Round Ireland Speed Record
Tom Dolan (With Onboard Reporter) Prepare for Second Round Ireland Speed Record Bid
17th October 2023 Round Ireland Speed Record
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan is back in Ireland with his Figaro Beneteau 3 Smurfit Kappa Kingspan, aiming to set a Round Ireland speed sailing record, a bid sparking debate about the status of solo sailing in Irish waters and the…
Everyone seems to relish the idea of sailing round Ireland. Indeed, such is our appreciation of it that it all seems to mean different things to different people. To start with, how far is it? Time was when you’d be…
Tom Dolan is on Standby for “Faux Solo” 700-mile Round Ireland Speed Sailing Record Bid
24th April 2023 Tom Dolan
While his boat Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan has now been berthed at Greystones Harbour, south of Dublin, since Wednesday, Irish solo skipper Tom Dolan will start his 'stand by' period when he is reunited with the Figaro Beneteau 3 this weekend. Dolan…
Northumberland's Ross Hobson Postpones Round Ireland Speed Sailing Record Attempt
23rd April 2023 Round Ireland Speed Record
Northumberland's Ross Hobson has postponed his Round Ireland speed sailing record attempt until later in the year. "The weather has just not ‘played’ ball for us, and we plan to bring Pegasus back to HYS next weekend to work up for…
Irish sailor Tom Dolan bid farewell to his Figaro Beneteau 3 Smurfit Kappa – Kingspan today in Concarneau, France, as the boat left for the delivery to Dun Laoghaire where he will go on standby to wait for an optimum…
Figaro Sailor Tom Dolan in Solo Round Ireland Speed Sailing Record Bid
24th March 2023 Round Ireland Speed Record
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan plans to return to his native Ireland from France in May when he will seek to break the singlehanded record for sailing 698 nautical miles around Ireland. The skipper of Smurfit Kappa –Kingspan is aiming…
Open 50 Round Ireland Speed Sailing Record Bid Now Awaits 'Direction from Weather Routers'
15th March 2023 Round Ireland Speed Record
RORC skipper Ross Hobson, aiming to beat the doublehanded Round Ireland Speed Sailing Record, has postponed his record bid. The Open 50 'Pegasus of Northumberland' remains in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, and Hobson and Adrian Banks are 'awaiting direction from weather routers'…
An attempt on the doublehanded Round Ireland speed sailing record is imminent. UK sailors Ross Hobson and Adrian Banks from Northumberland are on their way to Dun Laoghaire Harbour and will be on standby for the record bid as soon as…
Hannes Louet-Feisser is “Sailor of the Month (Windfoiling)” for August
1st September 2022 Sailor of the Month
There have been some remarkable round Ireland circuits in extra-small and often unusual craft over the years, but a new standard has been set in 2022 by Hannes Louet-Feisser of Carlingford Lough, who completed the challenge – usually unaccompanied afloat…
The Carlingford Oysterman Provided A New Round Ireland Record With A Difference
11th August 2022 Round Ireland Speed Record
Most of us thought that all Round Ireland Sailing Records at the lower end of the size scale had been long since put to bed. After all, it was way back in 1961 that Kevin & Colm MacLaverty with Mick…
Kinsale Round Ireland Voyagers Highlight Sea Shepherd Conservation Movement at time of Abhorrent Dolphin Slaughter in Faroes
17th September 2021 Round Ireland Speed Record
Skippered by Eoin Keyes with Leonie Conway as crew, the Hurley 22 Moonshine returned to Kinsale yesterday (Thursday) evening to complete a non-stop sail round Ireland. The voyage was undertake to raise awareness of the recent formation of the Irish…
Shaking off the Saltees: 22ft Round Ireland Voyager Moonshine Finally Making Westing for Kinsale
15th September 2021 Round Ireland Speed Record
With the light winds all over the place and sometimes nowhere at all, round Ireland voyagers Eoin Keyes and Leonie Conway with the little Hurley 22 Moonshine have been having an ultra-frustrating time in getting past the Saltee Islands off…
Round Ireland Hurley 22 Struggles with Light Winds & Adverse Tides Around Tuskar Rock
14th September 2021 Round Ireland Speed Record
While Tom Dolan was bringing joy to Irish sailors by leading the Figaro fleet round the Fastnet Rock, at the other end of the south coast of Ireland it was being proved yet again that getting past the Fastnet is…
Smallest Round Ireland Non-Stop Under Sail? 22-Footer From Kinsale on Track to Complete Challenge
13th September 2021 Round Ireland Speed Record
The Hurley 22 – series-produced in considerable numbers between 1966 and 1975 to an Ian Anderson design by Plymouth boatbuilder George Hurley, who was of distantly Irish descent – is still rightly seen as an able little boat, with pleasant…
Pamela Lee of Greystones on High-Powered Multihull Induction Course in France
4th May 2021 Pamela Lee
Round Ireland Two-Handed record-holder Pamela Lee of Greystones is one of three female sailors who qualified - out of 34 applicants from nine different countries - for a place on this week's Leyton X The Magenta Project Multihull Training Session…
Irish Offshore Sailing's Female Two-Handed Champions Win National Sports Award Nomination
16th December 2020 Round Ireland Speed Record
The all-categories Round Ireland two-handed sailing record-holders, Greystones' Pamela Lee and shipmate Catherine Hunt, have been nominated as contenders for the Team of the Year Prize 2020 by HerSport.ie, thereby renewing sailing's position at centre stage in national womens' sport.…
