Royal Irish YC's Joan Sheffield, Katherine Sheehan and Catherine Day are Joint "Sailors of the Month (Team Racing)" for May

4th June 2024

Team spirit. The RIYC team that won the Women At The Helm Team Event in May at the National YC were (left to right) Joan Sheffield (Jasmin), Katherine Sheehan (Great Escape) and Catherine Day (Shearwater). With them are DBSC Hon. Sec. Rosemary Roy (whose family donated the trophy) and Rosemary Cadogan (Vice Commodore, National YC) Credit: Michael Chester

When success is achieved in a team event, it can be difficult to highlight the individual who most contributed to the win. And with nine teams providing a total of 27 female-helmed boats to contest the Roy Family Trophy under the Women At The Helm initiative staged by the National YC in May, it was potentially a complex decision.

But the adjudicators have simplified it for themselves by deciding that it should go jointly to the three helms in the RIYC's team of Joan Sheffield, Katherine Sheehan and Catherine Day, in the understanding that their crew would be sharing the honours.

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