John Sheehy is Afloat's Sailor of the Month

1st May 2009

John Sheehy is April’s afloat.ie Sailor of the Month after his stellar performance in the National Inland Match-Racing Championship at Dromineer on Lough Derg. Sheehy was on better-than-top-form in this demanding series on some of the best inland racing water in the country, using the Irish Sailing Association’s J80 SailFleet boats. A tally of 13 wins out of 16 matches was jousting of a high order, particularly when it’s noted that his closest challengers in second and third overall were two Olympians, Ger Owens (also of Dun Laoghaire) and Tom Fitzpatrick of Howth.

This Dublin Bay sailor has very complete involvement with the racing world, as he has shown himself as an able helm aboard a wide variety of boats, both inshore and offshore. And like the other top contenders in Dromineer, John Sheehy will be making the scene afloat with other fleets as the season progresses. But their next shared target will be the Dublin series with the J80s at Howth on July 25–26.

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