What is the Irish Sailor of the Year Award?

The Irish Sailor of the Year Awards is a scheme designed by Afloat magazine to represent all that is praiseworthy, innovative and groundbreaking in the Irish sailing scene.

When did the Irish Sailor of the Year Awards begin?

The Irish Sailor of the Year Awards began in 1996.

Who runs the Irish Sailor of the Year Awards?

The awards are administered by Afloat, Ireland's boating magazine.

Who are the past winners of the Irish Sailors of the Year Award?

1996 Mark Lyttle 1997 Tom Roche 1998 Tom Fitzpatrick & David McHugh 1999 Mark Mansfield 2000 David Burrows 2001 Maria Coleman 2002 Eric Lisson 2003 Noel Butler & Stephen Campion 2004 Eamonn Crosbie 2005 Paddy Barry & Jarlath Cunnane 2006 Justin Slattery 2007 Ger O'Rourke 2008 Damian Foxall 2009 Mark Mills 2010 Anthony O'Leary 2011 George Kenefick 2012 Annalise Murphy 2013 David Kenefick 2014 Anthony O'Leary 2015 Liam Shanahan 2016 Annalise Murphy 2017 Conor Fogerty 2018 Robert Dickson & Sean Waddilove 2019 Paul O'Higgins

Is there a public vote in the Sailor of the Year Awards?

Yes. The boating public and maritime community can have their say to help guide judges in deciding who should be crowned Ireland's Sailor of the Year by using an Afloat online poll). The judges welcome the traditional huge level of public interest in helping them make their decision but firmly retain their right to make the ultimate decision for the final choice while taking voting trends into account. By voting for your favourite nominee, you are creating additional awareness of their nomination and highlighting their success.

Has anyone won the Irish Sailor of the Year Award more than once?

Anthony O'Leary of Crosshaven and Annalise Murphy of Dun Laoghaire are the only contenders to be Afloat.ie "Sailors of the Year" twice – himself in 2010 and 2014, and herself in 2012 and 2016

What type of achievements wins the Irish Sailor of the Year Award?

In its 25 year history, there have been wins for 15, offshore or IRC achievements, nine dinghy and one designs accomplishments and one for adventure sailing.

When is the Sailor of the Year Announced?

Annually, generally in January or February of the following year.

Any famous names involved?

In 2003 Her Royal Highness Princess Anne presented the Awards.

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12th November 2016

UCC Eight Fastest At Skibbereen Rowing Head

#Rowing: The fastest crew of the day at the Skibbereen head of the River at the Marina in Cork today was the UCC men’s senior eight. They covered the course in 10 minutes and four seconds, 12 seconds ahead of the Skibbereen senior eight.

The Shandon/UCC senior quadruple also set a good time of 10 minutes and 17 seconds, while UCC’s men’s senior four took 10 minutes and 36 seconds.

Shane O’Connell of UCD was the fastest single sculler and Ronan Byrne of UCC, an intermediate, also came in under 12 minutes for the slightly shortened course. Barry O’Flynn of Cork Boat Club was the fastest junior – he was timed at exactly 12 minutes.

Cork Boat Club’s women’s senior four were the fastest women’s crew, completing the course in 11 minutes 44 seconds. Lisa Dilleen, now competing for Boat Club, was the fastest women’s single sculler, taking just 13 minutes and five seconds. Georgia O’Brien of Kenmare was the fastest junior, in a good time of 13:51.

Skibbereen HOR - November 2016
Bow No:	Club:	Event:	Crew:	Start Time:	Finish Time:	Time:

		9:30am - Head 1


1	UCD BC	Mens Senior 1X	S. O' Connell	00:48:11	00:59:58	00:11:47
2	Shandon	Mens Senior 1X	A. Prendergast	00:48:47	01:00:55	00:12:08

9	UCC RC	Mens Intermediate 1X	R. Byrne	01:19:13	01:31:11	00:11:58
8	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 1X	D. Begley	01:07:45	01:19:52	00:12:07
3	Cork B.C.	Mens Intermediate 1X	F. O' Sullivan	00:44:31	00:57:20	00:12:49
6	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 1X	C. Merz	00:52:01	01:04:57	00:12:56
4	UCC RC	Mens Intermediate 1X	J. Casey			DNS
5	Skibbereen	Mens Intermediate 1X	A. Burns			DNS
7	Cork B.C.	Mens Intermediate 1X	R. Cudmore			DNS
10	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 1X	C. Hennessy			DNS

