With the world-beating Laser/ILCA Class’s recent much-celebrated achievement of its Golden Jubilee, there is now very serious competition in the various Masters Divisions, with the main focus on the Grand Masters. Mark Lyttle of the National YC – a sailor who has given at least as much to sailing as sailing has gifted him – hit the headlines back in 2018 when he won that title on his original home waters of Dublin Bay.
But now, eight years later, the spark is as bright as ever, and he won the ILCA Grand Masters with a dominant final day’s showing on “strange waters” at Athens in June 2026, providing a very fitting Afloat.ie Sailor of the Month (Dinghies) for June.
