Eve McMahon Wins First Race of Europa Cup on Lake Garda

10th May 2019

Jamie McMahon competing on Lake Garda Credit: Martina Orsini

Irish Radial Girl youth sailing champion Eve McMahon continued her top form by winning the first race of the Laser Europa Cup on Lake Garda, Italy yesterday.

Howth Yacht Club's McMahon, who is aiming to represent Ireland this July at the World Sailing Youth worlds is part of the Irish Sailing Academy team competing, along with brother Jamie (pictured above), Tom Higgins, and Micheal O'Suilleabhain.

Eve notched three fourth places to finish at fifth overall at last month's youth nationals at Royal Cork making her a winner of the girls’ division by five clear points and giving her an Afloat Sailor of the Month prize.

About The Author

Afloat.ie Team

Email The Author

Afloat.ie is Ireland's dedicated marine journalism team.

Have you got a story for our reporters? Email us here.

We've got a favour to ask

More people are reading Afloat.ie than ever thanks to the power of the internet but we're in stormy seas because advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. Unlike many news sites, we haven’t put up a paywall because we want to keep our marine journalism open.

Afloat.ie is Ireland's only full–time marine journalism team and it takes time, money and hard work to produce our content.

So you can see why we need to ask for your help.

If everyone chipped in, we can enhance our coverage and our future would be more secure. You can help us through a small donation. Thank you.