Howth’s Simon Knowles is Sailor of the Month (Offshore) for April

1st May 2024

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Keeping her slipping along….Simon Knowles at the helm of Indian, named in honour of the classic motor-cycle brand Credit: Afloat.ie/David O’Brien

Most offshore sailors would be well pleased to have notched their season’s start with a win in April, but Howth’s Simon Knowles goes into May with two bullets already in the bag for the J/109 Indian in the first races of the ISORA Viking Marine 2024 programme.

Curiously enough, although he was frustrated by unseasonably flukey and sometimes non-existent winds in his February challenge with a chartered J/122 in the RORC Caribbean 600, he says he likes the concentration challenge of light wind racing provided it’s on a reasonably level playing field. And he certainly has demonstrated his expertise in the soft going, with several established and new contenders left in Indian’s wake.

Published in Sailor of the Month, J109, Howth YC, ISORA

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