Pete Smyth of Royal Irish YC in Dun Laoghaire is "Sailor of the Month (Round Ireland)" For June

2nd July 2024

Afloat.ie Team

Pete Smyth and his dedicated crew made themselves very competitive first time out in the latest Searcher

The Smyth family have been well in the frame in cruiser-racing in Ireland and abroad for many years, but Pete Smyth's move into the still-competitive 2010 Ker 46 Searcher has made them extra-distinctive as "The Men In Black In The Boat That's Ultra-Black". Even the liferaft canisters towards the stern in the new-bought boat are now black, in a complete re-styling that has removed any sign of the her previous life. And as it was a previous life that was taking place very successfully until recently, it has been a major exercise in international logistics to retrieve Searcher from Marseille, get her completely-restyled, assemble and train up the crew, and then go out and take second overall, first IRC 1, and first Irish in the SSE Renewables Round Ireland 2024 from Wicklow.

Searcher gets cleanly away in early stage of the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race. Apart from the deck tself, everything else in the re-styled 2010 boat is black, including the Liferaft Canisters. Photo: Afloat.ie

Published in Sailor of the Month, Round Ireland, Royal Irish Yacht Club

Published in Sailor of the Month

Tagged under

Pete Smyth

About The Author

Afloat.ie Team

Email The Author

Afloat.ie is Ireland's dedicated marine journalism team.

Have you got a story for our reporters? Email us here.

We've got a favour to ask

More people are reading Afloat.ie than ever thanks to the power of the internet but we're in stormy seas because advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. Unlike many news sites, we haven't put up a paywall because we want to keep our marine journalism open.

Afloat.ie is Ireland's only full-time marine journalism team and it takes time, money and hard work to produce our content.

So you can see why we need to ask for your help.

If everyone chipped in, we can enhance our coverage and our future would be more secure. You can help us through a small donation. Thank you.