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

Up to 50 yachts varying between 30 and 100 feet in length, with crews of between 2 and 20 sailors on board will compete in the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race on June 7th

Volvo Come Onboard for June's 30th Anniversary Dun Laoghaire to Dingle (D2D) Race

15th January 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Volvo Car Ireland has again stepped up to support the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race in June. This will be the 30th anniversary of the race which has become a biennial fixture in the Irish sailing calendar. As Afloat…

Defending champions - The Royal Cork Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo will defend its Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race on June 7th

Royal Cork Grand Soleil 40 'Nieulargo' to Defend Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race Title in June

3rd January 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Denis and Annamarie Murphy's successful Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo from Royal Cork Yacht Club will defend its Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race title this June. As regular Afloat readers will recall, after an epic 14th edition of the 'D2D'…

A new race entry system 'SailRaceHQ' has been launched by RORC

Race Entry System 'SailRaceHQ' Launched by RORC

22nd December 2022 RORC

The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has launched a new race entry system SailRaceHQ, replacing the old Sailgate system with immediate effect. 'Following a three-year study and build programme, SailRaceHQ is a totally new system that has many advantages and…

The start of the 2019 National YC Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race, with eventual overall winner Rockabill VI (JPK 10.80, Paul O’Higgins RIYC) just ahead of Mick Cotter’s 94ft Windfall, which took line honours and established a new course record. The 30th Anniversary D2D starts in Dublin Bay on June 7th 2023

Sailing In Ireland Had “Bounce-Back Year” in 2022, What Will 2023 Bring?

26th November 2022 W M Nixon

Did we really manage it? Did we really cram all those major special and routine regular sailing events into the one season of 2022? And all that despite its three main months afloat experiencing decidedly mixed weather? And also despite…

Chris Power Smith skipper of the J/122 Aurelia from the RStGYC and some of his crew receive the Carmel Winkelmann Memorial Trophy (First Corinthian Boat in the 2021 D2D Race) at a presentation in the Royal St George Yacht Club after DBSC Thursday racing on July 20th. The Trophy is Presented by Adam Winkelmann (D2D Chairman) along with Con Murphy (D2D PRO), Richard O’Connor (Commodore RStGYC) and Conor O’ Regan (Commodore NYC)

Royal St. George's Top D2D Corinthian Skipper is Presented With Carmel Winkelmann Memorial Trophy

22nd July 2022 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Chris Power Smith, skipper of the J/122 Aurelia from the RStGYC, was presented with the Carmel Winkelmann Memorial Trophy (First Corinthian boat in the 2021 D2D Race) at a presentation in the Royal St George Yacht Club…

Amazing Grace - A safe and sturdy boat in rough seas that also performs very well in light winds as she proved in her overall win of the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race in 2013

Former Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race Winner 'Amazing Grace' is for Sale

22nd February 2022 Boat Sales

The Oyster 37 Amazing Grace now on the market through Afloat Boats for Sale comes with a P6 sailboat commercial license from the Marine Surveyors Office and Dept of Transport, Tourism and Sport. According to the advertisement, Amazing Grace was…

If a World Sailing rethink goes ahead Category 3 offshore races such as the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race (above) would be exempted from the new out of water structural inspection rule.

World Sailing Rethinks New 'Onerous' Keel Inspection Offshore Racing Rule

8th February 2022 World Sailing

A World Sailing re-think is under consideration to exempt Category 3 offshore races from the new requirement for documented structural inspection. Changes to the World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations (OSR) came into effect on January 1 2022, and mean an additional requirement…

The Nieulargo crew before the start of the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race were (front row, left to right) Molly Murphy, James Fagan, Clive O'Shea and Ian Heffernan, and back row (left to right) Harry Durcan, Nin O'Leary, Brian Matthews, Annamarie Fegan Murphy, Mia Murphy and Denis Murphy.

Crosshaven's Murphy Family & Nieulargo are June's "Sailors of the Month" (Offshore)

1st July 2021 Sailor of the Month

Time was - when a victorious Royal Cork YC vessel returned after "success abroad" - that she received a nine-gun salute on arrival from the Club battery. Even though we live in more noise-conscious times, the RCYC can still wheel…

Royal Cork Admiral Colin Morehead welcomes home Nieulargo, the 2021 D2D Race winners at Crosshaven

Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race Winners Nieulargo Crew Given Triumphant Welcome Home to Royal Cork Yacht Club

15th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The Weather Gods were smiling on the Royal Cork Yacht Club on Monday evening in Cork Harbour as members gave a triumphant welcome home to the Murphy family's Nieulargo, the overall winner of last week's Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race. Denis…

Sheila O' Connor (left) of the Dingle Skellig Hotel with Denis Murphy - Nieulargo with Dingle Skellig Hotel Trophy for 1st Overall

2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Prizegiving Photo Gallery at Dingle Marina

13th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

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…

2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Overall Winners: Nieulargo. The Royal Cork crew pictured in Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday before the start: (Front row left to right) Molly Murphy, James Fagan, Clive O'Shea, Ian Heffernan, (back row right to left) Denis Murphy, Mia Murphy, Annamarie Fegan, Brian Mathews, Nin O Leary, and Harry Durcan

Royal Cork's Nieulargo Victorious as National Yacht Club Presents Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2021 Prizewinners (Photo Gallery Here!)

13th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

After an epic 14th edition of the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race that attracted a 38-boat fleet for Wednesday's spectacular start on Dublin Bay, the prizewinners have been announced by the National Yacht Club race organisers ahead of this evening's prizegiving…

Excession was one of two Northern Ireland yachts in the 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

The Fortunes of the Two Northern Ireland Yachts in the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

12th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

"Brutal" said the Harrington, O'Tiarnaigh, Mulholland trio in the IMX 38,eXcession, after the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race; "fantastic – a great collective learning curve," said Shaun Douglas in the First 40.7 Game Changer. eXcession had an excruciatingly long passage…

Conor Doyle's Freya from Kinsale Yacht Club has been awarded second place overall in the 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race by a protest committee following the rescue of a kitesurfer off the Wicklow coast in the early stages of the 280-mile race

Yacht Freya That Rescued Kitesurfer Moves up to Second Overall in Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race After Redress

12th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Conor Doyle's Freya, the racing yacht at the centre of a kitesurfer rescue undertaken during the first hours of the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race on Wednesday has been granted redress, a decision that gives Doyle and his Kinsale Yacht Club…

The Sunfast 3600 Searcher skippered by Pete Smyth is one of five boats penalised by the D2D Race Commitee

20 Percent Time Penalty for Five Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race Boats That Entered Tuskar Traffic Separation Scheme

11th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Five boats have been penalised in the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race for sailing in the Tuskar Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) which is prohibited in the race rules. The penalty does not affect the overall winner result but impacts the provisional second…

D2D Boats Arrive into Dingle Marina (Photo Gallery)

11th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Led by Kinsale yacht Freya at 0530, the 2021 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race fleet is arriving into the County Kerry marina this morning. A total of 38 boats took part in the 280-mile race from Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday…

Conor Doyle's Freya crew from Kinsale Yacht Club celebrate their line honours victory in the 2021 Dun Laoghaire To Dingle race after crossing the Dingle, County Kerry finish early this morning in an elapsed time of 1d 15h 16m 50s

Crosshaven & Kinsale Take the Top of the Milk in National YC’s Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

11th June 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Day #3 0930 - The Murphy family’s consistently successful Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo (Royal Cork YC) reached Dingle this morning at 09:27 hrs and immediately corrected into an overall lead in the D2D which she is unlikely to lose. Having passed…

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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.