16	Lee	Mens Club 1 1X	D. Larkin	00:50:13	01:02:15	00:12:02
11	Shandon	Mens Club 1 1X	S. Lonergan	01:06:12	01:18:25	00:12:13
14	Lee	Mens Club 1 1X	D. Breen	00:47:41	01:00:18	00:12:37
19	Shandon	Mens Club 1 1X	C. Cudden	01:04:43	01:17:32	00:12:49
13	Workmans	Mens Club 1 1X	M. O' Donoghue	00:49:33	01:02:46	00:13:13
18	Lee	Mens Club 1 1X	C. O' Malley	00:50:43	01:04:03	00:13:20
15	Pres Cork	Mens Club 1 1X	J. O' Donovan			DNS
12	Pres Cork	Mens Club 1 1X	L. Guerin			DNS
17	Shandon	Mens Club 1 1X	G. Morrison			DNS

22	Shandon	Mens Masters 1X	H. Merz	00:53:45	01:06:35	00:12:50
25	Cork B.C.	Mens Masters 1X	B. Crean	00:52:38	01:05:45	00:13:07
24	Shandon	Mens Masters 1X	N. Carey	01:05:00	01:18:26	00:13:26
26	Shandon	Mens Masters 1X	J. O' Neill	01:04:10	01:17:36	00:13:26
21	Cahir	Mens Masters 1X	D. Heffernan	00:51:17	01:04:44	00:13:27
20	Skibbereen	Mens Masters 1X	J. Whooley			DNS
23	Lee Valley	Mens Masters 1X	T. Corcoran			DNS

27	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 1X	B. O'Flynn	00:56:47	01:08:47	00:12:00
33	Skibbereen	Mens J18A 1X	K. Mannix	01:01:37	01:13:45	00:12:08
38	Shandon	Mens J18A 1X	S. O' Sullivan	01:08:19	01:20:28	00:12:09
30	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 1X	E. Curtin	00:57:23	01:09:40	00:12:17
28	Lee	Mens J18A 1X	E. Larkin	00:58:37	01:10:57	00:12:20
36	Lee Valley	Mens J18A 1X	C. Cummins	01:02:14	01:14:39	00:12:25
34	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 1X	C. O' Sullivan	01:05:35	01:18:06	00:12:31
39	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 1X	D. Higgins	01:01:01	01:13:35	00:12:34
35	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 1X	C. O' Callaghan	01:00:24	01:13:38	00:13:14
32	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 1X	C. Corkery	01:03:33	01:16:50	00:13:17
29	Muckross	Mens J18A 1X	S. Fleming	00:57:58	01:11:18	00:13:20
40	Shandon	Mens J18A 1X	H. Moran	01:09:17	01:23:48	00:14:31
37	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 1X	A. Guerin	00:55:53	01:11:12	00:15:19
31	Lee	Mens J18A 1X	L. Filan			DNS

49	Lee	Mens J16 1X	T. Murphy	00:54:21	01:06:59	00:12:38
42	Lee	Mens J16 1X	M. O' Hara	00:55:08	01:07:50	00:12:42
48	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	E. Gaffney	01:09:51	01:22:35	00:12:44
50	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	A. Byrne	01:18:15	01:31:03	00:12:48
53	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	W. Ronayne	01:17:32	01:30:25	00:12:53
45	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	S. O' Neill	01:15:06	01:28:03	00:12:57
52	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	J. Arrigan	01:14:11	01:27:25	00:13:14
43	Workmans	Mens J16 1X	R. Mac Curtain	00:59:15	01:12:29	00:13:14
47	Workmans	Mens J16 1X	J. Kunicki	00:59:53	01:13:13	00:13:20
51	Muckross	Mens J16 1X	C. Joy	01:03:00	01:16:50	00:13:50
44	Skibbereen	Mens J16 1X	C. Smyth	01:06:55	01:21:19	00:14:24
41	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	L. Hayes-Nally			DNS
46	Lee	Mens J16 1X	T. Donlon			DNS

55	Cork B.C.	Womens Senior 2-	Cork B	01:15:28	01:28:17	00:12:49
54	Cork B.C.	Womens Senior 2-	Cork A			DNS

56	UCC RC	Womens Club 1 2-	UCC RC	01:16:09	01:29:44	00:13:35
57	Lee	Womens Club 1 2-	Lee	02:16:54	02:31:13	00:14:19

58	Fermoy	Womens J18A 2-	Fermoy	01:28:50	01:42:14	00:13:24
60	Shandon	Womens J18A 2-	Shandon	01:13:17	01:27:04	00:13:47
59	Cork	Womens J18A 2-	Cork	01:11:43	01:25:48	00:14:05


