Tom Dolan, Solo Sailor
Tom Dolan: Ireland's 25th 'Sailor of the Year' Provides a Heartening Story for Our Time
13th February 2021 W M Nixon
The Figaro Solo was arguably the peak in sailing competition – both inshore and offshore – in Europe during 2020. In a truncated and contorted season, somehow the crème de la creme of international solo sailing were guided into a…
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan has been named Afloat Irish Sailor of the Year for 2020 in recognition of his fifth overall and best ever Irish result in the year's La Solitaire du Figaro Race, amid another landmark 12 months…
It’s Time to Mind the Weather – Ireland’s Solo Star Tom Dolan Tells Us How
9th December 2020 Tom Dolan
Developing out of the successful Weather and Sailing conferences is this short webinar focusing on weather and the single-handed sailo scheduled for next Tuesday, December 15. The two speakers for this joint webinar, which will focus on the challenges faced…
Top Figaro Skipper Tom Dolan Gives Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Double-Handed Class the Thumbs up
8th December 2020 Tom Dolan
Top Irish Figaro skipper Tom Dolan has given a thumbs up to Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta's addition of a double-handed class into next July's event. "Yes, it's great to see and about bloody time!" Dolan says about the new racing…
After its successful match racing webinar earlier this season, the National Yacht Club’s Under 25 and under 30 sections are now moving offshore for their next online session. The NYCs very own Tom Dolan, who achieved the best ever Irish…
A farmer from County Meath representing Ireland in sailing at the Olympics. That is what Tom Dolan would like to do, in France in 2024, when sailing at the Games is based in Marseille. The Olympic classes then are intended…
When Meathman Tom Dolan heads off for a solo or double-handed campaign with the Figaro 3 Smurfit Kappa from his French base at Concarneau, the Irish sailing community is with him all the way. But as the truncated 2020 season…
When solo star Tom Dolan was told last Saturday evening that the exceptionally calm condition of the inner Bay of Biscay meant that the proposed final fourth stage of the Solitaire du Figaro 2020 would not be sailed, among the…
Fifth Overall Tom Dolan Lifts Vivi Trophy at 51st La Solitaire du Figaro
20th September 2020 Tom Dolan
Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) lifted the overall title for the 51st La Solitaire du Figaro at the end of race prizegiving in Saint Nazaire, France today. It is Le Cléach’s third time of winning after successes in 2003 and…
Tom Dolan's La Solitaire du Figaro Fifth Overall Is Best Ever Irish Result
20th September 2020 Tom Dolan
With not enough wind to run Stage 4 of La Solitaire du Figaro Ireland’s Tom Dolan secured an excellent fifth place overall on Smurfit Kappa. It is the best international overall placing in the historic French multi-stage offshore race series…
Ireland's Tom Dolan Takes Fifth Overall in La Solitare du Figaro, Best Finish by a Non French Skipper Since 1997
19th September 2020 Tom Dolan
Ireland’s Tom Dolan (Smurfit Kappa) took fifth place overall in the La Solitare du Figaro Race tonight, the best finish on the General Classification overall by a non French skipper since 1997 when Switzerland’s Dominique Wavre finished runner up. Dolan…
County Meath's Tom Dolan will have his chance to seal Ireland's best ever La Solitaire du Figaro this evening after completing three stand-out legs to be in striking distance of a podium result. The final, deciding stage of the La Solitaire…
Ireland’s Tom Dolan Scores Career Best Seventh on Stage 3 of La Solitaire, Fifth Overall
17th September 2020 Tom Dolan
The newfound more robust, cool-headed approach continues to work for Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan who today finished seventh on Leg 3 of the 51st La Solitaire du Figaro, an epic four day 492 miles light winds slog from Dunkirk…
Dolan Takes Seventh in Leg Three to Move into the Top Five of La Solitaire du Figaro Overall
16th September 2020 Tom Dolan
Ireland's Tom Dolan has finished the third leg of the La Solitaire du Figaro race in seventh overall, a result that will almost guarantee him a top five overall going into the final leg of the French solo marathon. Dolan sailed…
Tom Dolan Up to 13th & Delivering on His Promise of Consistent Sailing in La Solitaire du Figaro Leg Three
15th September 2020 Tom Dolan
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan is delivering on his pre-race promise of consistent sailing and is now up to 13th place and less than four miles behind the leader. It's an impressive performance from the County Meath sailor to add…
Tom Dolan Looks to Maintain Consistent Sailing Heading Into La Solitaire du Figaro Stage 3
12th September 2020 Tom Dolan
Tom Dolan is hoping the same measured, steady approach that has served him well on the first two stages of La Solitaire du Figaro will work just as well on Stage 3, a challenging 504 miles leg from Dunkirk in…
