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Neville Maguire (1927-2021) was a devotedly local sailor whose racing was at world standard

Neville Maguire (1927-2021) was a devotedly local sailor whose racing was at world standard

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Brightlingsea One Design number 31 Blue Peter was built in 1961 by John Mullins © Mullins family John Mullins was a designer and builder of World Championship winning Dragon, Soling and Brightlingsea One Design boats. In addition he designed and built many successful sailing dinghies, cruising yachts and motor launches. Starting as a shipwright in the 1950s, John was known for always doing a job properly, and worked up to be a respected consultant for Petticrows and owned his own ...

An Appreciation of Clare Hogan 18th April 2021 Clare Hogan at Cork Week 1976 Clare Hogan, who sadly died on 10th April 2021, taken from us so prematurely, will be sorely missed by her sailing friends, particularly those of us in the Irish Dragon Class. She sailed from the Royal St George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire in her Dragons "Aphrodite" and "Cloud". Clare came from a sailing family where her brothers Peter, Neil and Tom are well-known sailors. Clare enjoyed success in her Cadet as a youn...

17th April 2021 Cover girls….The International Dragon Class on an evening race in 1969 at Royal North of Ireland YC on Belfast Lough. RNIYC introduced the class to Ireland in the late 1930s, and for many years had the largest fleet, sending forth the 1948 Olympic helmsman Eric Strain The Olympic Flame is now well into its progression through Japan, on a Marathon of Marathons which is seeing runners of every shape and size and type carry it into all of the 47 Prefectures which make up that mo...

The princess wrote a touching message to the duke.

The princess wrote a touching message to the duke.

The princess pledged: “Thank you for your dedication and love for us all and especially Granny, who we will look after for you.” Her tribute came as the Princess Royal returned to public duties just days after Philip’s death, meeting young sailors during a visit to the Isle of Wight. Anne, who honoured her father at the weekend by describing him as “my teacher, my supporter and my critic”, travelled to Cowes and visited the Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS). The princess appeared in good spi...

The princess wrote a touching message to the duke.