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Pata Negra wins the 2025 Musto ISORA Series, and 'Wolf's Head' trophy
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Congratulations to Andrew and Sam Hall, and the crew of the Lombard 46 "Pata Negra" finishing second in Saturday's breezy James Eadie race starting in Pwllheli and finishing in Dun Laoghaire, securing the 2025 championship ahead of Aurelia and Mojito, both retiring with spinnaker wraps.
Andrew previosly won the Wolf's head trophy three times back in 1995, 1996 and 2002, and Pata Negra navigator Stephen Tudor winning the title in 2012, 2013 and 2016 with Sgrech. It was great to see this new campaign on Pata Negra succeeding with Andrew's son Sam as co-skipper this year.
The Winners of the Wolf's Head Trophy from 1977 to 2025 are listed here
Pwllheli Sailing Club has been an integral part of the ISORA series for many years, taking the team trophy for the last decade, and club boats Jackknife, Sgrech, Mojito and Jac Y Do taking several class wins, with of course the oustanding results by Peter and Vicky (Mojito) with 3 series wins, matching Andrew and Stephen, and on the podium for 10 out of the last 11 years, leading the way for our club against the power houses of the Dublin Bay Yacht Clubs.
Andrew has been very encouraging for those of us racing in smaller boats, and always the first to reach out with advice, and to congratulate others on their results.
Enjoy this success, and we look forward to recognising this fine result at our awards dinner in December.
More information and photos in afloat.ie
The full season results are available here
Commodore's Newsletter
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Dear members and friends,
And before we know it…. summer came, the sun shone, and seemingly is now disappearing fast, and it’s September. The months are flying by! I do hope you have all had an excellent summer, and enjoyed lots of good sailing and boating trips, near and far. As always, we’d love to hear the stories of your trips and adventures, and encourage you to submit pictures, which always brighten up any newsletter or website.
I was most saddened to hear the news of the passing of Peter Driver, one of our clubs’ regular members and racing skippers. Peter was a lovely, warm, friend to many and will be missed sorely by the club. The flags were lowered to half mast, and the Flag Officers and Club members send our sincere condolences to his family and loved ones.
The last few months in Pwllheli have been a hive of activity, with events from the IRC’s, to ILCA’s and Techno windsurfers (to name but a few), and the RYA Welsh Youth and Junior championships, just around the corner. Our volunteers have worked hard at making every event a great success, and it’s been a pleasure to see our home so busy and buzzing!! Both the Sailing Club and Plas Heli are immensely grateful for the support of our volunteers and neither the club nor Plas Heli would be as successful without your assistance. Thank you!
In racing news, a big well done to four our club’s racing fleet, Mojito, Pata Negra, Jezebel and Finally, that all entered and completed this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race. This year marked the 100th year since the first edition of the Fastnet and saw a record fleet in reasonably favourable conditions. A huge well done to all.
The ISORA series has been well supported this year by Welsh boats, and with several Welsh successes. Good luck to all entering the ISORA James Eadie Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire race next weekend!
The Autumn Series is also now upon us and is always a popular series. You don’t have to be a regular racer to enter, and information and assistance from our race team is available, on obtaining a YTC rating (the national rating system for cruiser racers), so all boats are welcome to join the fun. Saturday and Sunday afternoons after racing are always a popular and busy time in the bar (again all welcome) and your committee are discussing dates for an evening supper once the nights draw in a little. Also on the schedule will be the annual quiz night in November, in conjunction with the RNLI, and as a date for your diaries, the Annual Prizegiving and Christmas dinner will be held on the 6th December.
We regularly post news, updates, and snippets to the website, so please keep an eye out there, and happy to post there, on request, anything anyone feels may be of interest to members. Please email
May the fair winds and sunshine continue for a while longer.
Warmest regards – Hwyl
Lyndsay
Morlywydd - Commodore
Techno 293 World Championship's
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After the successful ILCA Nationals, its straight into the Techno Worlds, showcasing this class of young sailors from all over the world. Its been a privilege for our small team of volunteers to facilitate this event for these young sailors, who are absolutely smashing it on and off the water! It's well worth coming down to Plas Heli to watch the last few days, and any help offered will be greatfully accepted! More info at https://worlds2025.techno293.org/
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Our Chris Jones at the ILCA UK and Open National Championships
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Well done to Chris Jones 1st welsh boat in the ILCA Uk Open and National, Laser championship last week. Check out his results.
Very good for a local competing against some of the younger elite. Only PSC boat competing.
The ILCA UK and Open National Championships 2025 had 212 competitors in three fleets. The Championships was hosted at Plas Heli, the Welsh National Sailing Academy and Event Centre, and was very successful.
The feedback received from officials and competitors was fantastic.
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