Solo Sailing and Circumavigation News
Fifth Placed Tom Dolan in the Hunt for Overall La Solitaire du Figaro Honours
3rd September 2022 Tom Dolan
Ireland’s leading solo offshore racer Tom Dolan, skipper of Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan heads into Sunday’s final stage of La Solitaire du Figaro in a formidable fifth place, full of confidence and ready to give it all as he seeks to better…
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan improved on his 12th place on Stage 1 when he crossed the finish line into Royan, France this morning in 5th place on the second stage of La Solitaire du Figaro. The skipper of Smurfit…
Ireland's Tom Dolan Relishing Tough Second Stage of La Solitaire du Figaro 2022
28th August 2022 Tom Dolan
Twelfth after Stage 1 of the 2022 La Solitaire du Figaro, Ireland’s solo racing sailor Tom Dolan (Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan) sees the 635 miles second stage, which starts Sunday at 1300hrs local time in Port La Forêt, Finistère, Brittany, as a…
It's Unlucky 13th for Tom Dolan as Switzerland’s Brave Palmieri Builds Figaro Lead Into Final Night
24th August 2022 Figaro
With 150 nautical miles still to complete of the Stage 1 course shortened to 559 miles Swiss skipper Nils Palmieri (Teamwork) has established a break at the head of the 34 strong La Solitaire du Figaro lead after he made…
Dolan and Laperche Lead As Figaro Course is Shortened, Audacious Rookie Bourgnon Makes Jump to Third
23rd August 2022 Figaro
With the course now shortened by 85 miles to 559 nautical miles because of intermittent periods of light winds, the leaders on Stage 1 of the 2002 La Solitaire du Figaro should round a virtual waypoint at the mouth of…
Dun Laoghaire sailor Mark O'Connor has solo transatlantic ambitions and here, the 23-year-old UCD engineering student details his journey to 2023 Mini Transat qualification To qualify for a Mini Transat, one must complete 1500 miles of Classe Mini Regattas and…
Tom Dolan, the Irish solo offshore sailor, will start the 400 miles Solo Guy Cotten race on Thursday with high hopes of repeating or bettering his fifth place result in this final ‘dress rehearsal’ race before La Solitaire du Figaro…
The Spirit of Conor O'Brien’s Pioneering Saoirse is Afloat Again in West Cork
12th July 2022 Conor O'Brien
Down in West Cork, they have a way of quietly getting on with things until a major waypoint is inevitably passed in the project, and then we’re into new territory. For two or three years now, Liam Hegarty and his…
With a ninth place earned this Sunday morning when, exhausted, they crossed the second leg finishing line back into Saint Gilles Croix de Vie on France’s Vendée coastline, Ireland’s Tom Dolan and English co-skipper Alan Roberts finish eighth overall in…
Irish-Anglo Duo Tom Dolan and Alan Roberts Are Set For Sardinha Cup Offshore Race To Portugal
5th June 2022 Tom Dolan
The Irish skipper Tom Dolan teams up again with his English friend and counterpart Alan Roberts to compete on the Sardinha Cup, a two-handed race which starts from Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie on the west coast of France and races 580 miles across…
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Tom Dolan’s Beneteau Figaro 2 ( #15) (formerly “Smurfit Kappa”) is the second generation of the Beneteau Figaro series. She was designed by Lombard and built in 2004 by Beneteau. She was raced on the Figaro professional sailing circuit until 2018…
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…