Olympic ILCA 6 qualified Eve McMahon (Howth Yacht Club), the 2023 Irish Sailor of the Year, had the best result of the Irish Team at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma, finishing 14th overall out of 114 boats after a 5th place finish on her final day of racing.
This marks significant progress for the 20-year-old Dublin sailor in her first full year of senior fleet sailing after qualifying for the Paris Olympics earlier this year at the ILCA 6 World Championships in Brazil.
Following some tricky conditions, Seafra Guilfoyle and Johnny Durcan (Royal Cork Yacht Club) earned their first Gold Fleet position of the season in the 49er fleet. They went on to finish the event in 23rd in what turned out to be one of the better performances of their campaign so far.
The National Yacht Club’s Finn Lynch completed the regatta in 21st after a testing final day with his highest score of the regatta. Fellow ILCA 7 sailor Ewan McMahon (Howth Yacht Club) concluded his regatta by gaining nine places on his final day of sailing, jumping from 38th to 29th overnight.
Read more from the 2024 Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma here and more on Eve McMahon here