The 1939-built Fred Shepherd classic 50ft Amokura (Paul Moxon) returns to the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race start line in June for another attempt at the 320-mile Irish offshore race.
The Falmouth based wooden yawl will be racing double-handed again but this time trying to avoid the rigging damage that beset her in her D2D debut two years ago.
Unfortunately, after looking very stylish at the start, the only wooden classic in the race was doing very well despite being Two-Handed but was then slowed by rigging damage.
As Afloat reported previously, 42 boats are now entered for the National Yacht Club fixture, edging the club closer to its 50-boat advertised limit. Afloat's WM N Nixon predicts the biennial fixture will be the race that should get sailing going again, if restrictions are lifted.