The dedicated and detailed process whereby Hal Sisk and Fionan de Barra are restoring the historic Dublin Bay 21 Class (founded 1903) for a meaningful role in the 21st century has taken a major step forward with the 1903 Portrush-built Garavoge, and the only Dun Laoghaire-built boat - the 1905 Naneen - now both afloat with Steve Morris and his skilled boat-building team at Kilrush Boatyard.
The timeless beauty of the highly-regarded Alfred Mylne design lives again, and though current circumstances have inevitably delayed the painstaking project of bringing the class back to life, the work goes on.