Achievers 2015 Keelboat Winners

Helm Boat Event Result

Ross McDonald Equinox Sovereigns Winner IRC 2

Niamh McDonald Fusion Sovereigns Winner IRC 3

Cillian Dickson / K25 Kilcullen Sovereigns Winner IRC 4 Bite the Colm Bermingham Sovereigns Winner White Sail 1 Bullet Windsor Lauden Demelza Sovereigns Winner White Sail 2

We Came, We Saw, We Kicked Its Ass!! – Dr. Peter Venkman Ghostbusters 1984 Keelboat Winners

Helm Boat Event Result Dun Laoghaire Regaa Jonny Swan Harmony Winner C2 IRC DBSC Cruiser Challenge

Anthony Gore Dux Dun Laoghaire Regaa Winner C3 IRC Grimes

Dave Cullen Checkmate Half Ton Cup Winner Paddy Gregory & Flashback ISORA Winner Don Breen Stephen Quinn Lambay Rules Welsh IRC Winner Other Notable Keelboat Performances

Helm / Sailors Boat Result Dan O’Grady ISA Helmsmans Winner (Crew) Colm Buckley & Simon Winner Dun Laoghaire to Blue Eyes Knowles Dingle double handed

Shane Murphy / Daragh 21st World Championships SB20 Sheridan, John Phelan (Top Irish)

Indigo - 40 footer from 3rd Overall Anapolis to Luke Malcolm New Orleans Newport Race Conor Fogarty/ Dave Bam Won double handed offshore Cagney Other Notable Keelboat Performances

Helm / Sailors Boat Result 10th Europeans (1st U25) Cillian Dickson – K25 J24 Irish Boat of the Year Ross McDonald, Dylan Gannon, Winner RORC Easter Challenge & Anx Dan O’Grady Warsash Spring Series Winner Ficker Cup in California and Warren Jones Regaa Perth, Shane Diviney Match Racing 3rd US grand slam, Winner M32 Regaa Chicago 4th Place European Womens Match Diana Kissane, Suzanne Burke. Match Racing Racing Niamh McDonald, Aoife English.

Top Dinghy Performances

Helm / Sailors Boat Result World Cup event Weymouth, Aoife Hopkins Radial 9th Europeans, 20th Worlds Runner-up U-17 Europeans, Ewan McMahon 18th Worlds (3rd U17), 3rd Warnemunde Week Naonal Champions, Doug Elmes & Colin 420 5th Week, O’Sullivan 23rd World Championships Ulsters winner Harry Bell Opmist World Team Jamie McMahon Opmist 41st Europeans (Top Irish) Top Dinghy Performances

Helm / Sailors Boat Result Ronan Cull Laser Standard Winner Irish Naonals Paul McMahon & Laura RS400 Winner Irish Southerns Houlihan Winner Dun Laoghaire Week Ian & Judith Malcolm Water Wag Overall Best Dinghy Award

Alistair Kissane Moth Winner Irish Naonals Naonals Champions 2015!!!

Helm Boat Ross McDonald – Equinox IRC 2

Niamh McDonald – Fusion IRC 3

Cillian Dickson – K25 Squad IRC4 & J24 Colm Bermingham – Bite the Bullet Non-Spinnaker Class 1

Windsor Lauden – Demelza Non-Spinnaker Class 2 Alistair Kissane Moth Doug Elmes & Colin O’Sullivan 420 Ronan Cull Laser Standard Jonny Wormald & Fergus O’Kelly Squib