#rayc – At Friday's Royal Alfred Yacht Club Annual Dinner, past Commodore Ailbe Millerick was awarded the Dr John O'Leary Memorial Trophy for Services to Sailing.
Royal St George member Ailbe Millerick has had a long and distinguished sailing career which is far from over. He has competed successfully in dinghies, offshore racing and in Dragons. He was with John Ross Murphy and Ed Peel when they won the Dragon 75th Anniversary Race in St. Tropez. This was an all Dublin Bay affair with Tony O'Gorman in charge of trying to start the 267 Dragons.
For many years Ailbe lead the revival of Irish team racing, trailing boats round the country to events. He became an International Umpire in 1999, and has been a mentor and guide to Irish umpires ever since.
Not least, Ailbe was a committee member of the Royal Alfred YC for 15 years, of which he spent 7 years as Commodore. He was very much a hands-on Commodore, out starting RAYC's offshore races, serving as race officer, judge and many other functions, including towing boats up the Liffey for RAYC racing in the heart of Dublin. Ailbe Millerick continues to maintain the Royal Alfred YCs ideals of Corinthian racing.
The RAYC dinner was attended by 142 members and guests. The prizegiving for the Bloomsday Regatta and the RAYC Superleague was onc eagain the opportunity to admire a spectacular array of silverware, dating, for many of the trophies from the 19th Century.
