Dun Laoghaire to Dingle (D2D) Yacht Race News from the National YC
Welsh J109 'Sgrech' is Latest of Six Yachts Out of Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race
15th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
Welsh offshore champion yacht Sgrech skippered by Stephen Tudor is the lastest retiral from the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race. The former ISORA champion retired last night just hours in to the race as a precautionary measure after discovering a 'hull…
Rockabill VI Leads as Dingle Race Leaders Hard on the Wind After Tuskar
15th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
Although a fairly consistent southwest breeze gave the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race fleet a useful slant from Arklow southwards through the night, they’re currently rounding the Tuskar with the expectation of a dead beat most of the way to…
If anyone is thinking of producing the Very Rough Guide to Making a Start in a Yacht Race, this evening’s opening episode in the continuing drama which is the 275-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2017 produced Rules 1,…
Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Form Guide: D2D Could Be Another J/Boats Triumph
14th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
Even with leading contenders Aurelia (J/122) and Jacana (J/115) scratching (the former with rigging problems, the latter with logistics difficulties), J/Boats still might have it all the way in the remaining fleet of 43 boats in the National YC’s 275-mile…
National Yacht Club's Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Ready for 7pm Start
14th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
A 43–boat fleet are expecting an upwind start and winds gusting to 25–knots for tonight's 7pm Dun Laoghaire–Dingle Race at the National Yacht Club. At start time, winds are expected to shift from a southerly to a south westerly direction…
The interest and resulting entry for the Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle D2D Race has exceeded all our expectations, writes race organiser Adam Winkelmann. We now have 39 confirmed entries and expect to have close to 45 boats on the…
National Yacht Club Seeks RORC Recognition for Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race
7th April 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
The National Yacht Club looks set to gain Royal Ocean Racing Club recognition for its mini–offshore Dun Laoghaire Dingle race as David O'Brien reports in the Irish Times Sailing Column this morning. The Dun Laoghaire Dingle application is well timed…
Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race (D2D) race organisers at the National Yacht Club have published five compelling reasons why June's race measures up to be the 'perfect family friendly offshore race'. The club is keen to build on the ethos…
Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race Confirms Triumph for J109s & Team Shanahan
16th June 2015 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
#d2drace – The results in the National YC's 280–mile 30–boat Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race have now been officially ratified, and they confirm the Shanahan family's J/109 Ruth (National YC) as overall winner. The race has been a remarkable success…
#d2d – In previewing the National Yacht Club's 280-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race here on Friday morning, Afloat.ie's W M Nixon predicted that the best racing would be among the six J/109s, and that the smart money would be…
D2D Finish – Ruth in the Clubhouse – But Must Wait for Confirmation
14th June 2015 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
#D2D Race – Having finished the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle at 7:45pm Ruth (Shanahan Family) must play the waiting game to see if any of the following boats can beat her corrected time of half an hour shy of two…
#d2drace – It may sound like the title of a lost play by Sam Beckett, but that's the way it is as the first finishers in the 280 mile race from Dun Laoghaire got into a very summery Dingle in…
D2D Update 10am Sunday – Fastnet Rock Was Too Benign For Boats in a Hurry
14th June 2015 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
#D2DRace – The Fastnet Rock may have a reputation for ruggedness writes W M Nixon. But ever since Lee Overlay Partners (Adrian Lee) got past it around midnight in the local area's increasingly fickle offshore wind, it has seen a…
#d2Drace.ie – As Afloat.ie predicted in our 3.30am posting, a corrected time battle is being fought along the Kerry coast in the Dun Laoghaire-Dingle race. At 8am this morning, it is the turn of two vintage entries to come to the top of…
#D2D Race – While Anthony O’Leary and his Antix crew may have home ground advantage in the waters of West Cork in the last stages of the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race, the weather gods aren’t playing a supporting role…
#D2DRace – The two leaders in the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2015 – Adrian Lee's Cookson 50 Lee Overlay Partners and Anthony O'Leary's Ker 40 Antix – were nearing the Fastnet Rock at 2330hrs on Saturday night with the underlying…
