#optimist – Loghlen Rickard of the host club leads local hopes in second overall at the Jelly Bean Factory sponsored Irish Optimist Championships in Dun Laoghaire but English and German sailors are top of the senior and junior fleets after five races. 190 boats are racing from the National Yacht Club since Thursday, a regatta that has drawn considerable interest as next year's Optmist European Championships will be staged on Dublin Bay. Roko Mohr from Germany leads the juniors while Spinnaker Sailing Club's Milo Gill–Taylor, recently crowned British champion, tops the senior fleet. Results are here. Racing continues until Sunday with strong winds forecast tomorrow.
Optimists Lead By UK & German Sailors on Dublin Bay, Rickard Tops Irish
16th August 2013
Published in Optimist
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