IRELAND, Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Shamrock III, America’s Cup, 1903, a light bronze medalet, 19mm; Irish Yachting Association, a uniface plated brass medal, unsigned, named (T.N.T. IPEC, Helmsman’s Championship of Ireland, East Antrim Boat Club, 1984), 52mm; Irish Cruising Club, Faulkner Cup, a bronze award medal, unsigned, set into a wooden plaque, named (Samharcin, Hugo de Plessis, 1996), 51mm [3]. Very fine, first with loop for suspension, second removed from a display mount £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Neil Beaton Collection of Yachting Medals.

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Hugo de Plessis (1923-2018), b Lymington, marine surveyor and pioneer in the field of fibreglass; educ. Southampton University; served in Fleet Air Arm 1942-6, as a radar technician; founded the Ropewalk Boatyard, Lymington; moved from Boldre, Hampshire, to Bantry Bay, where he was commodore of the Bantry Bay Sailing Club. Sold with further background information