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Race officer Con Murphy opted to start all 15 boats together

A few of you Auto-Biography followers might remember Chapter 4, in which I surreptitiously bought a 1966 Honda 160 Scrambler motorcycle at college.

Months of harsh winter sailing had been endured and so the event at Monkstown Bay was met with much enthusiasm and excitement from the Fireball sailor...

I bought a dying breed, and I didn’t even know it.

OK, first let’s get this straight: For years I hated running and would do almost anything to avoid it.

Tony Heard, who died on Wednesday 27 March 2024 at the age of 86, was one of the bravest people I have known.

“I still regret selling that truck to you,” said my longtime neighbor Clive. “And I still don’t know why I did it. It was a helluva pickup.”

OK, let’s go back to Nov. 3 of last year.That’s when, in a sidebar to Auto-Biography Chapter 4, I described slipping out of a traffic ticket in Nevada while behind

Monkstown Bay Sailing Club's ever-popular Laser Frostbite League concluded in Cork Harbour on Saturday afternoon (February 10th). A cold north-eas...

It all started when my brother drove his brand-new car, a 1984 Celica GT-S coupe, up from the Bay Area for a visit.