#glandoreclassics – Last Friday saw the closing prizegiving of the CH Marine Glandore Classic Regatta of 2015. The regatta opened last Sunday with a wonderful parade of sail with about 60 boats dressed overall and sailing around the picturesque harbour of Glandore with a sail past commentary on each boat from the village garden.
Class racing followed for the week with courses set in Glandore Bay for the keel boats and cruisers and in the harbour for dayboats and dinghies. As predicted by Afloat.ie's WM Nixon, the boat of the regatta prize went to Happy Return, a Stella one design by Kim Holman rebuilt and launched last month.
Prize giving highlights as follows:
Boat of the Regatta and Class II
Happy Return, Rui Ferriera.
Happy Return is a Stella one design by Kim Holman rebuilt and launched last month in time for the regatta by Rui.
Regatta Concours d'Elegance
Airle, Peter Roberts, built in London in 1897 and one of the loveliest boats at the regatta.
Special Mention also to the 1915 Falmouth Punt Teal owned by Adrian Notwynski and the recently relaunched Guillemot originally built 1896 and owned by Brian Martin.
Class I Cruisers - Elsie - Patrick Dorgan, Cork One Design Fife originally built 1898
Class II Cruisers - Happy Return - Rui Ferriera
Class III Gaffers - Jane Paul - Tomas Drewes
Special Mention in the Gaffer Class to Faoilean, Pat Tanner and to Tír na nOg of Howth - Sean Walsh
One Designs
Sian 1926 - Richard Tudor - Menai Straits Fife one design
Aphrodite - John Wyles - Dragon Class
Penny B - Gilly Foulds - Squib Class
Coleen Ban - Hal Sisk - Coleen Class
Colette - Jim O'Brien - Castletownsend Ette Class
Dinghies
Godenwind - Jens Franke - Open Dinghies
Junior mixed dinghy regatta
Laser - Killian Sheehan tied with David Forde
