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The Irish Government provides funding to Irish Sailing. These funds are exclusively for the benefit of the Performance Pathway. However, this falls short of the amount required to fund the Performance Pathway in order to allow Ireland compete at the highest level. As a result the Performance Pathway programme currently receives around €850,000 per annum from Sport Ireland and €150,000 from sponsorship. A further €2 million per annum is needed to have a major impact at the highest level. The Irish Sailing Foundation was established to bridge the financial gap through securing philanthropic donations, corporate giving and sponsorship.
The vision of the Irish Sailing Foundation is to generate the required financial resources for Ireland to scale-up and execute its world-class sailing programme. Irish Sailing works tirelessly to promote sailing in Ireland and abroad and has been successful in securing funding of 1 million euro from Sport Ireland. However, to compete on a par with
On the Pace Finn Lynch Sixth In Lanzarote s ILCA 7 Fleet
28th January 2021
ILCA7 sailor Finn Lynch in Lanzarote
Credit: Lanzarote Sailing Academy
The National Yacht Club s Finn Lynch recovered to a strong sixth from his ninth overall position going into the final day of racing in the ILCA 7 (men s Laser) fleet of 31 boats at the Lanzarote Winter Series Regatta today.
After ten races plus today s light air medal race, the Rio Olympian ended the training regatta some 17 points off fifth overall but ahead of Dutch sailor Duko Bos, and Switzerland s Eliot Merceron both main rivals for one of the final Tokyo qualification berths.