| Over 50 Juniors Participated in the HYC J80 Junior Evening on Friday 13th July |
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We had a great turn-out for the J80 junior evening held on Friday 13th July from 5.30-8.30pm in HYC. Over 50 juniors, came sailing in the J80s and a fantastic evening was had by all!
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Howth Yacht Club's junior sailors were treated to an evening of race training in the ISA Sailfleet J80s on Friday evening, 13th July - winds were north-easterly in direction and 8-10 knots. Fifty-two juniors took part in the event run by Laura Dillon and the HYC junior sailing team. A host of support vessels and RIBs facilitated the running of the evening which saw all the children (ranging in age from 9 to 18) taking part in 2 short triangular 'races' with two senior volunteers on each of the seven J80s.
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The moderate north-easterly wind facilitated exciting conditions in the waters of Howth Sound and gave many of the children their first taste of one-design keelboat racing. More than twenty five volunteers escorted the exhilarated sailors back to Howth Yacht Club where they enjoyed a great evening!
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Thanks very much to all the people who made the event possible - we won't name everyone, but a few special mentions to Caroline Burke and Eleanor Cahill. Also thanks to Jim and Tom McMahon from "Inland Fibre" for sponsoring the goodie bags given to all the juniors! Plus all the adults who went sailing on the J80s and Kieran and Daire Jameson for taking their yacht out to act as mothership.
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