Malahide’s Imogen Hauer and Hugo Micka have a one point overnight lead in the first day of racing in a nine boat 420 class fleet at the Investwise Youth Sailing Championships on Cork Harbour.

Lough Ree’s Eoghan Duffy with Conor Paul are a point behind the Dublin crew but only on tie-break from Jack McDowell with Henry Thompson, a Malahide and Wexford Harbour combination.

Racing continues tomorrow at Royal Cork Yacht Club. 

420 class Sailed: 3, Discards: 0, To count: 3, Entries: 9

After six races in blustery conditions on the Broadmeadows, Malahide, Adam Hyland/Bill Staunton (RStGYC/SSC) took the Curradinghy-sponsored 420 Leinster title from Robert Dickson/Sean Waddilove (HYC/SSC) by virtue of two race wins.

Hyland & Staunton won the fourth and fifth races to edge out their northside rivals who were second in four races.

The Malahide cousins Lizzy and Cara McDowell also had a consistent series and also won the third race to finish third overall, a point ahead of the Royal St.George YC sisters Kate and Alanna Lyttle.

Best placed of the silver fleet was Philip McDowell & Cian Buckley of the host club in 7th overall.

Taking the two best results from three events – the Munster Championships, ISA Youth nationals and the Leinster Championships, the following ten crews have qualified for the 420 Worlds in the following order:

Hyland/Staunton; Dickson/Waddilove; McCann/Walsh (RCYC); Whittaker/Whittaker (RCYC); Lyttle/Lyttle; McDowell/McDowell, McMahon/O'Sullivan; Ni Shulleabhan/McGinley (KYC/RCYC); McDowell/Buckley; Lee/Jordan (GBSC/HYC).

The first seven crews also qualified for the Junior European Championships.

Malahide Yacht Club will be hosting a series of 420 coaching days on the Broadmeadows, Malahide, over four Saturdays in October. The four sessions will run from 9.30am to 5.30pm on Saturday 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd October and are open to anybody who has been competing in dinghies at regional or national level and who has achieved a standard equivalent to ISA Kites and Wires 1 with spinnaker and trapeze.

Graeme Grant, an experienced international coach and former 420 and 470 sailor, will be in charge of coaching each session.

The cost for four sessions is €100 per person using their own boat. Malahide Yacht Club has two well-maintained 420s that are available to suitably experienced sailors who would like to try sailing in the 420 Class. The cost of four sessions using a club boat is €200 per person, while a €250 per person damage deposit will also be required from anybody using a club boat.

Malahide Yacht Club welcomes discussion with any interested parties about the timing and venues for more 420 coaching in the Dublin area over the winter months.

For further information please contact Brian McDowell at [email protected] or on 087 2327745.