A full house at Kinsale Yacht Club to hear Olympian Mark Mansfield give pre season sailing tips
Credit: Graham Currran
There was a full house to hear solo sailor Tom Dolan outline his 2019 plans in the new foiling Figaro 3 at Kinsale Yacht Club last Thursday.
As Afloat.ie previously reported, the evening also featured Mark Mansfield from UK Sailmakers Ireland present slides on his recent top tips articles on Afloat.ie. It was an engaging session that produced a half hour of questions and answers.
Other similar club events from UK Sailmakers are planned over the next few months.
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Even when County Meath solo sailor Tom Dolan had been down the numbers in the early stages of the four-stage 2,000 mile 2020 Figaro Race, Dolan and his boat were soon eating their way up through the fleet in any situation which demanded difficult tactical decisions.
His fifth overall at the finish – the highest-placed non-French sailor and winner of the Vivi Cup – had him right among the international elite in one of 2020's few major events.
The 33-year-old who has lived in Concarneau, Brittany since 2009 but grew up on a farm in rural County Meath came into the gruelling four-stage race aiming to get into the top half of the fleet and to underline his potential to Irish sailing administrators considering the selection process for the 2024 Olympic Mixed Double Offshore category which comes in for the Paris games.
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