		10:45am - Head 2

61	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 4+	Skibbereen	01:55:18	02:06:54	00:11:36

62	UCC RC	Mens Senior 4-	UCC B	01:56:21	02:06:57	00:10:36
66	Cork BC/UCC RC	Mens Senior 4-	Cork/UCC	02:09:10	02:20:02	00:10:52
65	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 4-	Skibbereen	01:44:35	01:55:56	00:11:21
63	CBC/UCC	Mens Senior 4-	CBC/UCC	02:10:53	02:22:57	00:12:04
64	UCC RC	Mens Senior 4-	UCC A			DNS

67	Pres Cork	Mens Club 1 4+	Pres Cork	01:51:50	02:03:45	00:11:55
68	Lee	Mens Club 1 4+	Lee	02:10:08	02:22:37	00:12:29

69	Muckross	Mens Masters 4+	Muckross	02:15:48	02:28:32	00:12:44

70	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 4+	Pres Cork	01:54:41	02:07:11	00:12:30

71	Pres Cork	Mens J16 4+	Pres Cork	02:08:40	02:21:23	00:12:43
72	Lee	Mens J16 4+	Lee			DNS

73	Skibbereen/UCC RC	Womens Senior 8+	Skibb/UCC	03:25:52	03:36:51	00:10:59

74	Skibbereen	Womens Intermediate 8+	Skibb B	02:23:25	02:35:22	00:11:57
75	Skibbereen	Womens Intermediate 8+	Skibb A			DNS

76	Fermoy	Womens Intermediate 2X	Fermoy	01:45:43	02:00:13	00:14:30

78	UCC RC	Womens Club 1 8+	UCC B	02:26:14	02:37:55	00:11:41
77	Cork B.C.	Womens Club 1 8+	Cork A	02:03:12	02:15:51	00:12:39
79	Cork B.C.	Womens Club 1 8+	Cork B			DNS
80	UCC RC	Womens Club 1 8+	UCC A			DNS

81	Shandon	Womens Club 1 2X	Shandon	02:12:02	02:26:54	00:14:52

82	Cahir	Womens Novice 2X	Cahir	01:49:38	02:06:03	00:16:25

83	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 8+	Cork	02:14:24	02:27:04	00:12:40

85	Lee	Womens J18A 2X	Lee	01:57:39	02:10:20	00:12:41
87	Workmans	Womens J18A 2X	Workmans	02:05:56	02:18:56	00:13:00
84	Shandon	Womens J18A 2X	Shandon A	02:04:54	02:18:21	00:13:27
88	Fermoy	Womens J18A 2X	Fermoy	03:13:37	03:27:13	00:13:36
86	Shandon	Womens J18A 2X	Shandon B	02:12:49	02:26:53	00:14:04
89	Cappoquin	Womens J18A 2X	Cappoquin	02:01:21	02:15:38	00:14:17
90	Muckross	Womens J18A 2X	Muckross			DNS

91	Workmans	Womens J16 2X	Workmans	02:06:43	02:19:49	00:13:06
92	Muckross	Womens J16 2X	Muckross	02:07:32	02:23:01	00:15:29


		12:00 - Head 3

198	Shandon/UCC RC	Mens Senior 4X-	Shandon/UCC	03:30:11	03:40:28	00:10:17
93	Skibbereen/UCC RC	Mens Senior 4X-	Skibb/UCC	03:09:28	03:19:50	00:10:22

95	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 4X-	Shandon	03:29:21	03:39:45	00:10:24

197	Lee	Mens Club 1 4X+	Lee	03:12:59	03:24:51	00:11:52
96	Muckross	Mens Club 1 4X+	Muckross			DNS

97	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 4X-	Cork A	03:09:59	03:20:30	00:10:31
101	Shandon	Mens J18A 4X-	Shandon	03:37:31	03:48:23	00:10:52
102	Lee	Mens J18A 4X-	Lee	03:11:20	03:22:24	00:11:04
99	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 4X-	Cork B	03:10:29	03:21:40	00:11:11
100	Workmans	Mens J18A 4X-	Workmans	03:32:11	03:43:25	00:11:14
98	Muckross	Mens J18A 4X-	Muckross	03:30:48	03:42:54	00:12:06

