Outrajeous Retains Lead in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race 2025

13th June 2025

WM Nixon

Johnny Murphy (third right) and the successful Outrajeous crew in Dingle early this morning, including Joan Mulloy from Westport and Ross McDonald, with some of the team with whom he won the recent RYS Invitationals for Howth YC as follows: Back Row: Killian Collins and Ross McDonald Front Row: Aodhán Fitzgerald, Cuan Whelan, Neil Spain, John Murphy, Joan Mulloy and Louis Mulloy Credit: Con Murphy

D2D Day 3 (Friday) 7.00 am - Johnny Murphy's J/09 Outrajeous retained her long-held IRC overall lead in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race, with a dawn finish at 05:16hrs this morning (Friday) also making her tenth in line honours.

Johnny Murphy's J/09 Outrajeous retained her long-held IRC overall lead in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race, with a dawn finish at 05:16hrs this morning (Friday) Photo: Afloat

Following Opal's clear line honours win for Frank Whelan of Greystones at 21:32 last night (Thursday), there was a gap of more than three hours before the Hall family's Lombard 46 Pata Negra finished in the pitch black of the night at 01:11hrs today (Friday, eleven minutes ahead of sparring partner Freya (Conor Doyle, Kinsale YC.)

Andrew and Sam Hall's Lombard 46 Pata Negra Photo: Afloat

The sometimes tricky southwest to south breeze held up to allow Chris Power Smith's J/122 Aurelia (RStGYC) across two hours later at 03:25, still battling with the J/122e Mojito, but with Aurelia moving briefly into the confirmed IRC lead.

Chris Power Smith's J/122 Aurelia from the Royal St. George Yacht Club after the Dun Laoghaire start on Wednesday and (below) her crew docked in Dingle early on Friday morning Photo: Afloat/Con Murphy

Chris Power Smith's J/122 Aurelia from the Royal St. George Yacht Club after the Dun Laoghaire start on Wednesday and (below) her crew docked in Dingle early on Friday morning Photo: Afloat

Vicky Cox and Peter Dunlop's J/122e Mojito from Pwllheli Sailing Club Photo: Afloat

But this was soon swept away as Paul O'Higgins' JPK 1080 Rockabill VI (RIYC) came in after a good night's sailing at 03:33, closely followed by The Big Picture, ValenTina and Coquine, with Outrajeous finished in the early morning light 05:16.

Paul O'Higgins' JPK 1080 Rockabill VI from the Royal Irish Yacht Club and and (below) her crew docked in Dingle early on Friday morning Photo: Afloat/Con Murphy

Paul O'Higgins' JPK 1080 Rockabill VI from the Royal Irish Yacht Club and and (below) her crew docked in Dingle early on Friday morning Photo: Afloat

Mike and Rticie Evans's J112e The Big Picture from Howth Yacht Club Photo: Afloat Mike and Richie Evans's J112e The Big Picture from Howth Yacht Club Photo: Afloat

Jonny Treanor's J112e ValenTina from the National Yacht Club Photo: Afloat

Richie Fearon's JPK 1030 Coquine from the RORC and (below) her crew docked in Dingle early on Friday morning Photo: Afloat/Con Murphy

Richie Fearon's JPK 1030 Coquine from the RORC and (below) her crew docked in Dingle early on Friday morning Photo: Afloat

As she rates 1.001 to the 1.022 of Coquine, she corrected into the overall win from Coquine by 40 minutes, but Richie Fearon held on to second with Rockabill third only ten minutes later, beating Aurelia into fourth by 3.5 minutes.

So the timings were close, after 270 nautical miles and more of difficult racing. But there's more work to be done through today, as Race Officer Con Murphy and his team work on to record the finish details of the many smaller craft still at sea, but racing hard for Dingle where a warm welcome and a hoard of trophies await them.

D2D 2025 Finish at Dingle Photo Gallery by Domnick Walsh

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William M Nixon has been writing about sailing in Ireland for many years in print and online, and his work has appeared internationally in magazines and books. His own experience ranges from club sailing to international offshore events, and he has cruised extensively under sail, often in his own boats which have ranged in size from an 11ft dinghy to a 35ft cruiser-racer. He has also been involved in the administration of several sailing organisations.

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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.