Luke and Erin McIlwaine and Conor Quinn at the British National Championships in Wales.
Conor Quinn and Luke McIlwaine travelled to Wales last week to compete against 256 other sailors in the British Nationals. Quinn got off to a shaky start and was lying 59th after day 1 compared with McIlwaine in 24th. Over the next 4 days however Quinn started to improve with lots of top 10 finishes, his best position being 5th. Both sailors made the cut for Gold fleet and Quinn ended up 16th overall which is a tremendous result. McIlwaine slipped back a bit to finish 44th. In the 4.2 Fleet young Erin McIlwaine sailed brilliantly to finish 13th overall. The sailors remain in Pwllheli for the world championships being held this week over 7 days.
Cruiser News
On Saturday the 9th August, the 6-Cruiser fleet competed for the Carlingford Kettle 2-race series and both races were won by Don Campbell in Thetis. These races were the last 2 races in the Mid Season, the results of which were:
1st Invincible - Mick McCann
2nd Atlantic Diva - Gerry Byrne
3rd Thetis - Don Campbell
Next Saturday, 16-Aug-14 the Warrenpoint Regatta will be held, a 3-race cruiser series starting near Warrenpoint Baths at 2:30. Don't forget that all-comers are welcome - just contact Race Control on VHF Channel 6 before 2:30, to give your details. The main prize is the Whistledown Trophy which will be presented after the races at the Whistledown Hotel.
On the following Saturday, the 23-Aug-14, CLYC will host their Cruiser Regatta at Killowen - again all boats are more than welcome. There will be a BBQ and Prize-giving at CLYC at around 7 pm - all welcome. The Warrenpoint Regatta and the CLYC Regatta races also count as part of the Late Season which will run every Saturday at 2:00 pm, until the end of September.
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