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Demelza, IR 100
à jour au: 2019
1977 Plan Ron Holland, Club Shamrock,

1979 "Back in 1979, Demelza was a new build for Stafford Mansfield of Crosshaven. A key member in his crew was his schoolboy son Mark, later an Olympic sailor and still very much in demand as a frontline helmsman. But back in the late 1970s, it was Demelza which propelled young Mark into the offshore racing game. He modestly recalls that they won more than their fair share of prizes. But as the boat was raced with complete dedication, there was nothing unfair about their haul of trophies. Eventually, with their sights on the db1 Luv Is, the Mansfields sold Demelza on to Neville Maguire of Howth, thereby bringing another name of international sailing repute into the story, as it was aboard the little boat that Gordon Maguire made early forays offshore."

198? Sold to Neville Maguire father of Gordon Maguire from Howth Yacht Club in the 1980's  and early 1990's,

In the 1980s Demelza was unbeatable in the Dublin Bay Area. She is IR 100.

1983 St George Channel Race: 5e/11 B1, Neville MAGUIRE

1984 ISORA Championship, 6/7 races: 1er/37 B1,
Round Ireland: 1er/??, Neville MAGUIRE

1985 ISORA Championship, 6/7 races: 3e/25 B1, Neville MAGUIRE

1986 Round Ireland: 3e/18 en 138h28', Neville MAGUIRE
ISORA Championship, 6/7 races: 2e/28 B1

1987 ISORA Sailing Week: 5e/24 Halfs
ISORA Championship, 7/7 races: 2e/28 Halfs, Neville MAGUIRE

1988 June, Round Ireland: 22e/50 en 6j16h50', Neville MAGUIRE
ISORA Championship, 2/7 races: 9e/14 Halfs,

Picture from Northern and Southern Ireland racing yachts past and present Facebook 2019

1989 ISORA Championship, 2/7 races: 8e/13 Halfs, Neville MAGUIRE

Picture from Northern and Southern Ireland racing yachts past and present Facebook 2019,

Picture from Northern and Southern Ireland racing yachts past and present Facebook 2024,

20?? "Neville Maguire had long since celebrated his 80th birthday when he sold Demelza to Windsor Laudan and Steffi Ennis for what is only the third ownership in the boat's gilded existence."

2013 10 July, Dun Laoghaire Regatta: 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 = 1er/3 IRC without spi, Stephanie ENNIS

2014 ICRA Nationals & Sovereign's Cup, Kinsale: ?e/??, Windsor LAUDAN

2015 June, seen in Howth Marina, County Dublin,

24 June, ICRA Nationals & Sovereign's Cup, Kinsale: DNS, Windsor LAUDAN

2016 December, received from Vincent Delany blue comment above, and these 3 pictures,

2017 23 June, Sovereign Cup, Kinsale: 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 = 1er/7 Non Spinnaker 2, Stephanie ENNIS

2018 1 June, Wave Regatta, Howth: (2) - 4,5 - 2 - 2 - 1 = 2e/5 IRC 5, Windsor & Steffi

2019 8 June, ICRA Nationals, Royal St George YC: 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 = 1er/6 IRC 5, H'cap: 0,877
24 June, Sovereigns Cup, Kinsale: 3 - 4 - 3 - 2 = 2e/9 WS IRC 2, Stephanie ENNIS

Photo credit Robert Bateman, from Northern and Southern Ireland racing yachts past and present Facebook 2020