Dun Laoghaire to Dingle (D2D) Yacht Race News from the National YC

Mick Cotter’s SouthWind 94 Windfall is the largest boat entered for next month’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race run by the National YC, and he’ll be looking to topple the course record he established with the 78ft Whisper in 2009.

Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race 2019: The “Little Big One” With Everything

18th May 2019 W M Nixon

You’ll seldom if ever hear anyone who has actually done the biennial Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race dismissing it in an offhand way as some sort of Round Ireland Lite writes W M Nixon. It may only be 280…

The new Dublin-based Grand Soleil 34 Justina is racing to Dingle this June

Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Attracts Latest Racing Designs

8th March 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Although there are less than 10 boats officially entered at this early stage this number belies a strong mix of new racing designs in the wings for June's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race that is expected to attract a fleet of over 40. …

A D2D race record of 24hrs 43mins 45secs was set by the 90-foot Whisper (Michael Cotter) in 2009

Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Reverts to Original Course for 2019 Race

4th March 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Based on input from competitors and intending entrants to the Volvo D2D Race 2019 the organising committee in the National Yacht Club have decided that the course for the 2019 race shall be changed back to the traditional course of…

Liam Shanahan's Ruth at the start of the 2017 D2D on Dublin Bay

Entries Open for Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle (D2D) Race 2019

30th January 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The 2019 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle “D2D” Race starts from the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday, June 12th 2019. The 300–mile race along the Irish coastline is a great mini-offshore challenge for cruisers and racing boats…

The start of the 2017 D2D race. Changes to the 2019race means navigators and skippers can plot courses to hug the coastline, and to go inside Islands and lighthouses as part of their strategy"

2019 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race Forms Part of the 'RORC' Calendar

3rd December 2018 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The 2019 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle “D2D” Race will start from the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday, June 12th 2019. The 2019 edition of D2D brings with it some important and exciting changes while retaining the…

The 2019 D2D race will start off Dun Laoghaire Harbour on June 12

National Yacht Club Announces June 12 as 2019 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race Start Date

9th June 2018 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The National Yacht Club has announced dates for its biennial Dun Laoghaire to Dingle (D2D) Race in 2019. The 2019 mini offshore race, that is also a fixture on the international RORC calendar, will start on Wednesday, 12th June off…

(Top) Rupert Barry’s JOD35 Red Alert at the start off Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday evening and (above) We made it! The crew of Red Alert in Dingle this morning. They may have placed 7th in Racing 1, and 14th overall. But remember, that’s 14th out of 43 starters

In Dingle This Afternoon, Everyone’s a D2D Winner

17th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The mood is good in Dingle this afternoon. And while some have hard-won successes to celebrate, others have the simple fact of getting there at all to further brighten their already bright day writes WM Nixon. For the National Yacht…

Rockabill VI’s crew celebrate their D2D line honours in Dingle this evening. The winning Royal Irish YC crew were (back row) Peter Wilson, Paul O'Higgins, Conor O'Higgins, Rees Kavanagh, Ian O'Meara, Mark Pettit (front row) William Byrne and Ian Heffernan

Rockabill VI Gets To Dingle In Time For Dinner

16th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

#D2D - In Dingle of a warm summer Friday’s evening, the night has barely started at 9pm, writes W M Nixon. So the multi-talented crew of Paul O’Higgins’ JPK1080 Rockabill VI were in plenty of time for a leisurely winner…

D2D Race organiser Adam Winkelmann of the National Yacht Club is ready and waiting for tonight's finishers

National Yacht Club Finish Line Team Standing By in Dingle

16th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

It's been a helluva race with a record turnout – and a record dropout – since Wednesday evening's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle start. Now, after an epic 48 hours ago, the National Yacht Club organisers have relocated to the County…

Rockabill VI makes her approach to the Dingle Finish. Scroll down for Tracker link

Rockabill Speeds into Dingle Bay in the Lead

16th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Paul O’Higgins’ JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI has been piling up the pressure from the front on the chasing opposition in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2017 writes W M Nixon. She swept up to Skellig Michael at 8.8…

Rockabill VI powering out of Dublin Bay shortly after Wednesday evening's start. Closing in on the Dingle finish this afternoon her speed continues reaching at a brisk 7 knots in an easing southwesterly breeze

Rockabill VI Keeps Clear of Southwest Headlands to Maintain Dingle Lead

16th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Paul O’Higgins’ JPK 10.50 Rockabill VI has opened out a ten mile lead on the first of the chasing J/109s Mojito (Peter Dunlop and Vicky Cox) in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2017 writes W M Nixon. In…

Rockabill VI (top) should round the Fastnet Rock by 11 am and Mojito (above) around 12.30 pm

D2D Afloat.ie Prediction: Rockabill VI Favourite But Chasing J/109 Mojito Will be Faster If Winds Lighten

16th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

As the 2017 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race enters its closing stages, Afloat.ie sticks its neck out and predicts how the race will pan out later today. Tide may yet play a big part in this race that looks set…

Rockabill VI is leader on the water, in IRC overall, and in Racing 1

Rockabill VI Opens The Gap in Dingle Race

16th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

This morning Paul O’Higgin’s JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI has finally begun to see a more confortable gap between her overall lead position in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2017 and the chasing trio of J/109s Mojito (Peter Dunlop…

The J109 Indian (Colm Buckley and Simon Knowles) had been comfortably leading the 2 handed division but retired to Dunmore East. According to the race office, the pair reported no issues other than fatigue and the prospect of a continued poor forecast for the remainder of the south coast race to Dingle

The Gallant 25 Race On Into The Night for Dingle

15th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

“Anybody who finishes this race deserves a prize......” So said one battered yet usually successful old salt after retreating into Dunmore East writes W M Nixon. And for a while early this afternoon, retirals were coming so thick and fast…

The new pontoon at Dunmore East as it was recently with visitors in from Cork. Tonight, it will be hosting some visitors from Dun Laoghaire, casualties of the rough race towards Dingle

Heavy Windward Work Takes Its Toll on Dingle Fleet

15th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

If you want to choose an especially rugged piece of water in which to make to windward into a southwesterly which is a solid Force 6-7 plus, then the southeast corner of Ireland would come up tops on all search…

On corrected time, Rockabill is ahead overall and second to George Sisk’s Farr 42 WOW (pictured above) for line honours

D2D Fleet Slugging Along South Coast in Search of Speed & Sunshine

15th June 2017 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

A Force 5 to 6 breeze from west’sou’west, blowing straight out of a rain-free sky along Ireland’s south coast, can make the Fastnet Rock, not to mention Dingle, seem a very long way away when you’re somewhere out at sea…

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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.