Tom Dolan, Solo Sailor
Stage 2 Eleventh for Smurfit Kappa’s Tom Dolan Sees Irish Skipper Lying 11th Overall on La Solitaire du Figaro
9th September 2020 Tom Dolan
Finishing 11th into Dunkirk, France on the 404 miles second stage of La Solitaire du Figaro this evening Ireland’s Tom Dolan has maintained the level of consistency which he was seeking when he left Saint Brieuc on Sunday morning. As…
Tom Dolan 11th Overall in La Solitaire du Figaro After Solid Second Leg Performance
9th September 2020 Tom Dolan
Ireland’s Tom Dolan (Smurfit Kappa) retained an excellent level of consistency on Stage 2 of the 51st La Solitaire du Figaro to back up his tenth on the first leg with an 11th to lie 11th overall. Sailing a near-perfect…
Another Strong Performance for Tom Dolan in La Solitaire du Figaro Leg Two
8th September 2020 Tom Dolan
There's another strong performance in the making for County Meath's Tom Dolan in the second stage of the La Solitaire du Figaro today with the third time Irish Figarista lying 11th in the 35-boat fleet, having been as high as…
Tom Dolan Now 10th Heading Into Figaro’s Second Leg After Protest Committee Call
5th September 2020 Tom Dolan
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan is now in an even stronger position heading into the second leg of La Solitare du Figaro, after the protest committee’s strike against two higher-placing finishers from Thursday (3 September). Both Tanguy Le Turquais and…
Irish Solo Sailor Tom Dolan Takes Solid 12th To Make His Best Start Ever to La Solitaire du Figaro
3rd September 2020 Tom Dolan
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan made the solid start he wanted to open the 51st La Solitaire Figaro, the annual French multi-stage solo offshore race when he brought Smurfit Kappa across the finish line on the Baie de Saint Brieuc…
After three days of racing, County Meath's Tom Dolan (Smurfit Kappa) was pipped on the line this morning by Britain's Sam Goodchild two seconds, the Irish skipper taking 12th in the first leg of the La Solitaire du Figaro. It…
Tom Dolan in Top Ten at Fastnet Midpoint of 51st La Solitaire du Figaro First Stage
1st September 2020 Tom Dolan
Passing the iconic rock in his home waters in seventh place casts out some of the ghosts of La Solitaires past for Tom Dolan. The Irish sailor was third for most of the passage across the Celtic Sea but dropped…
Ireland's solo sailor Tom Dolan (Smurfit Kappa) is in third position as the 35-boat La Solitaire du Figaro race to the Fastnet Rock off the County Cork. Dolan left the Baie de Saint Brieuc start line on Sunday with one…
Meath's Tom Dolan in Seventh Place as Figaro Fleet Head for the Fastnet Rock
31st August 2020 Tom Dolan
Tom Dolan has had a great start to the 51st La Solitaire Du Figaro, the County Meath man's third attempt at the solo marathon race. Dolan is lying in seventh place this morning, mixing it with the all-important top ten…
Ireland's Rumball & Dolan in Noon Start of Solo La Solitaire du Figaro Race
30th August 2020 Tom Dolan
Dublin's Kenny Rumball and Meath's Tom Dolan can expect a fairly fast, long, and open 642 nautical miles first leg, to the Fastnet and back, in the first challenge for the 35 solo sailors who embark on the 51st edition of…
From what proved to be a very closely fought, light winds psychological roller coaster Ireland’s Tom Dolan returned a solid, middle of the fleet 14th place in the Solo Concarneau Trophée Guy Cotten which finished Saturday. For Kenny Rumball, Ireland's…
Irish Solo Sailors Rumball & Dolan Set for Today's Solo Concarneau Race (Tracker Here!)
6th August 2020 Tom Dolan
Irish solo sailors Kenneth Rumball and Tom Dolan are both looking for the advantage in this afternoon’s Solo Concarneau race, the final warm-up event before the 1830 miles, four-stage La Solitaire du Figaro which takes place at the end of…
Ireland’s Tom Dolan sailing Smurfit Kappa is looking to the 380 nautical miles Solo Concarneau Trophée Guy Cotten, which starts Thursday, to confirm that he has everything in place for the season’s pinnacle solo event, the 1830 miles, four-stage La…
Encouraging Second Place for Tom Dolan in the Drheam Cup in the Figaro Duo Class
22nd July 2020 Tom Dolan
Ireland’s solo racer Tom Dolan gave his hopes for this year’s La Solitaire du Figaro solo offshore race a significant boost when he and French co-skipper François Jambou finished second overall on Smurfit Kappa in the Figaro duo class of…
Ireland’s Dolan & Concarneau’s Jamboux finish second in 400-miler – by just 5 minutes
22nd July 2020 Tom Dolan
Tom Dolan of Meath and longtime colleague Francois Jamboux of Concarneau revived the spark of previous joint successes with a scorcher of a race with Smurfit Kappa in the 400-mile Drheam Cup from Cherbourg to La Trinite sur Mer via…
County Meath Solo sailor Tom Dolan is dicing for the lead this morning in the closing stages of the double-handed Drheam Cup as the fleet close in on the La Trinite sur Mer finish line. See tracker below. A determined…
