Galway Bay SC Dubai-Muscat Winning Team Are February's "Sailors of the Month (Offshore)"

2nd March 2026

Afloat.ie Team

Out of the Arabian Night......Galway Bay SC's Nagini's star-studded finish to win the Oman-Muscat Race

The 360-mile Dubai Muscat race of three weeks ago may have had much of its course through what is now a war zone. Yet it seemed far from the storms of war (or any storms) as the crew of the Ronan Considine-chartered Mumm 30 Nagini - mostly from Galway Bay SC, and all from Connacht - struggled to keep going in the lightest of breezes.

We're told it was Ruairic O Tuairisg of a traditional Galway sailing family who showed the greatest skill at the helm in maintaining momentum, but it was a team effort that won overall in IRC.

They were Tom Murphy (GBSC), Ruairc O Tuairisg (GBSC), Ronan Considine(GBSC), Aodhan FitzGerald (GBSC) and Louis Molloy (Mayo SC).

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