Irish National Waspz Championships at Royal St George Yacht Club
by Henry Start 5 Oct 18:28 BST
2-3 October 2021
Henry Start wins the Irish National Waspz Championships © Simon McIlwaine /
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The WASZP nationals were held at RStGYC, Dunlaoighre, Dublin this weekend and 15 sailors participated, with three from UK travelling over to sail with us.
Henry Start, Event Chair, commented "We were delighted with such good numbers for this event and the standard was excellent, it was fantastic to have attracted three top UK sailors also."
It was hard fast sailing in heavy winds and choppy conditions where it was all to play for with many capsizing. The top six boats were very close and the final outcome often being decided in the last lap.
Four long races were held on the first day, and unfortunately racing was blown out by 30+ knot gusts and 1.5m waves on the second day. Barry O'Neill race officer and his team set good race courses in challenging conditions.
Overall winner in 8.2 m fleet was UK sailor Ross Banham followed by Arthur Fry, both from Hayling Island sailing club, UK. Henry Start RStGYC came a close third overall and was National Waszp champion in this fleet.
Max Goodbody RStGYC/RIYC and Marcus O'Leary RSGYC came second and third in the national 8.2 fleet. In the 6.9m fleet overall winner and national winner was Emily Conan RSGYC, followed closely by Kate Tingle RStGYC /RCYC in second and Tom Hogan RSGYC in third place. Tom was also first master.
Elysia O'Leary RStGYC was first Irish female in 8.2 fleet and Max Goodbody RSGYC/RIYC was first under 19 years in the 8.2m fleet.
The nations trophy went to the UK team and the First Traveller trophy to Hattie Rogers Royal Lymington YC.
Duncan Hepplewhite from Sailingfast UK came over to support and sponsor the event. Simon and Erin Mcllwaine took stellar photos of the event - thank you!
Overall Results:
| Pos | Nation | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
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| 1st | GBR | 2429 | Ross Banham | RSYC | 1 | 1 | ‑3 | 1 | 3 |
| 2nd | GBR | 2699 | Arthur Fry | HISC | ‑3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3rd | IRL | 2752 | Henry Start | RSGYC | ‑6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4th | IRL | 3041 | Max Goodbody | RSGYC | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑5 | 8 |
| 5th | GBR | 2932 | Hattie Rogers | RLYC | 5 | 5 | ‑6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6th | IRL | 3150 | Marcus O'Leary | RSGYC | 4 | 6 | 5 | (RET) | 15 |
| 7th | IRL | 3031 | Elysia O'Leary | RSGYC | (DNC) | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 8th | IRL | 44501 | Emily Conan | RSGYC | 7 | ‑11 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| 9th | IRL | 2 | Katie Tingle | RCYC | (DNC) | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 10th | IRL | 2408 | Tom Hogan | RSGYC | (DNC) | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 11th | IRL | 14 | Chris Bateman | RCYC | (DNC) | 7 | RET | DNC | 41 |
| 12th | IRL | 3079 | Georgia Goodbody | RSGYC | (DNC) | DNC | 9 | DNC | 43 |
| 13th | IRL | 2464 | Jemima Owens | NYC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 51 |
| 13th | IRL | 3/3 | Alexander Trickett | NCY | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 51 |
| 13th | IRL | 2612 | TP Hogan | RSGYC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 51 |
| 13th | IRL | 3061 | Cecile Van Steenberge | NYC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 51 |