Menu

Ireland's sailing, boating & maritime magazine

Gilmore tops in Garda

19th April 2010
Gilmore tops in Garda

Strangford 15-year-old Robbie Gilmore was the top Irish finisher at the 193-boat Europa Cup in Lake Garda at the weekend, one of 11 Irish boats in the Laser Radial fleet. The Irish contingent made a storming start, with Philip Doran clocking a win in the first race. The race now is to get home despite volcanic ash.

All airports are currently closed, meaning the Irish squad faces a long surface route journey home from Italy. But before you start feeling sympathetic, check out the video from last year's event (it's not the worst place to be stranded).

Results for the event are here.

Published in Racing
Afloat.ie Team

About The Author

Afloat.ie Team

Email The Author

Afloat.ie is Ireland's dedicated marine journalism team.

Have you got a story for our reporters? Email us here.

We've got a favour to ask

More people are reading Afloat.ie than ever thanks to the power of the internet but we're in stormy seas because advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. Unlike many news sites, we haven’t put up a paywall because we want to keep our marine journalism open.

Afloat.ie is Ireland's only full–time marine journalism team and it takes time, money and hard work to produce our content.

So you can see why we need to ask for your help.

If everyone chipped in, we can enhance our coverage and our future would be more secure. You can help us through a small donation. Thank you.

Direct Donation to Afloat button