Paul O’Higgins is June’s Sailor of the Month (Offshore)

2nd July 2019

Rockabill VI skipper Paul O'Higgins Credit: Dominick Walsh/D2D

Defending the title with the same boat in the biennial 270-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race is a real challenge at a time when the cruiser-racer fleet is expanding with some very hot new designs. But Paul O’Higgins (Royal Irish YC), with his well-tested JPK 1080 Rockabill VI, proved up to the challenge by becoming the first skipper to win two in a row in a race which demonstrated the need to be able to maintain top performance right to the end.

More on O'Higgins' stand out 2019 season here

Published in Sailor of the Month, Dun Laoghaire Dingle, Royal Irish Yacht Club, ISORA

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