Eve McMahon from Howth Yacht Club in Dublin has won the world U21 championship title for her ILCA6 Olympic class in Tangiers, Morocco.
After six days of racing the Paris 2024 hopeful held her nerve and delivered a very impressive regatta coming in 14 points lower than her closest competitor.
On a windy final day of the event on Sunday she started in the middle of the fleet and worked her way up into third place shortly before the finish.
A capsize threatened to ruin her hopes but she still managed to recover and finish the race in eighth, enough to secure the title.
“I am very happy with how Eve approached the event,” said Irish Sailing Head Coach Rory Fitzpatrick.
“She followed good processes and rolled with the punches to be consistent race by race at this event.”
“This made it hard for other contenders to challenge the title towards the end.”
Sailors had the full range of conditions to compete with this week making this regatta a real test of abilities.
