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The 2026 Gibney Classic

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The 2026 Gibney Classic

Howth Yacht Club

Results are provisional as of 10:15 IST on 16 August 2026

Overall

Division A: Spinnaker (IRC)

The Gibney Classic Race — 15 Aug 2026 — Start: 11:05:00

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club Finish ET TCC CT Points
1 1543 Indian simon knowles Howth YC 13:08:55 2:03:55 1.002 2:04:10 1.0
2 1840 The Big Picture Michael & Richard Evans Howth YC 13:05:45 2:00:45 1.045 2:06:11 2.0
3 9202 Insider Again Ian Martin & Stephen Mullaney Howth YC 13:21:11 2:16:11 0.955 2:10:03 3.0
4 53308 Loinnir John Malone & Emmet Sheridan Lough Ree YC 13:18:12 2:13:12 1.024 2:16:24 4.0

Division A: Spinnaker (NHC)

The Gibney Classic Race — 15 Aug 2026 — Start: 11:05:00

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club Finish ET TCF CT New TCF Points
1 1543 Indian simon knowles Howth YC 13:08:55 2:03:55 1.018 2:06:09 1.026 1.0
2 9202 Insider Again Ian Martin & Stephen Mullaney Howth YC 13:21:11 2:16:11 0.933 2:07:04 0.939 2.0
3 53308 Loinnir John Malone & Emmet Sheridan Lough Ree YC 13:18:12 2:13:12 1.030 2:17:12 1.021 3.0
4 1840 The Big Picture Michael & Richard Evans Howth YC 13:05:45 2:00:45 1.152 2:19:06 1.147 4.0

Division B: Spinnaker (IRC)

The Gibney Classic Race — 15 Aug 2026 — Start: 11:15:00

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club Finish ET TCC CT Points
1 2050 Chronos Byrne/Cullen Howth YC 13:13:52 1:58:52 0.906 1:47:42 1.0
2 988 DUX Caroline & Nico Gore-Grimes Howth YC 13:14:22 1:59:22 0.916 1:49:20 2.0
3 8188 Alliance II Vincent Gaffney Howth YC 13:19:59 2:04:59 0.891 1:51:22 3.0
4 4123 Pepperbox Farrelly / Frazer / Cullen Howth YC 13:16:42 2:01:42 0.919 1:51:51 4.0
5 1972 No Excuse Wormald/Walsh/O'Neill Howth YC 13:17:10 2:02:10 0.917 1:52:02 5.0

Division B: Spinnaker (NHC)

The Gibney Classic Race — 15 Aug 2026 — Start: 11:15:00

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club Finish ET TCF CT New TCF Points
1 2050 Chronos Byrne/Cullen Howth YC 13:13:52 1:58:52 0.920 1:49:21 0.928 1.0
2 4123 Pepperbox Farrelly / Frazer / Cullen Howth YC 13:16:42 2:01:42 0.910 1:50:45 0.915 2.0
3 191 Battling J Malahide Yacht Club Malahide YC 13:22:24 2:07:24 0.870 1:50:50 0.874 3.0
4 4115 Johnny Bravo J24 Chris Shackleton Malahide YC 13:22:40 2:07:40 0.870 1:51:04 0.874 4.0
5 8188 Alliance II Vincent Gaffney Howth YC 13:19:59 2:04:59 0.890 1:51:14 0.893 5.0
6 988 DUX Caroline & Nico Gore-Grimes Howth YC 13:14:22 1:59:22 0.955 1:54:00 0.953 6.0
7 1972 No Excuse Wormald/Walsh/O'Neill Howth YC 13:17:10 2:02:10 0.950 1:56:04 0.946 7.0
8 158 Lazy Bones Patrick, Neil Higginbotham Malahide YC 13:30:06 2:15:06 0.886 1:59:42 0.878 8.0
9 791 Shenanigans Lee Douglas / Aidan Keane Malahide YC 13:36:05 2:21:05 0.870 2:02:45 0.866 9.0
10 527 HYC Club J80 Mandy Bishop Howth YC 13:32:48 2:17:48 0.915 2:06:05 0.909 10.0

Division C: Non-Spinnaker (IRC)

The Gibney Classic Race — 15 Aug 2026 — Start: 11:10:00

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club Finish ET TCC CT Points
1 100 Demelza Windsor & Steffi Howth YC 12:51:23 1:41:23 0.865 1:27:42 1.0
2 3335C Bite the Bullet Colm Bermingham Howth YC 12:43:53 1:33:53 0.947 1:28:54 2.0
3 33301 White Pearl David Greene Malahide YC 12:50:51 1:40:51 0.935 1:34:18 3.0
4 2070 Out and About Terry Mc Coy Howth YC 12:54:06 1:44:06 0.908 1:34:31 4.0

Division C: Non-Spinnaker (NHC)

