David & James Dwyer of Royal Cork YC are “Sailors of the Month (Offshore)” for October

1st November 2025

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Swuzzlebubble celebrates its ICRA “Boat of the Year” title, a testament to Bruce Farr's design legacy Credit: Bob Bateman

International designer Bruce Farr was just another rapidly rising talent in the busy New Zealand sailing scene when he created the design for the innovative Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble way back in 1976. Today, Farr Yacht Design has moved on and is now Annapolis-based on America’s East Coast, a major operator in the international marine industry at a very high level.

Yet Swuzzlebubble is still hitting the highspots, with the design lasting so well that sister-ship 2Farr (Patrick Boardman, Rush SC) won the Half Ton Classics at Torquay in August, making the owner an Afloat.ie SoM for that month. Now Swuzzlebubble herself has done the business by retaining the season-long ICRA “Boat of the Year” IRC title, providing an October SoM for David & James Dwyer

Published in Sailor of the Month, Half Tonners, Royal Cork YC, ICRA

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