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Dublin has a new superyacht visitor in the shape of James Berwind’s $85m superyacht Scout, which is currently moored on the River Liffey.

Sightings on social media yesterday (Wednesday 24 May) are confirmed by VesselFinder, which says the 209-footer arrived in the Irish capital on Saturday (20 May).

The Dutch-built vessel was delivered in 2019 for Berwind, a coal industry scion and social entrepreneurship investor whose self-professed passion for animal welfare led him to name the yacht after one of his beloved dogs.

According to Elite Traveler, Berwind and his partner Kevin Clark have intended for Scout to be “a semi-permanent base from which they can explore the world”.

And it’s been attracting plenty of attention from its Dublin city mooring alongside Sir John Rogerson’s Quay — though not all of it flattering.

Conor Reddy, a People Before Profit representative for Dublin North West, describes the yacht’s multi-millionaire owner as “a hypocrite, part of the problem and a direct beneficiary of extractive industries that are killing our planet”.

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About Match Racing

A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head.

In yacht racing, it is differentiated from a fleet race, which almost always involves three or more competitors competing against each other, and team racing where teams consisting of 2, 3 or 4 boats compete together in a team race, with their results being combined.

A match race consists of two identical boats racing against each other. With effective boat handling and clever use of wind and currents, a trailing boat can escape the grasp of the leader and pass. The leader uses blocking techniques to hold the other boat back. This one-on-one duel is a game of strategy and tactics.

About the World Match Racing Tour

Founded in 2000, the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) promotes the sport of match racing around the world and is the longest running global professional series in the sport of sailing. The WMRT is awarded ‘Special Event’ status by the sport’s world governing body – World Sailing – and the winner of the WMRT each year is crowned World Sailing Match Racing World Champion. Previous champions include Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR), Taylor Canfield (USA), Peter Gilmour (AUS), Magnus Holmberg (SWE), Peter Holmberg (ISV), Adam Minoprio (NZL), Torvar Mirsky (AUS), Bertrand Pace (FRA), Jesper Radich (DEN), Phil Robertson (NZL) and Ian Williams (GBR). Since 2000, the World Match Racing Tour and its events have awarded over USD23million in prize money to sailors which has helped to contribute to the career pathway of many of today’s professional sailors