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Mark Lyttle of the National Yacht Club is Sailor of the Month for September

1st October 2018
 Mark Lyttle in Dublin Bay after becoming Laser Grand Masters World Champion, racing his eighth Laser dinghy Mark Lyttle in Dublin Bay after becoming Laser Grand Masters World Champion, racing his eighth Laser dinghy Credit: David O’Brien/Afloat.ie

Mark Lyttle, Olympic Sailor at Atlanta in 1996 when he won a race in the Laser’s first outing in its very effective career as an Olympic boat in addition to its myriad other duties worldwide, has continued his love affair with great little boat by winning the World Title in the Grand Masters Division (ages 55-65) in the Laser Masters Worlds in September at Dun Laoghaire, a magnificent event which attracted 302 entries. Lyttle’s win was particularly popular – in a long sailing career, he has put even more back into sport than he has taken from it.

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