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Galway s Yannick Lemonnier Aims for Mini Transat 2021 in September
25th February 2021
The new look for Yannick Lemonnier s Mini 6.50. Original designer Sam Manuard has done away with the single canard daggerboard, and replaced it with two asymmetrical foils
Quite a few of us still think of Yannick Lemonnier as the keen young French guy who came to Galway by way of Dingle, and in time became the Irish branch of Quantum Sails, with a new loft in the City of the Tribes. But he turned 50 last July, and was thinking of unfinished business, even though he and his son Sean – they re a formidable team – were on their way to winning the Cong-Galway Race for the second year running.
Yannick & Sean Lemonnier, Galway s Father & Son Shorthanded Offshore Duo (Video)
14th February 2021
Sean and Yannick Lemonnier from Galway Bay
Credit: Screenshot via Quantum Sails
Meet Yannick and Sean Lemonnier, Galway Bay s father-son shorthanded offshore sailing duo. Yannick is the owner of Quantum Sails Ireland and is preparing for the 2021 Mini Transat Race.
He has been sharing his passion with Sean for years and the two have spent some unforgettable moments together on the water.
As regular Afloat readers will recall, the duo – with a hat-trick under their belts – are the reigning champions in the Cong-Galway Race, Ireland’s oldest and Europe’s longest inland yacht race.