Notice of Race Now Available for 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle

9th January 2025

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Ron O’Hanley’s Cookson 50 Privateer’s record time will prove hard to beat Credit: Dominick Walsh

The Notice of Race for the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race — the D2D — is now available online. Entries are also open and can be made via the race’s official website.

The race will start on Wednesday 11 June at 2pm from Dun Laoghaire, with the prize-giving dinner at The Dingle Skellig Hotel on Saturday 14 June from 7pm.

Organisers have shared delight at continuing their association with Volvo Car Ireland and The Dingle Skellig Hotel as the event’s premium sponsors. Other partnerships to be confirmed in due course.

This year’s race forms part of both the RORC and ISORA racing calendars. In addition, the entry fee remains at the same level as 2023.

The National Yacht Club will provide a great welcome to all comers, and the usual après sail fun will be available to all in Dingle.

Meanwhile, the Notice of Race and the Race Management and Event Management practice has been updated to take account of the latest thinking in running offshore races.

In particular, the emphasis on safety has been upgraded based on the recent Sydney Hobart Race and in the RORC approach to race management with regard to offshore racing. To that end, the safety, meteorological and race management briefings will be held on the evening of Tuesday 10 June in the NYC and attendance is compulsory for representation from each boat. The briefings will be made available online and as recordings.

Boats entering must comply with the World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations (OSR) for monohulls with Category 3 life raft in addition to meeting the other eligibility criteria, such as an increase in the minimum number of crew to five (on non-two-handed entries) and a requirement for crew members to each have a waterproof torch at night.

“We intend to run as safe a race as we can while trying to meet competitors needs for fair racing and fun having hopefully completed the course,” says race chairman Adam Winkelmann.

Race entries for 2025 are restricted to 50 boats to ensure adequate berthing and support — so those intending to participate should enter as soon as possible and take advantage of the early bird rate for each category, as outlined in the Notice of Race.

Published in Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Live Tracker 2025

Track the progress of the 2025 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race fleet on the live tracker above and the leaderboard below

The 17th edition of the 280-mile race organised by the National Yacht Club starts at 2 pm on Wednesday, June 11th, on Dublin Bay.

Read the full 2025 race preview by WM Nixon here
Read all the D2D Race News in one handy link here

WM Nixon will be posting regular race updates and analysis throughout the 2025 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.