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

Howth Yacht Club J109 Outrajeous off Ballycotton in fourth place on IRC

Howth Yacht Club's 'Outrajeous' in Fourth Place Leads J109 Charge to Dingle

13th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Howth Yacht Club J109 Outrajeous skippered by Johnny Murphy leads the potent J109 designs in fourth overall on IRC rating in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race this morning with 122 miles left to sail to the County Kerry finish line. Her crew…

Conor Doyle's Xp50 Freya. The Kinsale Yacht Club entry lost its A2 sail off Wicklow head last night which, says crew member Kenny Rumball, 'hurt us downwind from Wicklow to Tuskar'. Freya is currently lying third on the water

Improved Weather Welcomes Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Fleet to the South Coast

13th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Day #2 - 9am The Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle racers have left the murkier weather of the east coast astern, and this morning finds them reaching along the south coast in what could best be described as serviceable northerlies writes W…

Freya Unsnags But Lobster Pots Are Hazard for Dun Laoghaire Dingle Racers

13th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Kenny Rumball on the Kinsale Yacht Club XP50, Freya, currently in third place for line honours, reports snagging a lobster pot overnight in the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race. Conor Doyle's crew successfully disengaged themselves from the potline with some quick thinking and 'backing…

The Grand Soleil 34 Justina has retired into Kilmore Quay

Steering Problems Puts Grand Soleil 34 'Justina' Out Of Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

13th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Johnny Treanor and the crew of his Grand Soleil 34 Justina from the National Yacht Club have retired from the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race. The crew are safe and heading to Kilmore Quay in County Wexford having suffered 'a total loss of…

George Sisk's XP44 Wow at the start of the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

George Sisk's Xp44 'Wow' Retires from Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race into Dunmore East

13th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

George Sisk's XP44 Wow has retired into Dunmore East in County Waterford due to gear failure. The Royal Irish skipper informed the D2D Race Office that 'all is well' onboard and the crew were aiming to 'make repairs'. Read all the D2D Race…

Windfall under spinnaker at the start of the D2D Race

Michael Cotter's 'Windfall' Gets Clear in the Race to Dingle

13th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Day #1 midnight - When we remember the increasingly rugged conditions the fleet found themselves contending with as they slugged into rising headwinds past the Saltee Islands in 2017’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race, the current fair wind romp may…

Andrew Hall’s J/125 Jackknife from Wales holds the corrected time lead in the D2D Race

Dun Laoghaire Dingle Fleet Get Fair Wind & Ebb Tide To Speed their Way

12th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Day #1 8 pm: With Mick Cotter’s 94ft Windfall the on-the-water leader as she puts Cahore Point astern at 2200hrs, it’s intriguing to note that the unstable but brisk northerly airflow is generous if unpredictable in spreading its favours to…

The D2D start tonight at 6pm on Dublin Bay with Mick Cotter's 94-footer dominating the fleet. Scroll down for more D2D Race photos and vids

Dun Laoghaire Dingle Minis Put in Maxi Performance in First Hour of D2D Yacht Race

12th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Day #1 (Start Time) 6 pm: The sky stayed grey, but the wind went away writes W M Nixon. There was almost a sense of anti-climax about the monochrome start to the 270-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race at…

The winds have been shaping up in optimum style to suit fast reachers, so Andrew Hall’s J/125 Jackknife from Pwllheli became a last minute entry for the Dingle Race, bringing the fleet up to 44 boats

J/125 'Jackknife' is Late Favourite for Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Honours

12th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

A last-minute entry for this evening’s 280-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race is a clear case of horses for courses writes W M Nixon. Andrew Hall’s relatively new J/125 Jackknife from Pwllheli is renowned for her speed on a…

Scroll down for the LIVE 2019 D2D Yellowbrick race tracker

Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race 2019 Tracker Here!

12th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Track the progress of the 2019 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race fleet below here on the live tracker when the race starts at 6 pm tonight on Dublin Bay. Forecasts show gusty north and northwesterly winds for the start, the 13th…

Always the Bridesmaid……The J/122 Aurelia (Chris & Patannne Power Smith) is seldom out of the frame, and tomorrow’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race will offer a useful opportunity to take the No 1 slot

The Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race – 'Get the Mostest There the Fastest'

12th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

There was an American Army General who pithily summed up the secret of success in old-fashioned wars as being a matter of victory going to “whoever gets the mostest there the fastest” writes W M Nixon This takes on a…

Conor Fogerty and Susan Glenny in Dun Laoghaire ahead of tomorrow's Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

Paris 2024 Ambition For Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Foiling Duo

11th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Former Afloat Irish Sailor of the Year, Conor Fogerty arrived onto the dock in Dun Laoghaire from Les Sables de Olinges with “Raw”, a fresh out of the box, foiling Beneteau Figaro 3, Ireland’s first IRC foiling Figaro keelboat. Afloat…

Windfall berthed in Dun Laoghaire Marina. The superyacht, that is longer than the Revenue Customs Cutter she is berthed alongside, competes in the Dun Laoghaire-Dingle race this Wednesday

Super Yacht 'Windfall' Arrives in Dun Laoghaire for Race to Dingle This Wednesday

8th June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The largest boat entered for Wednesday's Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race run by the National Yacht Club has arrived into the marina at Dun Laoghaire, dwarfing all others in the 43-boat fleet now assembling at the Dublin suburb. Skipper Mick Cotter is looking…

Paul O’Higgin’s defending champion, the JPK 1080 Rockabill VI, will be hoping for firm breezes for next Wednesday’s 280-mile National YC Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2019 – Unpredictable Weather, Unpredictable Outcome

8th June 2019 W M Nixon

Will the Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race next Wednesday find itself sailing with mostly fair winds asks W M Nixon. Will the presence of lows to the west of them, and other lows to the southeast, provide a line…

Royal St. George's Michael Cotter is back to try to topple the record he set a decade ago with the 78ft Whisper (above)

Kerry Youth Sailors to Race in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

1st June 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Two youth sailors from the race finish port of Dingle in County Kerry will be onboard two entries in this month's 320-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race (D2D) as part of a race promotion to encourage more young people to try their…

As a build up for next month' 300-miler, Blue Oyster is on her way to sail in Kinsale Yacht Club’s Fastnet Race this weekend

Coleman's Blue Oyster Prepares for Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Debut

23rd May 2019 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Cork sailor Noel Coleman always had a dream to do the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race and when the family acquired the heavy displacement Oyster 37 – a yacht which has already done a Round Ireland race – this seemed the ideal time…

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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.