Kinsale Yacht Club’s Victoria’s Antiques Autumn White Sail Series came to a close on Sunday 8 November with the fifth and final race. It was a proper November afternoon on the water, started out a foreboding grey, about 10°C and a cool breeze from the east to south-east.

Stephen Lysaght’s Elan 333 Reavra Too was the boat of the series in IRC 1, winning four of the five races to hold on to the title she took last year.

David Riome’s Sigma 33 Valfreya was second, with Sam Cohen’s First 32 Gunsmoke II third.

ECHO 1 told a different story. Peter and Siobhan Ryan’s Elan 37 Capella of Kinsale won the last two races to take the division from Alan Mulcahy’s Dufour 44 Godot, while Gunsmoke II collected another third.  Well done to Peter and Siobhan on winning Class 1 Echo overall and the Cimarron Trophy presented by Dave O’Sullivan, a former commodore at KYC.

In IRC 2, Padraig O’Donovan’s Fastnet 34 Chameleon never finished outside the top two all series. Behind her, Patrick Beckett’s Miss Charlie and Jakub Balica’s Guinness Kann could only be separated on countback. Miss Charlie, winner of the last two races, got the nod for second.

ECHO 2 was the biggest fleet, with 12 entries, and it went down to the final race. Chameleon led going in, but Martin Hargrove’s Deboah won on the day to take the division. Chameleon finished second and Raymond Hanley’s  Toroloco third.

There was a great atmosphere in the club afterwards as crews swapped stories from what was a great autumn series and finale.

A very special thank you to Victoria’s Antiques for your continued support and sponsorship.

Thank you to the class captains, race officers, volunteers and staff who kept the racing going through the autumn.

Thank you to Peter O Brien Property Management and to Fionnuala Dywer of Sazarec for additional prizes on the day. It really added to what was a great Autumn Series at Kinsale Yacht Club.