Olympic Finn Sailors Get Big Wave Practice off Baltimore, West Cork

3rd December 2018

Fionn Lyden negotiates a wave in his home port of Baltimore Credit: Darragh McCormick

There was some high octane Finn dinghy sailing off Baltimore Harbour last week when Tokyo 2020 trialists Fionn Lyden, Oisin McClelland and visiting Finn sailors brought their boats to West Cork in the hope of some big wave experience.

As the photos by Darragh McCormick show, it looks like the sailors got the waves they were looking for last Thursday just after Storm Diana had passed.

The sailors will drive their boats to Valencia this Friday via the Cork San Sebastian ferry for more training.

oisin Oisin McClelland under the lighthouse at Sherkin

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