2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Prizegiving Photo Gallery at Dingle Marina

13th June 2021

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Sheila O' Connor (left) of the Dingle Skellig Hotel with Denis Murphy - Nieulargo with Dingle Skellig Hotel Trophy for 1st Overall. Scroll down for full prizegiving gallery by Dominick Walsh below Credit: Dominick Walsh

After race protests were heard and final official results published, Dun Laoghaire's National Yacht Club Commodore Martin McCarthy led the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race celebrations and prizegiving at the County Kerry marina on Saturday.

Commodore McCarthy thanked competitors and organisers alike and gave special mention to long term race partner the Dingle Skellig Hotel and the Officers and Members of the National Yacht Club for stepping up and supporting the race especially Race Chairman, Adam Winkelmann.

McCarthy thanked partners, DBSC, ISORA, Bretzel Bakery, A Stitch in Time, Drumshanbo Irish Gunpowder Gin and The Cribs.ie for supporting the race. A new partner this time around was Sullivans Brewery based in Kilkenny who was the 2021 beer partner.

Prizes were presented by Sheila O'Connor of the Dingle Skellig Hotel and awarded across the fleet as Afloat reported here.

Photographer Dominick Walsh captured the prizewinners class by class below:

Martin McCarthy - Commodore NYC

Sheila O Connor of the Dingle Skellig Hotel and Conor Doyle - Freya Sheila O'Connor of the Dingle Skellig Hotel and Conor Doyle - Freya

Paul O’ Higgins - Rockabill VI

Sheila and Mia Murphy - Nieulargo

John O’Gorman - Hot Cookie John O’ Gorman - Hot Cookie

Chris Power Smith - Aurelia

Sheila and Mark Pettit - (collecting for Juggerknot II)

John Harrington - Excession

Johnny Treanor - JustTina

Clarke Allen - Elantic

Ronan O Suichru Ireland Offshore Sailing Desert Star

John Conlon - Humdinger

Conquestador - Barry Cunningham

Joe Kiernan - Gambit

Anna Leech and Sheila Tyrrell - Aquelina

Kinsale YC rep for Cian McCarthy of Cinnamon Girl

Peter Coad - Blackjack

Grzegorz Kalinecki - More Mischief

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The 16th edition of the 280-mile race organised by the National Yacht Club starts at 2 pm on Wednesday, June 7th, on Dublin Bay.

Read the full 2023 race preview by WM Nixon here
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WM Nixon will be posting regular race updates and analysis throughout the 2023 race here

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Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race Information

The biennial Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race is a 320-miles race down to the east coast of Ireland, across the south coast and into Dingle harbour in County Kerry.

The race is organised by the National Yacht Club.

It never fails to offer a full range of weather, wind and tide to the intrepid entrants, ranging from a 32ft cruiser to a 79ft all-out racer.

Three divisions are available to enter: cruiser (boats equipped with furlers), racing (the bulk of the fleet) and also two-handed.

D2D Course change overruled

In 2019, the organisers considered changing the course to allow boats to select routes close to shore by removing the requirement to go outside Islands and Lighthouses en route, but following input from regular participants, the National Yacht Club decided to stick with the tried and tested course route in order to be fair to large and smaller boats and to keep race records intact.

D2D Course record time

Mick Cotter’s 78ft Whisper established the 1 day and 48 minutes course record for the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race in 2009 and that time stood until 2019 when Cotter returned to beat his own record but only just, the Dun Laoghaire helmsman crossing the line in Kerry to shave just 20 seconds off his 2009 time.