Early Flyer Open Topper Clinic
17 sailors participated in the Early flyer Open Topper clinic organised by tcsailingcoach.com with the participation of the Tralee Bay Sailing School.
Tralee Bay sailing school kindly made available some of the school toppers and their facilities for showers and briefings. Thomas Chaix was the lead coach and was assisted by Alan Ruigrok. The main theme of the 4 days was boat prep, techniques and boat handling. The medium air and the superb weather helped to make it a success and it was amazing to see our youngest sailor Daire Cournane (10) sailing alongside our 4 lady masters. with over 10 hours afloat and video debriefs back ashore, loads were learned and the group felt very happy going home with new skills and the firm motivation to enter the worlds this summer.
Each day, a few races were sailed to constitute the Early flyer challenge. After 9 races (2 discards), Patrick Daly impressively took the trophy home. The ever improving Erica Ruigrok was a distant second but a confortable top lady. Fergahl Fitzgibbon narrowly took the best improver of the clinic honours ahead of Liz Lynch.
Results
| rk | sailor | club | pts | r1 | r2 | r3 | r4 | r5 | r6 | r7 | r8 | r9 |
| 1 | Patrick Daly | TBSC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Erica Ruigrok | HYC/RSC | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Ferghal Fitzgibbon | TBSC | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Michael Magowan | TBSC | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | dnc | dnc | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Daire Cournane | KYC | 32 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
| 6 | Aisling Carney | TBSC | 57 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | dnc | dnc | dnc |
| 7 | Jacqui Browne | TBSC | 58 | dnc | dnc | dnc | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | dnf |
| 8 | Michele Moore | TBSC | 61 | dnc | dnc | dnc | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | Cian Dowling | TBSC | 64 | 11 | dnf | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 11 |
| 10 | Jennifer Stimpfy | TBSC | 66 | 6 | dnf | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| 11 | Donal Fitzgibbon | TBSC | 69 | 9 | dnf | 10 | 9 | dnf | 9 | 14 | 8 | 12 |
| 12 | Liz Lynch | TBSC | 70 | 8 | dnf | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 10 |
| 13 | Mark Taylor | TBSC | 82 | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | Jonathan Connor | KYC | 82 | 10 | dnf | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 13 |
| 15 | Kate Magowan | TBSC | 90 | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 16 | Bridget Lange | TBSC | 94 | dnc | dnc | dnc | 14 | 6 | 13 | 8 | dnf | dnc |
| 17 | Claire Gibson | TBSC | 102 | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | 13 | 10 | 7 |