West Kerry girls teach the jet set how to sail

TWO young West Kerry women will spend the summer as sailing instructors on the higly exclusive holiday island of Martha's Vineyard, which is a favourite destination of American Presidents.

Lís O'Connor from Dingle and Lily Ní Dhomhnaill from Camp flew out to Boston at the weekend and will take up their jobs on June 20 on the island off Cape Cod in New England . Both have been sailing since they were small children and have accumulated an impressive list of sailing qualifications.

"A few people from the Dingle Sailing Club have been instructing in America over the years so I asked Lily to apply to a few places with me. We'd heard good things about Martha's Vineyard so we sent off our forms and kept our fingers crossed. We got a good response from the sailing club in Martha's Vineyard but we had to do an interview over Skype. That was a bit surreal but it all worked out well and they offered jobs to both of us," Lís told The Kerryman.

"They have 12 instructors at the club and seven of them are from Ireland. We'll be teaching young children in the mornings and teenagers in the afternoons. Barack Obama was on holidays on Martha's Vineyard last year so you'd never know who we might meet!" she added.

 

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