New records as D2D breaks new ground

8th June 2009

The National Yacht Club's Dingle Skellig Hotel Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2009 finished in Dingle this morning just 47 hours after the start in Dublin Bay on Saturday making it the fastest D2D ever. The ninth race since the event commenced in 1993 was a record-breaker in more ways than one: 1 A new race record of 24hrs 43mins 45secs was set by Whisper; 2 The previous race record of 32hrs 33 mins 49 secs set by TP52 Patches in 2005 was beaten by no less than six boats in this year's race: Whisper, Tiamat, Orix Aviation, Legally Brunette, Pretty Polly and Antix Dubh; 3 Highest boat speed ever achieved on a D2D: Whisper, 22.7 kts; 4 Largest ever number of entries: 37 boats started; 5 Smallest proportion of retirals: Five.

Listen in to winning skipper Prof O'Connell and his memories of the magic course:

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The strong NE wind in the Irish Sea and along the South coast resulted in a wild downwind charge over most of the course, followed by a short, light beat from the Skelligs to Dingle.

WINNERS

Overall Winner, Racing Class Legally Brunette (X41) Cathal Drohan and Paul Egan, skipper Maurice O'Connell, RStGYC

Line Honours Whisper, Michael Cotter, RStGYC

Winner, Cruiser Class Spindrift, David Kelly, Wicklow HSC

Two-Handed Class Blackjack, Peter Coad and Darren Nicholson, Wicklow HSC

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Official overall results from the National YC

Position	Name	Corrected Time
1	Legally Brunette	34:03:57
2	Antix Dubh	34:19:43
3	Whisper	34:50:36
4	Pretty Polly	34:59:32
5	Tiamat	35:07:02
6	Orix Aviation	36:09:37
7	Wow	38:10:57
8	Eliminator	42:26:30
9	Blackjack	42:40:37
10	Joliba	42:52:25
11	Pepperbox	43:15:12
12	Ridire Bán	43:23:07
13	Big Hilly Style	43:31:45
14	Mumbo	43:33:05
15	Team Windmill	43:34:45
16	Alchimiste	43:38:46
17	Spindrift	43:52:17
18	Southbound IE	43:53:57
19	Something Else	43:55:57
20	Gumdrop	44:00:43
21	Aquelina	44:13:39
22	Yahtzee	44:15:28
23	Lula Belle	44:16:50
24	Contango	44:25:58
25	Orna	44:48:28
26	First of September	45:01:55
27	Tsunami	45:14:00
28	Tiger	45:17:02
29	Albatras	45:20:04
30	Persistance	46:25:45
31	Emelija	47:14:48
32	Quite Correct	48:28:29
33	Aztec 3	RETD
34	Betty Boop	RETD
35	Galileo	RETD
36	Powder Monkey	RETD
37	Saxon Senator	RETD

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