Ireland's 2023 Golden Globe Race entrant Pat Lawless is one of the latest entries into June's 240-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race.
Lawless will compete in IRC 3 in his round-the-world Saltram Saga yacht, Green Rebel.
Regular Afloat readers will recall the County Kerry sailor was forced to retire from the 30,000-mile GGR last November when his wind vane broke, and Lawless came ashore in Capetown, South Africa. The non-stop solo round-the-world race is still ongoing and due to finish this week with less than 900 miles to sail for the two front runners, as Afloat reports here.
Entries for Ireland's top offshore race of 2023 are now at 35, leading organisers to predict a 40-plus entry for the June 7th start from Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
The Irish offshore race is part of London's Royal Ocean Racing Club offshore Championship and as such attracts some international competitors such as the Volvo 70 Wizard and Ron O'Hanley's canting keel Privateer from New York that will race in a 14-boat IRC 1 division along with rumours of a second canting keel entry too.
As Afloat reported earlier, Denis and Annamarie Murphy's successful Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo from Royal Cork Yacht Club will defend its 2021 D2D race title.