Royal Cork Yacht Club's Atlee Kohl Wins All Ireland Junior Title

30th September 2018

Treasa Cox

Defending champions Micheál O' Sullivan and Mikey Carroll lead a race at the 2018 All Ireland Junior sailing championships raced inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour Credit: Afloat.ie

Royal Cork Yacht Club's Atlee Kohl has won the 2018 Junior Irish Sailing All Ireland Sailing Championships sailed in Firefly dinghies in Dun Laoghaire Harbour today.

With only a single point between the top three boats, first and second place was decided on a tie-breaker, with a nail-biting last race seeing Kohl, nominated for the competition by the Laser 4.7s and 29er classes, snatching the title from last year’s winner Micheal O’Suilleabhain from Kinsale. Dubliner Tom Higgins of the Royal St. George Yacht Club came in third place just one point behind after seven races.

All ireland 2841 Tight racing downwind at the All Ireland event Photo: Afloat.ie

All ireland 2841 Tom Higgins and Henry Higgins Photo: Afloat.ieHugh O'Connor and Hugh Lynch Photo: Afloat.ieMicheál O' Sullivan and Mikey Carroll Photo: Afloat.ie

Sixteen nominees from various different Irish Sailing affiliated classes competed in the event in the Royal St George Yacht Club. Racing took place both inside and outside the harbour, with gusts inside the harbour today of up to 30 knots.

All ireland 2841 Photo: Alana Coakley (RStGYC) and Ellie Cunnane Afloat.ie

Final results: 1st place Atlee Kohl (RCYC) with crew Jonathan O’Shaughnessy; 2nd place was Micheal O’Suilleabhain (Kinsale YC) with crew Michael Carroll; 3rd place was Tom Higgins with crew Henry Higgins (RStGYC); Alana Coakley (RStGYC) crewing with Ellie Cunnane was First Girl. Full results of the event are available here

All ireland 2841 Grace O' Beirne and Kathy Kelly Photo: Afloat.ie

atlee kohl and crew with salver outside Winners Atlee Kohl (left) and crew Jonathan O’Shaughnessy Photo: David Branigan/Irish Sailing

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Treasa Cox is Head of Communications at Irish Sailing

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