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Classic Yachts 'Marian Maid' and 'Lady Min' Turn Heads at Kinsale's Sovereign's Cup Regatta
Two classic Irish yachts are turning heads in the perfect sailing conditions of the first two days of racing at the Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup Regatta off Kinsale.
The immaculately restored O'Keeffe family's gaff cutter Lady Min of 1902 vintage and the Sisk family's Marian Maid, built in 1954, are both racing in the White Sails Two division.
Designed and built in Schull by Maurice O'Keeffe in 1902, Lady Min was acclaimed as the Best Restoration Under 40ft by Classic Boat Magazine in April in celebration of the meticulous work carried out by Tiernan Roe of Roe Boats of Ballydehob for Simon O'Keeffe, who is at the heart of a four-generation family involvement with this very special boat.
Marian Maid at Kinsale
The vanished-hulled Marian Maid is racing again and has recently travelled from her home port of Dun Laoghaire back to the south coast to compete at this week's biennial Sovereign's Cup.
As Afloat reported recently, the eight-metre cruiser-racer is owned by George and Hal Sisk and Hal's son Owen and immaculately restored by Jimmy Murphy and Peter Sweetman and Sisk boat specialist Ian Squire with the team at Rossbrin Boatyard in West Cork, where the up-dating mods have included the installation of an electric auxiliary engine.
Marian Maid was spotted at Crosshaven Tradfest in Cork Harbour last Sunday evening, as Afloat reported here, before the yawl began racing this week in White Sails Two Division.