The opening salvo of the Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club Trophy series for 2021 got under way with the traditional all in start for the News Chronicle trophy.
A glorious evening sun spread a little warmth as the 10 - 14 knot northerly did its best to chill the sailors. The race office set an upriver course of just three legs, a long upwind with a passing mark and then a long run home to the club line.
At the start there was a degree of consideration from the fleet with the tide pushing them on, Sam Rowel led the fleet away in his Dart 18, Roger Lewis and Isaac Foot in their RS400 in pursuit, closely followed by Mike Hill in a Laser 1 and Paddy Moriarty in a laser Radial.
Paddy Moriarty and his kelpie, Kellie. Source: Supplied
While some theories have been floating around that Moriarty took off on his own accord, NT Police confirm that the case is still an active murder investigation. Detective Sergeant
Matthew
Allen, who has worked on the Paddy Moriarty case since 2017, said the following in a statement on the Northern Territory Police website:
Somebody knows what happened. A 70-year-old man and his dog don’t just disappear from a tiny outback town. Police believe Paddy has been murdered. We are offering a reward of $250,000 for information leading to the location of his body and the conviction of the person or people responsible for his death. The case will only be closed when it is solved.
NT Police say they believe Paddy Moriarty was murdered, offer $250,000 reward
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Police are offering a quarter of a million dollars for information about Paddy Moriarty, whose sudden disappearance from a tiny outback town three years ago has become one of the Northern Territory s most notorious missing person cases.
Key points:
NT Police say people may be eligible for immunity from prosecution
It s been more than three years since Mr Moriarty and his dog vanished
Dingle lost a rare old character with the death last Wednesday of Timmy Kelliher from Milltown, who was known by everybody and brought a smile wherever he went.
Timmy was a particularly sociable man who would chat away for hours with anybody who cared to join him, preferably at the counter in Curran s or maybe McCarthy s or Foxy John s. He had a great interest in people, regardless of their age, who they were, or where they came from. He saw all people as equal, but he didn t have much time for people who had notions about themselves, and this is how he came to have a memorable part in the lore surrounding Ryan s Daughter .