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After winning the honors with 15 hours ahead on the next boat placed, Niall Dowling's Baraka Gp is now unbeatable for the overall prize of the Volvo Round Ireland Race.
Although more than half of the fleet remains at sea Thursday In the evening, light winds hindered progress, so that no one can reach the arrival of Wicklow in time to improve the outcome of Dun Laoghaire . The overall result has not yet been officially declared by Wicklow Sailing Club.
"We deliberately did not look back at how the handicap game was going and Ian (Moore) kept us focused on fast sailing – we were just thrilled to have won the line honors," he said. Dowling said. "You grow up watching the race when you were a child and dreaming of participating in Round Ireland, which is a huge amount for me personally."
Dowling paid tribute to his team of childhood friends and professional sailors. Captain James Carroll of Dun Laoghaire started 18 months ago with chartered boats. The usual family boat from Dowling is a Contessa 32.
"Regardless of the result, it was very special, seeing Ireland from the sea and especially the north coast was of a spectacular beauty" said Dowling. "In 2006, we saw the Skelligs and then sailed 100 miles into the Atlantic and saw nothing of the coast."
Photograph: David Branigan / Oceansport
Moore likened the Volvo Round Ireland Race to the ascent of Kilimanjaro as a very challenging mountain and hard to climb.
In the meantime, the second boat To complete the course shortly before dawn on Thursday morning, the 60-foot Volvo Libertalia Team Jokolia from Jean-François Levbadeur.
The flow of finishers arriving at Wicklow has regularly resumed with Chris Power-Smith's Aurelia The Dun Laoghaire George Yacht Club is tentatively ranked second in the fleet of 56 boats and three race divisions.
"I'm on the moon and I'm really excited to win the second category," said Power-Smith. "It was a long and difficult race and a (possible) final result on the podium would be the icing on the cake – we would be stunned if we took the second place overall, just like the Corinthian team. [19659002] Wicklow Sailing Club for the remaining finishers to see if their handicap corrected time can be improved by any of the boats currently sailing south over the sea of Ireland.
The awards ceremony for the The Volvo Round Ireland Race 2018 will take place at 9 pm at Wicklow Sailing Club on Friday, July 6. It is likely that several boats will still be at sea and should finish at weekends and next week.
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