Storm Antoni has been making quite a lot of noise and bother all over Ireland in recent days, but now he has moved east just in time for the Investwise Youth Sailing Nationals 2023 to move in on Howth from the west, with a fleet of 168 boats in six classes keen to show that they're the youth stars of today and the adult stars of tomorrow in four days of increasingly intense competition concluding on Sunday.
Optimist, Topper, ILCA 4, ILCA 6, 420s and 29ers classes are competing.
Principal Race Officer David Lovegrove is looking at a scenario in which conditions promise to improve as the weekend moves in, and a forecasted rise in temperatures will be particularly welcome.
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