Rita No. 1
	Built in 1898 by John Hilditch of Carrickfergus

Select Boat No.1 - Rita No.2 - Pauline No.3 - Leila No.4 - Zaida No.5 - Silver Moon No.6 - Anita No.7 - Aura No.8 - Echo No.9 - Hera No.10 - Mimosa No.10 - Silvia No.11 - Deilginis No.12 - Rosemary No.14 - Gladys No.15 - Bobolink No.16 - Eileen No.17 - Oona No.18 - Erica No.19 - Isobel No.20 - Sheila   Comment on accuracy of Boat Records

Year Owner(s) 1898 R N Guinness 1914 H R Brown 1921 A W Mooney 1925 W Sinnott-Glenn 1929 A O'Reilly 1936 C B McConnell 1937 D H Douglas 1939 D H & S J Douglas 1941 W J Macken 1946 Fisher, Gray & Montgomery 1947 A M Montgomery 1959 N Browne 1960 S O'Friel 1965 R Wilson 1971 J Walsh, M & R D Thornes 1973 R D Thornes 1978 F O'Leary 1986 P & D O'Reilly 1993 P O'Reilly 1998 John Curley & Marcus Lynch to present day   Rita was the first seventeen sailed into Howth Harbour in April 1898 a full day before the other four boats that had made the 'race' south from Carrickfergus, where they were built earlier that year. She was given her sail number (1) in 1900 when the fleet grew to eight boats.