Johnny Treanor of the National YC is "Sailor of the Month (Regatta)" for July

1st August 2024

Johnny Treanor and his J112 'Valentina' crew, winners of the Volvo Cork Week Coastal Class, receive the Kinsale Kettle trophy for the best overall performance of the week Credit: Bob Bateman

Volvo Cork Week had its own exquisite torture in that, until the announcement at the final prize-giving in Crosshaven, people could only guess at which team the secret formula had extracted as "Boat of the Week". It went to the wire, with much speculation around at least half a dozen boats. And the speculation was fully justified, in that Johnny Treanor's very crisply sailed J/112 Valentina from the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire had hit the jackpot, though by just "a fraction of a fraction of a point".

Johnny Treanor's very crisply sailed J/122 Valentina from the National Yacht Club Photo: Bob Bateman

Published in Sailor of the Month, Cork Week, National YC

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