The Irish Sailing Team at the SSL Gold Cup in Neuchatel, Switzerland had a convincing win over SSL Team Estonia in Group 2 Race 2 today.
The 'Green Armada' matches The 'Icebreakers' in the group's provisional rankings.
SSL Team Belgium, unlucky yesterday finishes third, in front of SSL Team Serbia.
As Afloat reported previously, the Irish Sailing Team is made up of some of Ireland's top sailors.
Ireland's crew in Switzerland is:
- Bow -Simon Johnson
- Mid Bow/grinder/strategy - Ryan Glynn
- Pit - Cian Guilfoyle
- Grinder - Grattan Roberts
- Trim - David Kenefick
- Trim - George Kingston
- Main/tactics - Nin O’Leary
- Helm - Harry Durcan
The Green Armada panel also includes Olympians Annalise Murphy, Robert Dickson, Finn Lynch, Sean Waddilove, Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne but these sailor are not in Neuchatel this week due to other commitments, according to Team Captain Nicholas O'Leary.
The SSL Gold Cup Qualifying Series Round 1 started yesterday May 19th with two groups of four teams racing in Grandson, on lake Neuchatel.
Only two teams of each group will go through and access the Final Series scheduled in October and November in a location that will be announced next week.
Tomorrrow's action featuring Team Ireland can be seen below
SSL GOLD CUP ROUND 1