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Aoife & Robbie English & Ross MacDonald Are “Sailors of the Month (Regatta)” for July

2nd August 2022
The crew of the 1720 Rope Dock Atara (Aoife English & Ross McDonald) celebrate class success at Volvo Cork Week’s conclusion afloat, unaware that it was going to be enhanced by the “Boat of the Regatta” award that evening
The crew of the 1720 Rope Dock Atara (Aoife English & Ross McDonald) celebrate class success at Volvo Cork Week’s conclusion afloat, unaware that it was going to be enhanced by the “Boat of the Regatta” award that evening Credit: Rick Tomlinson

Volvo Cork Week 2022 was July’s regatta highlight, and with the Royal Cork YC’s Tricentenary cancelled in 2020, the Tri-Centenary +Two had much to celebrate, not least the remarkable revival of the 30-year-old 1720 Sportsboat Class, which in 2022 is ably led by David Love. With the largest fleet at Cork, the 1720s deservedly became the focus of much attention, and the combined Royal Cork YC (Aoife and brother Robbie English) and Howth YC (Ross McDonald) team with Rope Dock Atara gave a masterful display of series control to win the 1720s, and then also take the cherished silver trophy for “Boat of the Regatta”, the affectionately-named Kinsale Kettle which dates back to 1859.

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