Solo Sailing and Circumavigation News
Ireland’s solo skipper Tom Dolan of Smurfit Kappa Kingspan finished in a very creditable seventh place overall today in the second event of the French Elite Solo Offshore Championship, the Allmer Le Havre Cup which was raced out of the…
Channel Challenges Await Figaro 3 Sailor Tom Dolan In the Le Havre Allmer Cup
21st May 2022 Tom Dolan
Ireland’s Tom Dolan and his Beneteau Figaro 3 Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan are back in the English Channel ready to take on all of the many challenges offered by the Le Havre Allmer Cup which starts on Sunday with a 340 nautical…
Unlucky but Positive Seventh for Tom Dolan and Alan Roberts on Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan in Trophée Banque Populaire
5th May 2022 Tom Dolan
Tom Dolan and his English co-skipper Alan Roberts were taking the many positives from the seventh place finish that they secured early this morning (Thursday 5 May) when the Trophée Banque Populaire Route Sur La Route Iles Ponant finished into…
Ireland’s Tom Dolan Teams up with England’s Alan Roberts in Bid To Cash in on New 800-Mile Trophée Banque Populaire Grand Ouest Race
2nd May 2022 Tom Dolan
Ireland’s Tom Dolan pairs up with England’s Alan Roberts looking to cash in on new 800 mile Trophée Banque Populaire Grand Ouest race. Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan paired up with on-form top English racer Alan Roberts on Sunday when…
Busy Kenny Rumball Reflects on His Solo Maitre Coq Regatta, the First Figaro Solo Offshore Event of the Year
29th April 2022 INSS
Here I am on the ferry back to Ireland, absolutely shattered after another month of intense offshore sailing in France at the highest level, there is a lot to reflect on as always and more importantly build upon! If you…
Limerick Ketch Ilen's Arrival In London Recalls Irish Tricolour Featured On British Stamp
28th April 2022 Ilen
Following the departure last Saturday for her 700-mile Limerick-London voyage, the trading ketch Ilen under the command of Ilen Marine School Director Gary Mac Mahon was able to sail the track as far as Land's Endin Cornwall, which she rounded…
A hard-earned 12th place in the final coastal race (Sunday) was small consolation for Irish solo racer Tom Dolan. Added to his 13th from Saturday’s light wind windward-leeward circuit Dolan, skipper of Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan finishes the first major race of…
Conor O’Brien Circumnavigation Centenary Commemoration Postage Stamps Proposed
23rd April 2022 W M Nixon
Barry Keane and Tony Doherty of Mountaineering Ireland have formally proposed that commemorative postage stamps be issued to celebrate the up-coming Centenary of Conor O’Brien’s pioneering voyage round the world south of the Great Capes with his Irish-built 42ft ketch…
Kenny Rumball in 20th is Top Irish as Solo Maitre Coq Long Race Ends in Light Winds
22nd April 2022 Solo Sailing
There was a dramatic end to the 'grand course' of the 19th edition of the Solo Maître CoQ with plenty of light patches putting the sailors' nerves on edge. Corentin Horeau crossed the finish line completing the 327-mile course between Belle-Ile,…
A long, comprehensive spring season of training and preparation comes to an end Tuesday as Irish solo offshore sailor Tom Dolan takes on the first major solo race of the 2022 season. The Solo Maître Coq is the traditional curtain…
Ireland’s leading solo offshore racer Tom Dolan has almost finished his training phase prior to the start of the five events which comprise the 2022 French Elite Offshore Racing Championship, the season-long solo and short-handed circuit which has La Solitaire…
138 Solo Sailors Will Compete on the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe 2022
7th April 2022 Solo Sailing
The 2022 edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe sees the legendary solo Transatlantic race reach the age of 44 years old. It is long since established itself as the most popular and well known solo transoceanic race…
42 sailors have now entered the next Global Solo Challenge which will start from La Coruna in Spain, the first boats setting off in September of next year. The 42nd entrant, announced this week is Italian Riccardo Tosetto, a yachting…
Promoted
As I sit down to write the update for February, it dawns on me, how quickly the month has raced past and also as to how much sailing and time on the water was achieved in 28 days! We started…
A very complete double of a successful Covid Project, followed by an adventurous Covid Breakout Achievement, came to fruition in January when Jim Schofield (57) of Blessington returned home to West Wicklow. His Covid Project was completed in the cramped…
National Yacht Club Offshore Sailor Launches Mini 650 Campaign with 2023 Transat Ambition
31st January 2022 Solo Sailing
With a target of this season's 220 nautical mile French Solo Trophée Map race, Dublin Bay offshore sailor Mark O'Connor has launched a Mini 650 campaign. The 23-year-old UCD engineering student has entry into the 2023 Mini Transat as the main aim…
