The World Topper Championships, which is expected to attract at least three hundred boats, will run from 19th – 25th July 2008. This hugely prestigious event was keenly contested by a number of sailing clubs throughout the world, but Tralee Bay Sailing Club’s tender won favour with the International Topper Association. This regatta was held last year in Lake Garda, Italy. It will be a huge boost for Irish sailors to have this world event held in Ireland in 2008. This is only the second time in the history of the Club that a world championship has been held in Fenit. The world Fireball championship was hosted by Tralee Bay Sailing Club in 1970 and was a huge success.

 

The organising committee of this years World Topper event in Fenit is planning for six days of exciting racing by some of the top dinghy sailors in Ireland and throughout the world. They have secured the services of a panel of international judges and Alan Crosbie, a qualified international race officer, to ensure the event runs smoothly and efficiently. Thomas Chaix, the Irish coach for the Topper Worlds in 2008, is a member of Tralee Bay Sailing Club and his experience at previous events will be invaluable to the local organising committee. There is also a lively social calendar planned around the event, with entertainment in the Clubhouse in Fenit and at various venues throughout Tralee. This event hopes to attract at least 1,200 people to the town for the week.

 

Tralee Bay Sailing Club has been successful in attracting major prestigious events as a result of some major development and investment in the Club over the past few years, including a new sailing school and a new dinghy park, which received grant aid from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism. The events will attract a lot of Irish and international visitors who will avail of accommodation, food and other services in the Tralee area for the duration of the events.

 

This events will allow local sailors to showcase their talents in the Topper that are actively sailed in Fenit.

 

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