Harry Dunne of Howth is “Youth Sailor of the Month” for August

1st September 2023

Harry Dunne of Howth is the Irish Optimist 2023 champion Credit: Sailwave

In progressing through each phase of a sailing career, the received wisdom is that you should tick off each staging post while you’re ahead.

Harry Dunne of Howth was registered with a Departure Lounge “Optimist Age” of 15 going into the 115-boat Nationals at Ballyholme, and thus it was irrevocably his farewell tour, his last chance to exit an already successful Optimist racing stage of life with a real flourish.

And despite – or maybe because of – some very challenging sailing conditions, he did it with style, winning the seniors by a clear margin of nine points and eventually heading for home with every trophy for which he had been competing.

Published in Sailor of the Month, Optimist, Howth YC, Youth Sailing

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