Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Cathaoirleach Councillor Una Power visited the National Yacht Club tonight on the eve of the 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race to wish competitors fair winds for Wednesday's 280-mile race.
The biennial D2D Race – now in its 14th edition – has a great history and a valued place in the NYC Club calendar as a major event that the NYC owns and manages.
In recent years, the race has also become a Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) event and expanded further.
This year the entry is limited, for Covid reasons, to yachts from the Island of Ireland - but even still the entry is strong – at 38 boats. The story of the race was covered on Saturday by Afloat's WM Nixon here.
The race starts at Dun Laoghaire Harbour at 2 pm on Wednesday, June 9th.