The Gibney Classic Race — 15 Aug 2026 — Start: 11:10:00

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club Finish ET TCF CT New TCF Points
1 8331 Changeling Kieran Jameson Howth YC 12:39:54 1:29:54 0.969 1:27:07 0.991 1.0
2 8571 Spellbound Graham Burrows & Linda Skeffington Howth YC 12:39:25 1:29:25 0.988 1:28:21 1.006 2.0
3 2070 Out and About Terry Mc Coy Howth YC 12:54:06 1:44:06 0.867 1:30:15 0.877 3.0
4 8151 Joker's Wild Flood - MacQuarrie - Greene Howth YC 12:47:56 1:37:56 0.925 1:30:35 0.934 4.0
5 100 Demelza Windsor & Steffi Howth YC 12:51:23 1:41:23 0.920 1:33:16 0.921 5.0
6 4615 Freelance Allen/Johns/Arthurs/Somers Malahide YC 12:49:57 1:39:57 0.942 1:34:09 0.940 6.0
7 33301 White Pearl David Greene Malahide YC 12:50:51 1:40:51 0.962 1:37:01 0.956 7.0
8 2112 Boojum Tom Fitzpatrickj Howth YC 12:57:30 1:47:30 0.911 1:37:56 0.904 8.0
9 9990 Badger Mark & Paul Rossiter Howth YC 12:59:47 1:49:47 0.905 1:39:21 0.896 9.0
10 296 Archie Guy Molyneux and Peter Kelly Howth YC 13:05:55 1:55:55 0.860 1:39:41 0.851 10.0
11 3335C Bite the Bullet Colm Bermingham Howth YC 12:43:53 1:33:53 1.065 1:39:59 1.054 11.0
12 1801 Liberty Gibney/Gallagher/Campion Malahide YC 13:32:05 2:22:05 0.874 2:04:11 0.858 12.0

Puppeteer 22 (Scratch)

The Gibney Classic Race — 15 Aug 2026

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club Points
1 22 Weyhey Ian Dickson Howth YC 1.0
2 50 Odyssey Philip & Roslyn Byrne Howth YC 2.0
3 386 Gannet Tim Chillingworth Howth YC 3.0
4 1048 Ghosty Ned Donal Harkin Howth YC 4.0
5 79 Mojo Francisco M. Howth YC 5.0
6 101 Eclipse Will Dyson Howth YC 6.0
7 219 Geppetto OReilly/McDyer Howth YC 7.0

Puppeteer 22 (NHC)

The Gibney Classic Race — 15 Aug 2026 — Start: 11:25:00

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club Finish ET TCF CT New TCF Points
1 79 Mojo Francisco M. Howth YC 13:19:40 1:54:40 1.178 2:15:05 1.198 1.0
2 101 Eclipse Will Dyson Howth YC 13:23:56 1:58:56 1.188 2:21:18 1.191 2.0
3 1048 Ghosty Ned Donal Harkin Howth YC 13:18:51 1:53:51 1.246 2:21:51 1.248 3.0
4 22 Weyhey Ian Dickson Howth YC 13:11:11 1:46:11 1.338 2:22:04 1.340 4.0
5 50 Odyssey Philip & Roslyn Byrne Howth YC 13:16:58 1:51:58 1.312 2:26:54 1.306 5.0
6 386 Gannet Tim Chillingworth Howth YC 13:18:18 1:53:18 1.320 2:29:33 1.311 6.0
7 219 Geppetto OReilly/McDyer Howth YC 13:39:15 2:14:15 1.241 2:46:36 1.229 7.0

Howth 17 (Scratch)

The Gibney Classic Race — 15 Aug 2026

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club Points
1 11 Deilginis Massey, Kenny, Toomey Howth YC 1.0
2 7 Aura Ian Malcolm Howth YC 2.0
3 21 Orla Marc Fitzgibbon& Donal Gallagher Howth YC 3.0
4 19 Isobel Brian and Conor Turvey Howth YC 4.0
5 1 Rita Marcus Lynch and John Curley Howth YC 5.0
6 17 Oona Peter Courtney Howth YC 6.0
7 22 Anna Gerard Comerford Howth YC 7.0
8 3 leila Roderick Cooper Howth YC 8.0
9 4 Zaida C & C Houlihan, A Caroll, K Hurley Howth YC 9.0

Howth 17 (NHC)

The Gibney Classic Race — 15 Aug 2026 — Start: 11:20:00

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club Finish ET TCF CT New TCF Points
1 11 Deilginis Massey, Kenny, Toomey Howth YC 12:59:10 1:39:10 1.289 2:07:50 1.304 1.0
2 21 Orla Marc Fitzgibbon& Donal Gallagher Howth YC 13:07:11 1:47:11 1.247 2:13:39 1.260 2.0
3 7 Aura Ian Malcolm Howth YC 13:06:18 1:46:18 1.275 2:15:32 1.283 3.0
4 1 Rita Marcus Lynch and John Curley Howth YC 13:09:52 1:49:52 1.238 2:16:01 1.244 4.0
5 17 Oona Peter Courtney Howth YC 13:10:15 1:50:15 1.281 2:21:14 1.276 5.0
6 22 Anna Gerard Comerford Howth YC 13:14:24 1:54:24 1.237 2:21:31 1.231 6.0
7 19 Isobel Brian and Conor Turvey Howth YC 13:08:40 1:48:40 1.315 2:22:54 1.307 7.0
8 3 leila Roderick Cooper Howth YC 13:14:56 1:54:56 1.256 2:24:21 1.247 8.0
9 4 Zaida C & C Houlihan, A Caroll, K Hurley Howth YC 13:34:03 2:14:03 1.192 2:39:47 1.178 9.0

Squib (Scratch)

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club R1 Total
1st 56 Crackertoo Jeff Kay & Stephen Kay Howth YC — 0.0
1st 872 Treborth Karolina & Eoin Kernan Howth YC — 0.0

Squib (NHC)

Rank Sail Number Boat Owner Club R1 Total
1st 56 Crackertoo Jeff Kay & Stephen Kay Howth YC — 0.0
1st 872 Treborth Karolina & Eoin Kernan Howth YC — 0.0

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