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14th September 2010

O'Regan and Flanigan Win 420 Champs

Royal Cork Yacht Club hosted the 2010 National Championships of the 420 class last weekend. Principal Race Officer for the event, which was sailed out of Cuskinny in Cork harbour was Richard Leonard.

There was an abundance of sailing talent at the start line and Saturday's sailing took place in 15 to 20kts of breeze with Rob Lehane and Andrew O'Donoghue taking the overnight lead from Richie Harrington and Robbie English with Emma Geary and Niamh Connolly third in a fleet of sixteen boats.

Day two was back to Cuskinny with light north westerlies and saw Jane Butler and Jenny Andreason taking the first race. Emma and Niamh won the fifth race and Cian O'Regan (KYC) and Scott Flanigan (Howth YC) took the final race thus winning the National Title. Rob Lehane was second with Emma and Niamh taking third position and First Girls Boat.

420 National Championships 2010

1 53156 Cian O'Regan M Scott Flanigan M 13 2 4 9 4 2 1

2 ROB Rob Lehane M Andrew O'Donoghue M 15 1 1 4 5 4 5

3 53698 Emma Geary F Niamh Connolly F 16 3 7 2 10 1 3

4 53578 Richard Harrington M Robbie English M 17 6 2 1 2 7 6

5 53160 Jane Butler F Jennifer Andreason F 18 4 3 7 1 6 4

6 53576 Diana Kissane F Hazel O'Neill 22 14 6 3 3 3 7

7 53836 Aodh Kennedy M Daniel Browne M 33 14 8 5 7 5 8

8 52227 Eoghan Cudmore M Jack Hogan M 33 7 5 6 6 10 9

9 53116 Fiona Daly F Patrick Daly M 38 12 14 8 8 8 2

10 2 Tara Flood F Lucy Bolger F 49 9 12 11 9 9 11

11 53206 Muirean Guilfoyle F Eimer O'Leary F 53 8 9 13 15 11 12

12 52684 Dermot McMorrough M Ali Dix F 54 10 10 10 12 12 13

13 53103 Richard Roberts M Grattan Roberts M 55 5 14 15 11 15 10

14 52235 John Durcan M Vikki Cudmore F 64 11 15 12 13 13 15

15 5357 Seafra Guilfoyle M Philip Brownlow M 66 13 11 14 14 14 14

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Lizzy McDonnell Tops Howth's 420 Dinghy Regatta

HOWTH YACHT CLUB DINGHY REGATTA (O'ALL) 10/07/2010 Laser RADIAL: 1, Derek Sheehan MYC (2.00); 2, Darren Griffin MYC (4.00); 3, Conor Murphy HYC (5.00); Laser 4.7: 1, Cillian McGreer HYC (3.00); 2, Michael Donnelly MYC (4.00); 3, Sean Anglim HYC (5.00); 420: 1, Lizzy McDowell/ MYC (2.00); 2, Thomas Natin/ MYC (4.00); 3, Colm roche/ MYC (5.00); Optimist: 1, Fergus Flood/ HYC (2.00); 2, Sean Waddilove/ SSC (3.00); 3, Philip McDowell/ MYC (8.00); Optimist Junior: 1, Gemma McDowell/ MYC (2.00); 2, Aisling Cassidy/ HYC (4.00); 3, Lily Jennings/ HYC (8.00); RS Feva: 1, Nicky Delamer/ HYC (2.00); 2, Claude Mollard/ HYC (3.00); 3, Ben Colwell/ HYC (7.00)

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Ireland & La Solitaire du Figaro

The Solitaire du Figaro, was originally called the course de l’Aurore until 1980, was created in 1970 by Jean-Louis Guillemard and Jean-Michel Barrault.

Half a decade later, the race has created some of France's top offshore sailors, and it celebrated its 50th anniversary with a new boat equipped with foils and almost 50 skippers Including novices, aficionados and six former winners.

The solo multi-stage offshore sailing race is one of the most cherished races in French sailing and one that has had Irish interest stretching back over 20 years due to the number of Irish stopovers, usually the only foreign leg of the French race.

What Irish ports have hosted The Solitaire du Figaro?

The race has previously called to Ireland to the following ports; Dingle, Kinsale, Crosshaven, Howth and Dun Laoghaire.

What Irish sailors have raced The Solitaire du Figaro?

So far there have been seven Irish skippers to participate in La Solitaire du Figaro.

In 1997, County Kerry's Damian Foxall first tackled the Figaro from Ireland. His win in the Rookie division in DHL gave him the budget to compete again the following year with Barlo Plastics where he won the final leg of the race from Gijon to Concarneau. That same year a second Irish sailor Marcus Hutchinson sailing Bergamotte completed the course in 26th place and third Rookie.

In 2000, Hutchinson of Howth Yacht Club completed the course again with IMPACT, again finishing in the twenties.

In 2006, Paul O’Riain became the third Irish skipper to complete the course.

In 2013, Royal Cork's David Kenefick raised the bar by becoming a top rookie sailor in the race.

In 2018, for the first time, Ireland had two Irish boats in the offshore race thanks to Tom Dolan and Joan Mulloy who joined the rookie ranks and kept the Irish tricolour flying high in France. Mulloy became the first Irish female to take on the race.

Tom Dolan in Smurfit Kappa competed for his third year in 2020 after a 25th place finish in 2019. Dolan sailed a remarkably consistent series in 2020 and took fifth overall, the best finish by a non-French skipper since 1997 when Switzerland’s Dominique Wavre finished runner up. Dolan wins the VIVI Trophy.

Dolan finished 10th on the first stage, 11th on the second and seventh into Saint Nazaire at the end of the third stage. Stage four was abandoned due to lack of wind.

Also in 2020, Dun Laoghaire’s Kenneth Rumball became the eleventh Irish sailor to sail the Figaro.

At A Glance – Figaro Race

It starts in June or July from a French port.
The race is split into four stages varying from year to year, from the length of the French coast and making up a total of around 1,500 to 2,000 nautical miles (1,700 to 2,300 mi; 2,800 to 3,700 km) on average.
Over the years the race has lasted between 10 and 13 days at sea.
The competitor is alone in the boat, participation is mixed.
Since 1990, all boats are of one design.