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

Conor Doyle's xP50 Freya from Kinsale is currently the largest entrant for the Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race on June 9th. She is seen here winning the Kinsale-Monkstown Race in a record two hours, but the course record she challenges in the race to Dingle was set by a 94-footer, Mick Cottter's Windfall in 2019

National Yacht Club's Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race 2021 Should Get Us Going Again

16th January 2021 W M Nixon

It's getting to be like a game of skittles in the planned lineup of high-profile 2021 events which everybody - way back in the dark depths of earlier pandemic lockdowns – thought would surely come to pass in the remote…

Getting on a head of steam. Rockabill Vi (Paul O’Higgins, RIYC) starting to find the strengthening fair wind in the early stages of the 2019 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race. Already the defending champion after winning in 2017, she held on to her title in Dingle, and was also ISORA Champion and ICRA “Boat of the Year”, while her owner-skipper became 2019 Sailor of the Year

Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle 2021: Rockabill Going for the “Threepeat”

11th January 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

It’s only a week since the listings opened for the National YC’s 2021 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race scheduled for June 9th, and already 15 definite entries have arrived in with such speed that the organising committee - under…

The biggest ever entry in the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race arrives into Dingle Bay to set a new record in the 2019 race

2021 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race To Sail With Maximum Fleet of 50

2nd January 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Previous race entrants will be offered an early entry option into June's 2021 Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race before entry is opened to others boats to allow up to a maximum of 50 for the 280-miler. The next edition of the…

Nieulargo is aiming for the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race and Fastnet Race in 2021

Royal Cork's Fastnet 450 Race Winner 'Nieulargo' Eyes 2021 Dun Laoghaire-Dingle & Fastnet Races

24th December 2020 Royal Cork YC

Royal Cork Yacht Club 2020 winner Nieulargo will set its sights offshore again in 2021 as the family-based Grand Soleil 40 aims for both of next year's big offshore fixtures on the Irish coast; next June's Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race…

Paul O’Higgins’ JPK1080 Rockabill VI, the ICRA Boat of the Year for 2019

Royal Irish Yacht Rockabill VI is ICRA Boat of the Year

22nd October 2019 ICRA

Paul O’Higgins’ JPK1080 Rockabill VI from the Royal Irish Yacht Club on Dublin Bay has won the ICRA Boat of the Year Award to round off a stand out 2019 season. Rockabill’s wins in the high scoring ICRA Nationals and…

Paul O’Higgins is June’s Sailor of the Month (Offshore)

2nd July 2019 Sailor of the Month

Defending the title with the same boat in the biennial 270-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race is a real challenge at a time when the cruiser-racer fleet is expanding with some very hot new designs. But Paul O’Higgins (Royal…

Part of this year's D2D fleet assembled at the National Yacht Club prior to the race

Next Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Date is June 9 2021

18th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Chairman Adam Winkelmann has named the date for the next edition of the biennial offshore race as Wednesday 9th, June 2021. The 2021 280-mile race will start, as usual, from the National Yacht Club and Winkelmann says the race…

Co-skipper urgently needed…..Yannick Lemonnier aboard the Mini 6.50 Port of Galway in Dun Laoghaire alongside Liam Burke’s Farr 31 Tribal, also from Galway

Invisible Sailor Wins Class in Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

17th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

So much happened during the brief and hectic Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2019 that the stories emanating from it will run and run for a long time writes W M Nixon. And of course in trying to keep…

Dun Laoghaire Dingle overall winner Paul O'Higgins (right), skipper of the defending champion yacht JPK10.80 Rockabill VI from the Royal Irish Yacht Club is presented with the The Volvo D2D Race Trophy by Billy Naughton of Volvo (Billy Naughton Motors) Tralee. Scroll down for photo gallery

Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Prizegiving Records A Number of Firsts for National Yacht Club Event (Photo Gallery Here!)

17th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

June 2019's edition of the Volvo D2D was a step-up for the event in so many ways and had a number of significant firsts writes Race Chairman Adam Winkelmann. Windfall - the biggest yacht to ever compete set a new record…

Dun Laoghaire Dingle overall winner Paul O'Higgins, skipper of the defending champion yacht JPK10.80 Rockabill VI from the Royal Irish Yacht Club. Scroll down for photo gallery

The 'D2D' Fleet Sails into Dingle - Photo Gallery Here!

15th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

As the last of the 42-boat fleet arrived into Dingle marina in County Kerry after racing 270-miles from Dun Laoghaire on Dublin Bay photographer Dominick Walsh has captured the atmosphere at one of Europe's most westerly marinas. The 2019 Volvo Dun…

An unlikely pairing…..Paul O’Higgins’ JPK 1080 Rockabill VI and Mick Cotter’s Southern Wind 94 Windfall get cleanly and swiftly away together from the start of the 270-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2019 on Wednesday evening. Windfall took line honours while defending champion Rockabill VI was the IRC Overall Winner for the second time. It was a credit to the IRC system that the maxi Windfall was 8th overall on handicap in a varied fleet of 41 boats

Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race’s Final Leg Highlighted the Need to Keep Stamina in Reserve

15th June 2019 W M Nixon

The final stage of the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race, the 15 miles from Skellig Michael to the finish line on the north shore of Dingle Bay at the ampitheatre-like entrance to Dingle Harbour, may seem like an easy jaunt…

Now how on earth did they do that? Noel Butler helms the J/109 Outrajeous through the light spots after passing the Fastnet Rock while skipper Johnny Murphy ponders his options on how to get back into battle with the Shanahan family, who have just made a swift move to get ahead with sister-ship Ruth.

Interesting Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race is Now Utterly Fascinating

13th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Day #2 10 pm – The Line Honours winner, the 94ft Windfall (Mick Cotter) may be finished with a new course record established, but for many boats you get the impression that the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race is only…

Mick Cotter on the wheel for Windfall's record breaking D2D finish in Dingle. It takes an impressive number of people to race a 94-footer, and there was jubilation across the board when Windfall crossed the line to pip the Dingle Race course record this evening

New Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Course Record Set by Windfall

13th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Day #2 - 7 pm While the current boat is bigger, everyone on the 94ft Windfall knew that the conditions were exceptionally favourable when Mick Cotter’s 78ft Whisper established the 1 day and 48 minutes course record for the Dun…

Michael Cotter's Windfall closes in on the County Kerry finish line but misses a sub 24-hour time

Windfall Misses Her Angelus Bell Appointment by Seven Miles

13th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Day #2 - 6 pm Mick Cotter’s gallant tilt at getting the 270-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race time through the 24-hour barrier by finishing before 6.0pm has been frustrated by a very few miles writes W M Nixon Earlier…

Forget about the Emerald Isle, this is Forty Shades of Grey. .….The Fastnet Rock as seen from Windfall as she passed at 1000hrs this morning, when she still held some breeze

Windfall’s Race Against The Clock Winds Up the Tension in Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Fixture

13th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Day #2 - 2 pm Mick Cotter’s 94ft Windfall has to average “only” 11.25 knots over the shortest course from Dun Laoghaire to Dingle if she is to break the 24-hour barrier for this classic 270-mile race writes W M…

The Rosslare RNLI went to the assistance of a D2D competitor this morning

Rosslare RNLI Lifeboat Assists Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Yacht in Difficulty off Tuskar Rock

13th June 2019 RNLI Lifeboats

Rosslare Harbour RNLI Lifeboat came to the aid of eight people whose 10m yacht got into difficulty off the Wexford coast in the early hours of this morning (Thursday 13 June). The Rosslare Harbour volunteer crew launched their all-weather lifeboat…

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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.