Lough Derg Yacht Club in Tipperary hosted this year's Inland championship on the weekend of 14-15 October. Three UK visitors were made most welcome and we hope to have even more overseas Squib sailors next year. In all, there were 35 Squibs from all the Irish Squib fleets, which is more than attended this year's Irish Squib Championship in August.
Four races were held in the open waters north of the Corrikeen Islands with a windward/leeward course of two laps. The wind was shifting back and forth by up to 30 degrees, as can be expected on a lake, and the wind strength averaged about 12 knots, but varied from about knots to 16 knots ahead of a rain shower.
Three races were completed on Saturday and due to the light winds just one race on Sunday. At the prize-giving the Commodore of LDYC, Declan Mulcahy invited all the competitors and their friends back for the Inland Championships next year on 12th/13th October 2024.
Overall Results:
Pos Fleet Boat Name Sail Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1 SQUIB Outlaw 785 Ian Travers Keith O'Riordan Kinsale Yacht 3 ‑13 3 1 7
2 SQUIB Durt 241 Fergus O'Kelly Rob Stanley Howth Yacht 6 3 2 ‑9 11
3 SQUIB Fagin 100 James Matthews Harvey Matthews Kinsale Yacht ‑8 4 4 3 11
4 SQUIB Quickstep 820 Gordon Patterson Ross Nolan Royal North of Ireland (RET) 1 1 11 13
5 SQUIB Mucky 51 Cliodhna Ni Shuilleabhain Michael O'Sullivan Kinsale Yacht 7 2 ‑9 6 15
6 SQUIB Squib 11 Dick Batt Pamela Batt Royal Victoria 5 5 5 ‑7 15
7 SQUIB Femme Fatale 24 Vincent Delany Joe O' Byrne LDYC/RstGYC 1 8 7 ‑15 16
8 SQUIB Ruby Blue 35 Aidan O'Connell Cian Lynch RIYC 4 7 6 ‑14 17
9 SQUIB Kerfuffle 37 Emmet Dalton Neal Merry Howth Yacht 2 ‑12 8 10 20
10 SQUIB Granat 871 David Stewart Brian Hare RIYC 14 10 ‑23 2 26
11 SQUIB Misfire 127 David McFarlane Tadg Murphy LDYC ‑13 9 12 5 26
12 SQUIB Big Shadow 869 Jill Somerville Tom McMahon Howth Yacht 10 ‑22 13 4 27
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