Dun Laoghaire’s Clementine van Steenberge and Jessica Riordan are Sailors of the Month (Youth) For April

1st May 2024

Never mind the weather - Clementine van Steenberg and Jessica Riordan on their way to 29er victory in the Youth Nationals at Crosshaven

The nuclear fusion generated by the focus of elite 29er training in Dun Laoghaire – currently centred on the National YC with Thomas Chaix – meant that the class was one of those that elected to have a four-day series starting on the Thursday of the storm-tossed Youth Nationals at Crosshaven in early April.

For those who could avail of it, the intense use of the sailable if very wet conditions on that extra first day may have resulted in an action-packed and exhausting series. But they kept them at it until they got a proper series result, knowing that the succeeding days might all be unsailable. It was most hectic of all for the 29ers, but the new combination of World Champion Clementine van Steenberg of the National YC and Jessica Riordan of the Royal St George YC provided the winning ingredients for victory.

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