Lack of wind off Lambay Island yesterday saw Conor Phelan’s score from Saturday’s full race programme stand in the ICRA Nationals that confirmed him as the new Class Zero Irish champion at Howth Yacht Club.

The bellowed commands from the instructor echoing around the dinghy park of the Weymouth & Portland Sailing Centre almost seemed oddly out of place as 100 schoolchildren preparing to go Dragon Boat racing roared back enthusiastically.