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Howth Women Take Helm To National Success

29th August 2022
Aoife Hopkins and Laura Dillon after their success at the National YC
Aoife Hopkins and Laura Dillon after their success at the National YC

In a weekend in which Eve McMahon of Howth added a major Silver Medal to her year's store of internationally-achieved significant metalware, you'd think that was enough to be going on with. But the formidable female skippers of the peninsula were only getting going.

Racing at the Women at the Helm Regatta on Dublin Bay Photo: Ronan BeirneRacing at the Women at the Helm Regatta on Dublin Bay Photo: Ronan Beirne

Even as the good news from Portugal was still registering, Eve's clubmates were making hay in the Women at the Helm event across Dubin Bay at the National Yacht Club, with Laura Dillon backed up by Diana Kissane winning overall in Class 1 in charge of the J/99 Snapshot, while Aoife Hopkins won the Sportsboat Division racing one of the HYC J/80s.

The Class One J122 Aurelia Team on the dockThe Class One J122 Aurelia Women at the Helm crew on the dock

Women at the Helm Results 2022:

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William M Nixon has been writing about sailing in Ireland for many years in print and online, and his work has appeared internationally in magazines and books. His own experience ranges from club sailing to international offshore events, and he has cruised extensively under sail, often in his own boats which have ranged in size from an 11ft dinghy to a 35ft cruiser-racer. He has also been involved in the administration of several sailing organisations.

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