Sailor of the Month

Duncan Sclare of Mayo Sailing Club is “Sailor of the Month (Cruising)” for February
1st March 2023 Sailor of the Month
The organisational world of dedicated cruising moves at its own leisurely pace, and the publication of the Irish Cruising Club yearly awards only really becomes official at the Annual General Meeting in February. Thus our new “Sailor of the Month…

Jack Fahy & UCD Are “Sailors of the Month (Team Racing)” for February
1st March 2023 Sailor of the Month
Jack Fahy of Dun Laoghaire and the University College Dublin Sailing Club Team Racing Squad hit the target spot on at the weekend, when they emerged as winners of the elite eight-team Top Gun Invitational Series, organised on the premier…

Anthony O’Leary of Crosshaven is “Sailor of the Month” for January
1st February 2023 Sailor of the Month
It says everything about Anthony O’Leary’s long and successful involvement with sailing to affirm that he puts even more back into the sport than he takes from it. Already a well-established national and international winner when he became the youngest-ever…

Wicklow’s “Super-Rowers” are “Sailors of the Month (Ocean Rowing)” for January
1st February 2023 Sailor of the Month
It has taken a while for regular success in ocean rowing to come Ireland’s way, but 2022 saw a massive leap forward with Galway Bay’s Karen Weekes and Damien Browne each completing the crossing, Karen east-west in April, and Damien…

Lee Condell of Limerick has been building a successful career in the marine industry in Australia for some time now. But with his 60th birthday approaching and the much-mourned death of his father - regional sailing development enthusiast Alan Condell…

Philip Mayne and Naomi Algeo are Sailors of the Month (Services to Sailing) for December
31st December 2022 Sailor of the Month
The unique and Centenary-celebrating una-rigged 18ft Shannon One Designs and their Association were already recognised in their special achievement by being co-winners (with Lough Ree YC) of the MG Motor “Club of the Year” award for 2022. But while it…

Paddy Judge is Sailor of the Month for December (Services to Sailing)
31st December 2022 Sailor of the Month
When Paddy Judge stood down as Commodore of Howth Yacht Club at the AGM on Tuesday, 13th December 2022, to be succeeded by former Vice Commodore Neil Murphy, it marked much more than the conclusion of the usual two years…

David Lovegrove is Sailor of the Month for November (Services to Sailing)
1st December 2022 Sailor of the Month
September is always a bit of a gamble as the time for staging a major sailing championship, for although the sea temperature may be at its warmest, the closing in of the evenings and a sometimes unexpected nip in the…

Bill O’Hara is Sailor of the Month for November (Services to Sailing)
1st December 2022 Sailor of the Month
Bill O’Hara first leapt to national fame when he skippered the Bangor Grammar School team to overall victory in the annual Britain & Ireland Schools Championship in Scotland in the days when it was an event of prime importance, which…

Con Murphy is Sailor of the Month for November (Services to Sailing)
1st December 2022 Sailor of the Month
There are few sailors in Ireland with more eclectic interests afloat than Con Murphy, as he is the husband and father of Olympic sailors, his wife Cathy having raced the 470 in the 1988 Olympics, while his daughter Annalise won…

Peter Crowley is Sailor of the Month for November (Services to Sailing)
1st December 2022 Sailor of the Month
Affable Race Officer and former Royal Cork YC Admiral Peter Crowley brings comprehensive experience of participation and organisation to any major championship with which he becomes involvedThe 505 Worlds 2022 from 3rd to 13th August at the Royal Cork came…

Pat O’Neill of Howth is Sailor of the Month (International) for October
1st November 2022 Sailor of the Month
Pat O’Neill of Howth and his Mojo J/80 team are well known for their success in major events across Europe. But taking on the J/80 Worlds in the class heartlands at Newport, Rhode Island was a challenge which raised the…

Conor Doyle of Kinsale is Sailor of the Month (Offshore) for October
1st November 2022 Sailor of the Month
While the IRC may still be the rating system of choice in northwest Europe, any movement of the action in any international direction quickly finds your boat and crew are soon into hotly competitive offshore racing events where the ORC…

Damian Browne of Galway is Sailor of the Month (Ocean Rowing) for October
1st November 2022 Sailor of the Month
Ocean rowing has come up before in our Sailor of the Month listings. But it’s an understandably rare feat, and noted former rugby player Damian Browne’s huge achievement of rowing from New York to Galway is put into deeper perspective…

Sean Craig of Royal St George YC is Sailor of the Month (Seniors) for October
1st November 2022 Sailor of the Month
When you see Dun Laoghaire’s Sean Craig (RStGYC) racing a solo dinghy, the last thing that springs to mind would be categorising him as a “Senior” or “Masters” sailor. Yet it was way back in 1993 – nearly thirty years…

Ger Owens (Dun Laoghaire) & Mel Morris (East Antrim) are Sailors of the Month for October
1st November 2022 Sailor of the Month
So many factors came into play for the 75th Anniversary of the Champions’ Cup (aka the Helmsman’s Championship or the All-Ireland) in GP 14s at Sutton Dinghy Club on October 8th/9th that its weather-imposed compression into a one-day series made…