Outgoing Dublin Bay Sailing Club Commodore Jonathan Nicholson handed over the tiller to Ruffian 23 helmswoman Ann Kirwan by Zoom last night at DBSC's virtual AGM.
Kirwan takes over the role for the next two years, becoming the second only female DBSC Commodore in the 136-year history of the club, the first being Margaret Woods in 1997.
Eddie Totterdell was voted in as Vice Commodore and Jacqueline McStay as Rear Commodore.
Chris Moore stays on as Honorary Secretary, with Peter Fleming remaining as Honorary Treasurer.
Nicholson was presented with a Sterling Silver lapel pin, and DBSC burgee.
In his closing report, Nicholson paraphrased the Tanaiste when he said: "this year has been like no other".
It's no understatement and regular Afloat readers will know how DBSC navigated with Style over COVID-19's challenging seas as W M Nixon reported here.
Huge changes were implemented in order to run and manage DBSC racing that caters for as many s 150 boats on a typical Thursday evening. Many of these changes have proven to be positive and may be retained for the coming season.
A number of other changes were also planned but were not relevant under the current circumstance. These include a re-imagined Super League, the reappearance of the Dublin Bay 21s which hopefully will re-emerge in the coming years.
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Although at a high-level, boat entry numbers were broadly similar to 2019, their composition was quite different. This year the Laser class and to a lesser extent, the PY class were far more popular, with almost twice as many Lasers entering. On average, entries across the other classes entries were down by around 25%.
A notable exception is Cruisers 0 which saw a 30% increase.
