Alan
Henry and Simon Reville in 14 / 125, Slipstream, won the
2011 IDRA National Championships at Galway Bay Sailing Club.
Alan Carr and Ian McCormack in 14 / 38, Starfish, finished
in second place. Third place went to Pat O'Neill and Jim
O'Hara in 14 / 15 Delos II from CYBC.
Six races were held over three days In strong winds that
reached force 6, with gusts over 25 knots, that led to many
capsizes.
Jim Lambkin and Wendy Rudd in 14 / 1, Error, (placed 6th)
and Charles Sargent and Ed Fleming in 14 / 126, Smurfette,
- both from SDC - (placed 15th) were among the few boats
to remain upright throughout this challenging event.
SDC
sailors have a strong track record at the IDRA nationals.
This year was Alan Henry's 5th time to win the event and
Alan Carr has won the IDRA nationals three times. Scorie
Walls and Terry Harvey are two other SDC sailors whose names
are engraved several times on the IDRA national championship
trophy.
Alan
& Simon have already won Clontarf's Sunbeam Cup and
Sutton Regatta!
Well
done to all!!
