The 2018 420 Leinster Championships were hosted by the Royal St. George Yacht Club over the weekend in champagne sailing conditions. However Saturday morning looked ominous with a thick fog hanging over the harbour and the Stena Carrier moored at the Carlisle Pier barely visible from the boat deck of The George. The mist started to clear as PRO Barry O’Neil set out the plan for the weekend and soon after the fleet launched on the signal of the tea trolley being wheeled across the boat deck to deliver supplies to the committee boat.
420 Leinster Championships dnghy racing on Dublin Bay
After a short delay to the start of race 1 whilst the fleet waited for the breeze to fill in, the race committee got three races off in quick succession to leave Micheal O'Suilleabhain and Michael Carroll of Kinsale Yacht Club leading the fleet at the end of day one. Sunday brought a day of unbroken sunshine and a perfect set of results for the Ferguson sisters who won all three races on the day to leapfrog to the top of the leader board.
The final results were as follows:
Gold Fleet
1st Nicola and Fiona Ferguson – National Yacht Club
2nd Micheal O'Suilleabhain and Michael Carroll – Kinsale Yacht Club
3rd Morgan Lyttle and Patrick Whyte – Royal St. George Yacht Club
Silver Fleet
1st Liam and Aidan Donnelly – Howth Yacht Club
2nd Emma Williams and Emily Arrowsmith – Royal St. George Yacht Club
3rd Jack Mc Dowell and Harry Thompson – Malahide Yacht Club/Wexford Harbour Boat and Tennis Club
