Consistency earned Niall O'Brien and Ronan O'Briain their second Flying Fifteen National Championship title at the National Yacht Club on Dublin Bay on Sunday, September 21st. The Connemara duo, sailing Checkmate, scored 19 points from seven races, discarding a fifth place. National Yacht Club Commodore Peter Sherry (left), a competitor himself, presents the Flying Fifteen Championships of Ireland Trophy to Connemara's Niall O'Brien and Ronan O'Briain. MacCarthy and McNally won four of the seven races, but a U-flag penalty in the penultimate race left them on 30 points. “It was a fair test over seven races.”The result marks O'Brien and O'Briain’s second national title, winning their first in 2023, their steady scores proving decisive against a high-scoring field.