Junior Sailors Set Sail at Royal Irish Yacht Regatta

22nd July 2016

The Lansdowne Partnership Royal Irish Yacht Club Junior Regatta took place on Wednesday 20th July in challenging and changeable weather conditions.

There were 2 courses, one inside the harbour for the Optimist Regatta fleet and one outside the harbour for the Main fleet of Optimists, Lasers, 420's, RS Tera's and PY Classes. Harbour fleet Race Officer, Paddy Lee, managed to get 4 races sailed, only 3 to count, on a course that had to be set taking into account that there were tenders ferrying cruise ship passengers for the day.

Outside the Harbour, Race Officer, Henry Leonard, got three races sailed in varying wind conditions with a number of strong squalls. Both courses had a great days racing with all competitors ashore by 3pm allowing competitors to experience the carnival fun and games on the deck. Prizes were presented by Commodore of the Royal Irish Paul Sherry and Fergal Hopkins from Lansdowne Partnership (below).

Lansdowne Partnership 05

The attached results below are prize winners from the day.

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