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Sailor of the Month (Junior): Hugh O’Connor (National YC)

4th September 2018
The Irish Topper fleet in full cry at the Worlds at Ballyholme in 2016. Unfortunately the 2018 staging of the Worlds in China was frustrated by light winds, but Hugh O;Connor of the National YC still managed to place second overall The Irish Topper fleet in full cry at the Worlds at Ballyholme in 2016. Unfortunately the 2018 staging of the Worlds in China was frustrated by light winds, but Hugh O;Connor of the National YC still managed to place second overall

SAILOR OF THE MONTH (Junior): HUGH O’CONNOR (National YC). Young Hugh O’Connor (15) of Dun Laoghaire is currently No 1 in the International Topper Class in Ireland, and he fulfilled his role at the August 2018 Topper Worlds in China by placing second overall in a fleet of 260 boats in a difficult event plagued by extreme humidity, light winds and unfinished races.

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