Following the tumultus arrival of the Open 70's in to the docks during the early hours of the morning, the dock gates had to be closed for security reasons and the Rescue and Mark Laying boats were left locked inside the dock, however Harbour Master , Brian Sheridan and his very tired and obliging team arranged a crane at short notice and lifted the boats over the Dock Gate. This allowed the racing go ahead and and completion of the series. Whilst many forecasters had expected the weather to moderate on Sunday the reality was quite different, a fresh to strong breeze filled in from the south west with gusts in excess of 25 knots, Principal Race Officer and his team decided to lay courses from the Leverets Light to seaward in the relative shelter of the Bay with upwind and downwind legs which made for very exciting and spectacular racing close to the LE CIARA anchored nearby.
The event was finally won in the last race by Timmy O Laoire and Luke Malcolm who quite clearly thrived in the strong breeze and tough sea conditions planing up the beats and surfing downwind to win the title convincingly. Top GBSC boat went to Gerry Drudy and Dympna O Byrne and top Spiddal Sailing Club Boat went to Father and Son Combination of Stephen and Ronan O Gorman.
- John Leech