Dun Laoghaire to Dingle (D2D) Yacht Race News from the National YC

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Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race 2021 Tracker Here!

8th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Track the progress of the 2021 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race fleet below here on the live tracker when the race starts at 2 pm on Wednesday, June 9th from Dublin Bay. Read the full 2021 race preview by…

The IMX 38 eXcession, under the triple ownership of John Harrington, Ruan O'Tiarnaigh and Jonathan Mullholland

Two Belfast Lough Yachts Competing for the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Top Prize

8th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The National Yacht Club's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race which starts on Wednesday, 9th June should go some way this season to compensating two Belfast Lough boats for the cancellation of the Bangor Town Regatta. The IMX 38 eXcession, under…

The National Yacht Club's Under 30 section are involved in a number of Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race campaigns. Will Byrne is racing to Dingle on the biggest boat in the 2021 D2D fleet, the Kinsale yacht Freya skippered by Conor Doyle

National Yacht Club Under 30 Sailors on the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

7th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

It's no surprise that as hosts of this Wednesday's 2021 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race, the National Yacht Club is also fielding the biggest number of boats from the participating 19 yacht clubs but what's perhaps less well known is…

The general consensus seems to indicate that the 38-boat fleet will encounter 10 to 20-knot southerly backing southwesterly winds over the first 48 hours

Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Forecast is 10 to 20-knot South & Southwest Winds Over First 48 Hours

7th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future". Yogi Berra. Long-range forecasts from numerous sites are being pored over avidly by crews competing in this year's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race commencing next Wednesday, June 9th at 1400. The general…

Conor Doyle's fifty-foot X-yacht Freya is the largest entry in the 2021 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

Kinsale Yacht Club's 'Freya' is Biggest Entry in Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

7th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Kinsale Yacht Club rivals its South coast Royal Cork neighbour with four offshore entries into Wednesday's 280-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race. It's a strong turnout for the West Cork club that also has the biggest entry into the race in…

Ian Hickey's Cavatina from RCYC is racing to Dingle

Four Royal Cork Yacht Club Offshore Boats Are Contesting the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

6th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Four Royal Cork boats are contesting Wednesday's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race including two noted offshore performers who have previously won big in Irish races. The RCYC foursome includes the Murphy family's Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo, last year's winner of the…

John Murphy and Richard Colwell's much-fancied J109 Outrajeous is out of next week's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

Howth Yacht Club J109 'Outrajeous' Pulls Out of Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

6th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

A Howth Yacht Club favourite for Wednesday's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race has pulled out of the biennial race. The entry has been withdrawn due to a number of factors, the most significant being that a key crew member has…

While Paul O'Higgins' JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI (RIYC) – the defending champion in next week's NYC Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race – is clearly fond of a good breeze of wind, her experienced crew have shown they can stay ahead in lighter airs

National Yacht Club's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race is Clarion Call for Ireland's 2021 Sailing Season

5th June 2021 W M Nixon

Way back whenever, as each wave of COVID seemed to sweep over its predecessor with a power worthy of Aileens herself, the incurable optimists among Ireland's sailors continued to hope that by some miracle we'd have reached a stage on…

Blaoga, a Dufour 45se from Howth Yacht Club, is on of 40 boats racing in the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race on June 9th

40 Boat Fleet for Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race Expected as Sailing Instructions are Published for June 9th Start

30th May 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Organisers expect a 40-boat fleet for the 14th edition of the biennial Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race in ten day's time. The 320-mile offshore race will be a season highlight for the Irish fleet and is organised by the National…

Kenny Rumball & Pamela Lee to Provide ISORA Pre & Post Race Offshore Training

11th May 2021 Pamela Lee

Dun Laoghaire Harbour sailor Kenneth Rumball a previous successful competitor on the ISORA circuit, along with teammate Pamela Lee has been competing in the toughest offshore sailing circuit, the one-design Figaro circuit in France. This circuit has produced some of…

Racing to Dingle in June s 'most definitely on', say the National Yacht Club

National Yacht Club's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race is 'Most Definitely On!'

6th May 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

National Yacht Club Race Chairman Adam Winkelmann has confirmed June's Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race is 'most definitely on' and crews will begin preparing for the 320-mile offshore race next week. Winklemann told Afloat, "we are greatly encouraged by the recent government…

ISORA training for June's Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race is expected to begin on May 15th

'All Systems Go' for Irish Sailing Season But Regatta Organisers Require More Detail From Sport Ireland

30th April 2021 Coronavirus and Boating

Worry over if there will be a 2021 sailing season at all has been replaced by hope after the Government outlined its latest path out of COVID-19 last night. There has been overwhelming optimism following the news of the accelerated…

Grant Kinsman's A30 racing to Dingle in the 2019 Race

"We are Not Cancelling at This Time": Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Monitors Public Health Advice for June's Offshore Race

2nd April 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

June's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Offshore Race is fully subscribed and operating a waiting list and still operating on the basis that it will go ahead as planned on June 9th despite the changing public health situation, according to Race…

Times past - There was a windy start to the 2009 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race where Mick Cotter's Whisper set a course record. The 2021 race is set for a June 9th start

Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Reaches 50-Boat Limit

6th March 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The 2021 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race has reached its 50-boat limit for the National Yacht Club fixture, bringing the club closer to rolling out a spectacular June offshore fixture starting from Dublin Bay. The 50-boat limit has been made for practical reasons…

Amokura suffered upper spreader damage in the 2019 race but returns for another edition of the D2D in June

Classic 50-ft Amokura Yawl Returns for Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race 2021

13th February 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The 1939-built Fred Shepherd classic 50ft Amokura (Paul Moxon) returns to the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race start line in June for another attempt at the 320-mile Irish offshore race. The Falmouth based wooden yawl will be racing double-handed again but this time…

Paul and Deirdre Tingle's X-34 is the latest entry into the 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

Royal Cork X34 Alpaca Joins the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Fleet

8th February 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Royal Cork Yacht Club's Alpaca, Paul and Deirdre Tingle's X-34 yacht is the latest entry into June's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Offshore Race. The Cork Harbour entry brings to 42 the number of boats now entered for the 320-mile National…

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Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race Information

The biennial Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race is a 320-miles race down to the east coast of Ireland, across the south coast and into Dingle harbour in County Kerry.

The race is organised by the National Yacht Club.

It never fails to offer a full range of weather, wind and tide to the intrepid entrants, ranging from a 32ft cruiser to a 79ft all-out racer.

Three divisions are available to enter: cruiser (boats equipped with furlers), racing (the bulk of the fleet) and also two-handed.

D2D Course change overruled

In 2019, the organisers considered changing the course to allow boats to select routes close to shore by removing the requirement to go outside Islands and Lighthouses en route, but following input from regular participants, the National Yacht Club decided to stick with the tried and tested course route in order to be fair to large and smaller boats and to keep race records intact.

D2D Course record time

Mick Cotter’s 78ft Whisper established the 1 day and 48 minutes course record for the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race in 2009 and that time stood until 2019 when Cotter returned to beat his own record but only just, the Dun Laoghaire helmsman crossing the line in Kerry to shave just 20 seconds off his 2009 time.