Rian Geraghty McDonnell of the NYC Dunlaoighre, Dublin along with 4 other talented sailors (James Dwyer Matthews, Justin Lucas, Harry Twoomey and Michael Crosbie all from Cork represented Ireland at the World Optimist Championships in Cyprus. Rian came away in 16th place in Gold Fleet and top Irish Sailor at the event.
This weekend Rian will move into his next challenge “ the 29er “ and he hopes to continue to learn and improve on his Sailing skills in this class.
He has had a wonderful 9 years of Sailing and competing internationally in his opti and he is very grateful to the class and all his coaches throughout this wonderful journey.
Results as per :
http://2018worlds.optiworld.org/uploaded_files/Document_12634_20180905170101_en.pdf
Here is a link to a further piece from Afloat https://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-classes/optimist/item/40455-nyc-s-geraghty-mcdonnell-just-outside-top-10-in-oppy-worlds-gold-fleet
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