Storm (No.1) LEYC, ex EYC

‘Storm’ was the 1st of the Fairy fleet commissioned for the Enniskillen Yacht Club (EYC) in 1906. She has retained her original name and sail No.1, ever since. Storm has been one of the most successful of all the EYC Fairies and has consistently answered the gun for her 114 year life. For many years the boat was owned by the Irvine family, a large and dispersed family who arrived in Ulster during the plantation. Like many prominent Anglo-Irish landed families they had multiple branches, one of them giving their name to the town of ‘Irvinestown’ co. Fermanagh. She received an extensive restoration in the 2000s and remained as one of the few Fairies to sail during the lull that the LEYC has experienced over the last 20 years. From 2006 onwards, ‘Storm’ and her sister ‘Maeve’ were often the only two boats that sailed as the rest of the fleet was in a state of disrepair or under restoration.

DateOwners/Sailors
1906G.G.V. Irvine
1939-1948Ownership uncertain
1949H.A. Patton & R. Calvert
1950A. Elliot & R. Calvert
1951Club Ownership
1956E.F. Smyth
1967John C.L. Philips
1972J. W. Switzer
1982T. Taylor
1983Colin Townsley
1986Charle Golden
1990Tom Wilson
2002-CurrentJoey & Caroline Kelly