Chris Bateman & Lucy Loughton of Cork Harbour are "Sailors of the Month (International Dinghies) for January

1st February 2025

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Monkstown Bay Sailing Club's Chris Bateman and Lucy Loughton on their way to 2025 B14 World Championship victory in Sydney Harbour, Australia

With the B14 skiff a relatively rare boat in Ireland, it was thought that when Chris Bateman of Monkstown Bay SC teamed up with the more class-experienced Lucy Loughton to head for the Worlds in Sydney, Australia in January, it was inevitably going to be a Daniel-In-The-Lions-Den experience, as they'd had only three days sailing together when this series at the B14 Mecca got under way.

Not a bit of it. Their learning curve was looking good through racing that included some competing in decidedly non-Australian-summer conditions, and that LC concluded in the best possible place in the top right-hand corner, making them World Champions.

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