Sister-Brother duo Clementine and Nathan van Steenberge (NYC) finished up fifth and first mixed duo, having led the 29er fleet for the first three days in Kiel Week in Germany.
As Afloat reported earlier, the Dun Laoghaire siblings showed strong with four race wins in the qualifying series.
The next of the five Irish boats competing was Ireland's current National Champions top boy duo Ben O’Shaughnessy (RCYC) and Ethan Spain (NYC), who finished in 12th place overall and within the top ten of the boys' fleet.
Next of the Irish were female pairing and current Under 17 World Champions Lucia Cullen (NYC/RSGYC/RCYC) and Alana Twomey (RCYC), who had a solid event, including two race wins in the qualifying series. They finished 19th overall and second female crew at the event.
The lighter 29er teams had just enough breeze for the crew on trapeze in the final races of Kiel Week 2023 Photo: Kiel Week/Sascha Klahn
Dublin sisters Emily and Jessica Riordan (RStGYC) narrowly missed out on Gold fleet qualification and finished a strong 7th in the silver fleet.
William Walsh and Conor Flynn (NYC) gave a powerful performance at their first international event in the 29er.
Keil Week’s 29er fleet attracted 168 entries to the renowned venue in Germany. The event started with a two-day qualifying series, and then the competition ramped up as the fleets split into gold, silver, bronze and emerald. There was no room for mistakes, with just one discard in the 13-race series.
Victory went to Denmarks Nicklas Holt and Katja Visby Svendsen, Silver to French pairing Jocelyn le Goff, Jules Vidor, and Bronze to the GBR team of Charlie Gran and Sam Webb.
After four days of competitive racing and plenty of lessons learnt, the team of Irish sailors return home today to compete at the Irish 29er Nationals later this week at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire.
