Sailor of the Month
David Clarke of Howth is “Sailor of the Month (Series Winner)” for October
1st November 2026 Sailor of the Month
The Puppeteer 22 OD Class provided both the numerically largest fleet in the Howth Autumn League 2026, and the closest racing with one of the most complex uses of tiebreakers to achieve a final result. After all the numbers had…
Finbarr & Colm O’Regan of Kinsale are “Sailors of the Month (Season’s Performance)” for October
1st November 2026 Sailor of the Month
The Kinsale-based J/109 Artful DodJer achieves a level of consistently good performance - both with her O’Regan owners or with others in charge – that is an advertisement for the quality of racing provided by a J/109, and the standard…
Ben Chaix of Tralee is "Sailor of the Month (Junior International) for October
1st November 2026 Sailor of the Month
The Topper Europeans in Weymouth saw an impressive involvement by young Irish sailors, spearheaded by Ben Chaix of Tralee who took Gold by recording a convincing scoreline of seven wins in eight races to round out an impressive season which…
Micheal O Suilleabhain of Kinsale is “Sailor of the Month (National Champion)” for October
1st November 2026 Sailor of the Month
When Micheal O Suilleabhain of Kinsale first figured as a “Sailor of the Month” on Afloat.ie, it was quite some time ago in a junior category, and he was truly a beardless youth. But when he lifted aloft the sacred…
Caoilinn Geraghty-McDonnell of Dun Laoghaire is “Sailor of the Month (Team Racing)” for October
1st November 2026 Sailor of the Month
In the most successful squads in sailing team racing, the hand of the Captain might lie very lightly indeed while achieving success, but nevertheless this sometimes virtually invisible power of leadership is essential to overall success. And in the final…
Cian Guilfoyle of Dun Laoghaire is “Sailor of the Month (World Championship)” for September
1st October 2026 Sailor of the Month
A top pro-sailor of the calibre of Cian Guilfoyle of Dun Laoghaire will inevitably find his name linked with several high-profile boats as his career progresses, but Guilfoyle and the RC44 Aleph go back quite a long way. Indeed, Afloat’s…
Roger Craig of Dun Laoghaire is “Sailor of the Month (Solo International)” for September
1st October 2026 Sailor of the Month
It was a matter of celebration for Irish sailing when Dun Laoghaire’s Roger Craig snatched gold in the final race of the fiercely-contested Masters division at the 2026 ILCA Masters European Championships in La Baule, France, on September 25th. Craig,…
Daniel Copithorne of Schull and Matt Mapplebeck of Crosshaven are “Sailors of the Month (Junior Nationals)” for September.
1st October 2026 Sailor of the Month
Daniel Copithorne of Schull and Matt Mapplebeck of Crosshaven are Afloat.ie’s “Sailors of the Month (Junior Nationals)” for September. Autumn sailing and the Irish Sailing Junior Champions’ Cup at the Fastnet Marine Outdoor Education Centre in Schull are now neatly…
Con Murphy & Brian Craig of Dun Laoghaire are “Sailors of the Month (Services to Sailing)” for September
1st October 2026 Sailor of the Month
Con Murphy and Brian Craig of Dún Laoghaire are Afloat.ie’s “Sailors of the Month (Services to Sailing)” for September. It would be well-nigh impossible to list everyone who makes a significant input into the process of converting Dún Laoghaire into…
Eve McMahon of Howth is “Sailor of the Month (Olympic)” for September
1st October 2026 Sailor of the Month
There was enormous expectation surrounding Eve McMahon when the ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship came to Dublin Bay in September. The Howth Yacht Club sailor arrived on home waters after a season which had already established her among the leading…
Simon Knowles of Howth is “Sailor of the Month (Offshore)” for September
1st October 2026 Sailor of the Month
In the hyper-busy contemporary sailing programme available to cruiser-racers, it can be something of a jigsaw puzzle putting together your optimal crew in order to hit top form just when it is needed. Simon Knowles of Howth, with the J/109…
Peter McConnell of Royal North of Ireland YC is “Sailor of the Month (Championship)” for August
1st September 2026 Sailor of the Month
The Royal North of Ireland YC at Cultra on Belfast Lough had quite a month of it in August with the hosting of the hundred-strong fleet racing in the GP14 Worlds. And then, in the very last weekend of the…
Ger Owens of Wicklow & Mel Morris of Newtownards are “Sailors of the Month (World Champions)” for August
1st September 2026 Sailor of the Month
A successful 27-year south/north championship dinghy racing crew combination would be unusual enough in any country, and in Ireland it’s a beacon of goodwill with its own special messages for all sport. Not least of the messages is that you…
Finn Lynch of Carlow is “Sailor of the Month (Olympic)” for August
1st September 2026 Sailor of the Month
Finn Lynch may have been disappointed that his home ILCA 7 World Championship on Dublin Bay did not produce the medal he wanted, but eighth overall in the 141-boat fleet was another remarkable demonstration of his consistency at the very…
Johnny Swan of Howth is “Sailor of the Month (International Offshore)” for August
1st September 2026 Sailor of the Month
While sailors at home in Ireland basked in the heat of high summer, in mid-August away to the north at highly scenic Hangko in Norway, the weather was sometimes decidedly rugged for the international fleet of 42 Classic Half Tonners…
Rob O’Leary of Baltimore is “Sailor of the Month (Team)” for July
2nd August 2026 Sailor of the Month
It would be difficult to think of two places in Ireland more different than Baltimore in rocky West Cork, and Rush on the sandy Rogerstown Estuary in Fingal north of Dublin on the East Coast. Yet at Cork Week in…