105	Shandon	Mens J16 4X+	Shandon A	03:38:21	03:49:59	00:11:38
106	Workmans	Mens J16 4X+	Workmans	03:31:48	03:44:08	00:12:20
107	Shandon	Mens J16 4X+	Shandon B	03:40:08	03:52:28	00:12:20
103	Skibbereen	Mens J16 4X+	Skibbereen	03:41:23	03:53:46	00:12:23
104	Cappoquin	Mens J16 4X+	Cappoquin	03:31:18	03:44:13	00:12:55

111	Cork B.C.	Womens Senior 1X	L. Dilleen	03:15:44	03:28:49	00:13:05
110	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 1X	S. Dolan	03:14:58	03:28:44	00:13:46
109	Muckross	Womens Senior 1X	D. Casey	03:55:35	04:10:22	00:14:47
108	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 1X	O. Hayes			DNS

113	Shandon	Womens Intermediate 1X	R. Phelan	03:57:51	04:13:11	00:15:20
112	Fermoy	Womens Intermediate 1X	S. Bouanane			DNS

114	UCC RC	Womens Club 1 1X	D. O' Sullivan	03:46:45	04:00:57	00:14:12
117	Lee Valley	Womens Club 1 1X	E. O' Mahony	03:16:56	03:31:08	00:14:12
116	Shandon	Womens Club 1 1X	F. Richardson	03:17:36	03:34:18	00:16:42
115	Cappoquin	Womens Club 1 1X	A. Foley	03:16:35	03:33:18	00:16:43
118	Shandon	Womens Club 1 1X	A. Buckley			DNS

120	Cappoquin	Womens Novice 1X	E. Lehane	03:27:06	03:44:04	00:16:58
119	Cahir	Womens Novice 1X	J. O' Donnell	03:25:36	03:43:57	00:18:21

129	Kenmare	Womens J18A 1X	G. O' Brien	03:17:49	03:31:40	00:13:51
123	Fermoy	Womens J18A 1X	A. O' Sullivan	03:18:22	03:32:18	00:13:56
126	Workmans	Womens J18A 1X	S. Burns	03:51:42	04:05:39	00:13:57
130	Lee	Womens J18A 1X	C. Synott	03:21:29	03:35:43	00:14:14
121	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 1X	A. Rice	03:24:35	03:39:06	00:14:31
127	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 1X	A. Higgins	03:22:56	03:37:32	00:14:36
128	Lee Valley	Womens J18A 1X	E. Buckley	03:18:59	03:33:37	00:14:38
124	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 1X	C. McCarthy	03:22:29	03:37:44	00:15:15
125	Muckross	Womens J18A 1X	A. Farrell	03:24:04	03:39:42	00:15:38
122	Muckross	Womens J18A 1X	C. Ferris	03:23:26	03:39:52	00:16:26

131	Kenmare	Womens J16 1X	E. Crowley	03:21:01	03:35:22	00:14:21
133	Lee	Womens J16 1X	A. Cummins	03:20:00	03:34:22	00:14:22
135	Lee Valley	Womens J16 1X	C. Cummins	03:20:33	03:35:15	00:14:42
137	Cork B.C.	Womens J16 1X	C. O' Sullivan	03:25:01	03:39:46	00:14:45
136	Cork B.C.	Womens J16 1X	J. Duggan	03:21:54	03:37:00	00:15:06
134	Cork B.C.	Womens J16 1X	H. Gahan	03:28:00	03:43:48	00:15:48
132	Lee Valley	Womens J16 1X	S. Neary			DNS
122	Muckross	Womens J16 1X	C. Ferris			DNS

		1:30pm - Head 4

139	UCC RC	Mens Senior 8+	UCC	04:43:36	04:53:40	00:10:04
140	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 8+	Skibb	04:48:16	04:58:32	00:10:16
138	Cork B.C./UCC RC	Mens Senior 8+	Cork/UCC	04:50:13	05:00:30	00:10:17

143	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2X	Skibb A	05:03:24	05:14:36	00:11:12
144	UCC RC	Mens Senior 2X	UCC	04:54:22	05:05:36	00:11:14
142	Shandon/UCC RC	Mens Senior 2X	Shandon/UCC	05:09:55	05:21:19	00:11:24
141	Cork B.C./Pres Cork	Mens Senior 2X	Cork/Pres	04:53:46	05:06:30	00:12:44
146	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2X	Skibb B			DNS
147	Cork B.C.	Mens Senior 2X	Cork B.C.			DNS

