#fullirish – Royal Cork's David Kenefick is competing in next week's Generali Solo race, a 1,200 mile single–handed race around the Med, consisting of three legs and starting on September 22nd.

The Generali solo is very much like La solitaire de Figaro, and is the final event of the Championship of France of Offshore racing for 2013.

Kenefick is currently ranked second rookie on the overall year standings and is hoping to go one better and make it to the top of the podium by the end of the Generali.

"It's great to be doing the Generali and to be in the hunt for the "Top Rookie Spot" for 2013 has been a long term goal for me for the season of 2013. Within 12 hours of finishing the Tour de Bretagne, he told Afloat.ie

'I was back in Port la Foret – (a 75 mile delivery) and had the boat out of the water and just over 24 hours. I was in the South of France stating to get Figaro 70 ready for the Generali, the boat that I will use for the event' he added.

According to local reports Kenefick's boat (The full Irish) is now in the water and ready to go while most of the fleet are still on their way here on the back of trucks.

I'm really looking forward to this event having learnt so much from sailing the Tour de Bretagne with one of the top Figaro sailors. It's going to be a very tough event yet again, and I'm expecting it to be even harder than the La Solitaire race itself as the seasons are changing in the Med and the weather is very hard to predict and anything can happen in a matter of minutes.

Generali Solo 

Leg 1 : Cavalaire-sur-Mer – Barcelona •
Leg 2: Barcelona – Beaulieu-ser-Mer •
Leg 3 : Beaulieu-sur-Mer – Sète