Michael Tyrrell of the Royal Irish YC had a busy and demanding season of it in 2024, as his duties of Race Officer included running the IRC Europeans at his home club, while further along the Dun Laoghaire waterfront, he was in charge of the ILCA Nationals at the National Yacht Club.
His talents in the race-staging aspects of achieved international recognition with his appointment by World Sailing in November as an International Race Officer. He joins a highly-regarded elite group in Ireland, with his fellow International Race Officers being Bill O'Hara of Ballyholme, David Lovegrove of Howth, and Con Murphy of Dun Laoghaire.
Michael Tyrrell's own family background is Dublin Bay sailing through and through, as the previous generation have been into Intervarsity sailing and crewing, racing Dublin Bay 24s and then, in Michael's case, moving on to crew George Sisk' Farr 42 and his Extreme 37, both called WOW.