148	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 2X	Shandon	04:55:01	05:06:10	00:11:09

149	Shandon	Mens Club 1 2X	Shandon	04:55:55	05:07:23	00:11:28

151	Shandon	Mens Masters 8+	Shandon	04:52:43	05:03:29	00:10:46
150	Fermoy	Mens Masters 8+	Fermoy	04:44:47	04:56:00	00:11:13

157	Workmans	Mens J18A 2X	Workmans	05:03:48	05:15:43	00:11:55
156	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 2X	Cork B.C.	05:45:39	05:57:40	00:12:01
153	Shandon	Mens J18A 2X	Shandon	04:57:57	05:10:36	00:12:39
154	Muckross	Mens J18A 2X	Muckross A	04:56:19	05:09:24	00:13:05
159	Cahir	Mens J18A 2X	Cahir	04:57:27	05:10:59	00:13:32
155	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 2X	Pres Cork B	05:00:13	05:14:45	00:14:32
152	Muckross	Mens J18A 2X	Muckross B			DNS
158	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 2X	Pres Cork A			DNS

162	Pres Cork A	Mens J16 8+	Pres Cork A	04:45:42	04:57:08	00:11:26
160	Pres Cork	Mens J16 8+	Pres Cork B	04:46:39	04:59:57	00:13:18
161	Lee	Mens J16 8+	Lee	03:05:17	03:19:12	00:13:55

163	Shandon	Mens J16 2X	Shandon B	04:58:25	05:10:06	00:11:41
166	Workmans	Mens J16 2X	Workmans	05:00:42	05:12:55	00:12:13
167	Lee	Mens J16 2X	Lee	04:55:30	05:08:06	00:12:36
165	Shandon	Mens J16 2X	Shandon A	04:59:43	05:12:32	00:12:49
164	Muckross	Mens J16 2X	Muckross	04:56:56	05:09:46	00:12:50
168	Skibbereen	Mens J16 2X	Skibbereen	05:05:21	05:19:27	00:14:06

172	Cork B.C.	Womens Senior 4-	Cork B.C.	05:01:08	05:12:52	00:11:44
173	Skibbereen/UCC RC	Womens Senior 4-	Skibb/UCC	05:15:50	05:27:47	00:11:57
171	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 4-	Skibbereen B	01:11:02	01:23:17	00:12:15
169	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 4-	Skibbereen A	01:12:22	01:25:02	00:12:40
170	Muckross	Womens Senior 4-	Muckross	05:06:13	05:19:16	00:13:03

174	Fermoy	Womens Intermediate 4+	Fermoy	05:02:13	05:15:42	00:13:29

176	UCC RC	Womens Club 1 4+	UCC	05:02:46	05:15:44	00:12:58
175	Lee	Womens Club 1 4+	Lee	05:04:32	05:17:41	00:13:09



		3:00pm - Head 5



177	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2-	Skibb A			DNS
178	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2-	Skibb B			DNS

179	Pres Cork	Mens Club 1 2-	Pres Cork	04:13:55	04:25:55	00:12:00

180	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 2-	Pres Cork	06:13:18	06:25:33	00:12:15

181	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 4X-	Skibb A			DNS
182	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 4X-	Skibb B			DNS

183	Shandon	Womens Club 1 4X+	Shandon	06:14:18	06:27:28	00:13:10

184	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 4X-	Cork A	06:16:55	06:29:04	00:12:09
187	Shandon	Womens J18A 4X-	Shandon	06:15:33	06:27:49	00:12:16
186	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 4X-	Cork B	06:18:49	06:31:06	00:12:17
185	Lee	Womens J18A 4X-	Lee	06:14:54	06:28:18	00:13:24
188	Skibbereen	Womens J18A 4X-	Skibbereen			DNS

191	Skibbereen	Womens J16 4X+	Skibb B	06:20:19	06:33:52	00:13:33
190	Cork	Womens J16 4X+	Cork	06:22:51	06:36:30	00:13:39
189	Skibbereen	Womens J16 4X+	Skibb A	06:19:34	06:33:32	00:13:58

194	Workmans	Womens J16 4X+	Workmans	06:18:05	06:30:16	00:12:11
193	Skibbereen	Womens J16 4X+	Skibb (os)	04:29:20	04:43:25	00:14:05