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Fourteen year old Dun Laoghaire sailor Sean Donnelly was in top form sailing off Kinsale yesterday (SCROLL down for Photos by Bob Bateman) to win four of eight races in the first leg of the 2011 Optimist dinghy sailing trials. All races were completed to schedule. Top ten results below from IODAI.

1 1438 Senior Sean Donnelly M 14 NYC 10 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 6
2 1368 Senior Sophie Browne F 14 TBSC/RCYC 22.71 5 7 1 4 4 1 3.71 4
3 1440 Senior Harry Whitaker M 14 RCYC 31 2 1 13 2 2 7 4 15
4 1441 Senior Eoin Lyden M 14 RCYC/BSC 44.29 10 8 5 6 14 3 7.29 5
5 1439 Senior Peter McCann M 14 RCYC 48 3 3 9 5 10 12 6 12
6 1442 Senior Cliodhna Ni Shuilleabhain F 13 KYC 56 4 10 10 17 17 5 8 2
7 1433 Senior Jil McGinley F 14 RCYC 59 8 11 8 9 19 4 11 8
8 1411 Junior Ronan Cournane M 12 RCYC/KYC 64 7 12 4 15 12 20 3 11
9 1315 Senior Fergus Flood M 13 HYC 68 9 48 18 10 18 8 2 3
10 1437 Senior Sean WADDILOVE M 14 SSC/HYC 85

 

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About J/80 Sailing

Easy to handle the J/80 is said to be less intimidating, safer and better suited for sailing offshore than other modern sport boats. 

It even has a full-length V-berth and 12-foot-long cockpit.

Thanks to its combination of stability, speed, durability, low maintenance and age-friendly deck layout, the J/80 has proved to be a great club boat around Irish yacht clubs with fleets popular in Dublin on both sides of the Bay at Howth and Dun Laoghaire. 

The key to a racing keelboat is that it holds the attention and interest of many types of sailors, young and old.  The J80 does it all, with thrilling 15-knot rides under spinnaker or relaxed sunset cruises with mainsail only. 

The Irish J/80 Class Association was formed in 2017 to represent owners, sailors, associated clubs and to help develop J/80 racing in Ireland.