HYC Puppeteers Trip to the Liffey
12 & 13th August


Photos by David Clarke (Harlequin)


Going up the Liffey passing
under the East Link (lifting) bridge
 
Harlequin's youngest crew Declan Egan
with his dad in the background steering


Boat alongside - Sunday morning
 
Evelyn McAuliffe & Suzanne Carroll from Harlequin in Gerry Kennedy's house


Ibis
(Garrett May with the sunglasses)
 
Nefertari


Tim Chillingworth
getting the starters kit ready
 
Tim Chillingworth's daughter on left


Pinocchio
 
Dave Butler getting Pinocchio ready


Jackey & Cippy Feeley
on (red) cloud nine
 
Richard & Joan McAllister
Richard did race officer
for the day assisted by Joan


Schiggy
This is the latest boat to join our fleet.
Its actually boat number 1
the first Puppeteer ever made
 
Suzanne and Evelyn on Harlequin
packing the spinny


David Flood on left
 
Flycatcher


At the Prize Giving
 
Carmel receiving a bouquet of flowers


David Lovegrove - Snowgoose
Receiving 2nd prize
 
David Clarke - Harlequin
Receiving 1st prize


On the way home - going
under the East Link bridge
 
David Lovegrove listening to
the skipper of the ferry
The skipper of the ferry was complaining about 3 jet skis doing turns on front of the ferry


Returning to Howth
where an unoffical race developed
 
John Murray - Nefertari
Explaining some of the finer points
of sailing to his grand daughter

Dave took a lot more photos but I guess the
above will give a reasonable photo story of the event.

As Dave was competing in the racing
and obviously concentrating, since he got first place
there are no photos of the racing