21 young sailors from the NYC took part in the optimist Leinsters in Howth on 5th and 6th September 2015. We had 13 main fleet sailors and 8 regatta fleet sailors.
21 young sailors from the NYC took part in the optimist Leinsters in Howth on 5th and 6th September 2015. We had 13 main fleet sailors and 8 regatta fleet sailors.
NYC’s Stephen Oram and his helm Noel Butler won the Fireball Munster 2015 Trophy at the week-end amid the largest fleet of Fireballs (17) assembled yet this year for a Regional Event
The last race of the ISORA Avery Crest Offshore series that was sponsored by LC Tyres, took place on Saturday 12th September with the race from Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire (74 miles). The boats compete for the famous “James Eadie” trophy. As like the same race last season, the weather forecast for the race and particularly the delivery to Pwllheli was not favourable all week. This put off many of taking part in what is normally a well supported end of season race…
Congratulations to NYC members David Gorman and Chris Doorly who completed a text book win of the seven race Mitsubishi Motors Flying Fifteen national championships on Sunday, beating in the process the pre–championship favourites, visitors Steve Goacher and Martin Grady from Lake Windemere. Read the full post for a photo gallery and overall results!
The ISORA Wolf’s Head Trophy 2015 for 1st overall in the Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association series of 12 races will be decided today by the results of the Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire race!
It’s down to the wire for Liam Shanahan’s ‘J09 Ruth’ from NYC and Andrew Hall’s ‘Jackknife’ from Pwllheli Sailing!
Last weekend Finn Lynch stepped back into a Topper, the boat in which he first displayed his considerable talent, to coach some NYC juniors just staring out in this boat.