A great end of season series of results has put the icing on a fine season for UK Sails Ireland, the first season under the new ownership of Barry and Claire Hayes and Graham Curran.
In the 1720 Nationals, just completed in Baltimore, UK Sails again had a clean sweep. In this hotly contested class, UK Sails filled all top four slots.
"UK Sails have filled all three podium positions in the last five years in both the Nationals and Europeans"
Donagh Good's “Da Fishy” from Royal Cork, with Peter O'Leary on the helm, won from Baltimore's Anthony O'Leary’ in Antix, with Robbie English and Ross McDonald’s Rope Dock from Howth Yacht Club, making up the top three. In addition, fourth place was also a UK Sails boat with Tom Hegarty from Baltimore taking this slot. All four were using UK sails Ireland upwind and downwind sails.
1720 sportsboat racing Photo: Bob Bateman
UK Sails have filled all three podium position in the last five years in both the Nationals and Europeans in the 1720 one-design class.
In the Irish Sea, the final race of the ISORA Series was held last weekend and was an 80–mile race from Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire and was won by Andrew Hall's J125, Jackknife. Andrew also has a new J121 which he sails in the Mediterranean on which he will compete in the upcoming RORC Middle Sea Race. Both boats use UK Sails Ireland sail inventories.
Hubo
In Holland, a newly built one-off 36–footer, Hubo just won the Dutch IRC /ORC Nationals two weekends ago. This boat was only launched in May and UK Sails Ireland was asked to kit the boat out with both it's upwind and downwind sails, featuring its Grand Prix Uni Titanium unwind range.
