Ireland s Developing Sailing Season of 2021 Is Like a Gently Rising Tide
26th June 2021
Ding-dong at Foynes – Gala Racing (Simon McGibney, Foynes YC) and Lola (Luke McBride, Sligo YC) trying their own side of the beat in search of success in last weekend s J/24 Southerns at Foynes on the Shannon Estuary. Alas, it was not to be – this wasn t the win move that seems to be promised here
Credit: Foynes YC
The National YC s Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race of Wednesday, June 9th – just two days after such things became permissible on June 7th - may have been hailed here as a spectacular pillar event to launch the 2021 Irish sailing season out of the pandemic penumbra . But the truth is that the season currently getting under way is more like a gentle tide flooding into a winding and shallow creek, rather than a sudden eruption of activity across a wide front.