Sunday 31sy May 2009 saw the inaugural METMASTS.IE TURBINES YACHT RACE take place at Arklow Sailing Club, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
Although most of the country was basking in the glorious sunshine, our sailing enthusiasts were would have preferred significantly more wind. The event had attracted an entry of 15 crews from sailing clubs in Dun Laoghaire, Greystones, Wicklow, Arklow & Courtown and all were looking forward to a challenging race around the Arklow Bank Windfarm. Due to the very light winds the original 34 nautical mile circumnavigation was shortened to an inshore race which was very competitive and eventually won by “Aqualina” in a time of 3:49:26.
View images of the event on Arklow Sailing Club website.
The prize giving event in the evening sunshine was well attended by the competing crews, sailing enthusiasts and clients & staff of METMASTS.IE. The prize giving was hosted by Arklow Sailing Club Commodore, Paul Barrett and the prizes were awarded by Caroline Burrell (Green Party) with the magnificent METMASTS.IE PERPETUAL TROPHY being proudly presented by CEO of METMASTS.IE. to James Tyrrell owner of “Aqualina”.
Coinciding with the event METMASTS.IE hosted our corporate event with boat trips, BBQ and music laid on at Arklow Sailing Club, All in all we had 34 clients attend and a good time was expressed by all. One of the long lasting memories from the clients is taking the helm of a 52ft Motor Yacht Son Vida II and cruising out to the offshore Windfarm, but for one client, Irish Radiophones Limited the abiding memory of the event is the birth of “Katy” who entered our world 4 hours after stepping of SON VIDA II. Our congratulations go to Lynda Duffy, daughter of MD, Stanley Dagg and there is no truth in the rumour that Lynda was bidding for the “Special Achievement Award”
Following the event, Michael Martyn CEO METMASTS.IE said “we are so pleased with the running of the event that we have agreed to extend our initial agreement with ASL from three to five years by which time we expect to see the race firmly established in the Irish Sailing Calendar. In the meantime we would like to take this opportunity to thank the Commodore of ASC, Paul Barrett and his entire team in organising a fantastic event. We also thank Córa Garvey from DMG Sailsports in promoting the event and looking after our clients, ConceptsOnline.co.uk for their GPS race tracking system which was the source of much interest amongst the crews post event, and of course Astins.co.uk for their beautiful trophy which was specially crafted for the
METMASTS.IE TURBINES YACHT RACE
RACE RESULTS:
Echo Class 1;
Aquelina
Big Hillo Style
Outhaul
X posure
Another Adventure
Dreamtime
Echo Class 2;
Jumpin Jack Flash
Cul8r
Niamh Cinn Oir
Molly
Highflyer
Cetewayo
Lucest
IRC Class;
Aquelina
Big Hillo Style
Outhaul
X posure
Another Adventure
Astins Special Acheivement Award:
Dreamtime
