John Somers Payne (pronunciation: dʒon somɘɹz peɪn; 25 January 1926 – 24 April 2013) was an Irish Sport Sailor, doyen of Cork Harbour Sailing and double Olympian. Payne competed as a member of the National Irish Sailing teams in November 1956 and again at the August 1960 Olympics, earning himself the title of a double olympian. In the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia Payne competed in the Men's Finn single handed dinghy category and placed 16th. Four years later at the Olympic Games held off the coast of Naples, Italy, he competed in the same category and placed 18th, in what was his final sailing competition. John Somers Payne, also simply known as 'Somers' was often described by family and friends as an ‘inspiration’, as he was one of the first individuals from the coastal Cork