Charlie. Fast Buck came first in Echo, followed by Nigel Dann's Val Kriss and Apache.

Only two 1720s competed this week, with James Matthews coming first with Matthews Helly Hansen and then Bobby Nash's 1601.

A special guest was in Kinsale for the prize giving. Round the world sailor Robin Knox-Johnson was cruising in West Cork and stopped off in Kinsale, where he kindly agreed to present the prizes, having presented prizes at Royal Cork Yacht Club on Saturday evening for the annual PY 1000 race.

Robin Knox-Johnson, KYC Commodore Tony Scannell, KYC Rear-Commodore Dave Cullinane and RCYC Admiral Annamarie Fagan at the KYC Axiom Spring Series weekly prizegiving

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