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17th February 2011

Afloat.ie: Custom Design 50ft Cabin Cruiser

This week sees the addition of this Custom Design 50ft Cabin Cruiser, located in the Grand Canal Basin, Ringsend Dublin. This is a 7 berth & 2 head. Steel hull. Twin Ford Boweman Marine Diesel engines installed March 2000, each engine has 2,000 hrs of running time. It has a 924 Gal. capacity, twin 3 blade propellers, bow thruster, hydraulic stabilizers along with modern navigation aids. For more information on this boat and images please visit the full listing here.

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Afloat.ie: 2000 Hanse 292

Well known Yacht-dealer and sailmaker Philip Watson has put his demonstration boat up for sale. It is a fast Hanse sailing cruiser, 29' 6" in length. "CHanser" is fastidiously maintained and has a host of cruising luxuries like central heating, shore-power, hot and cold running water, fridge, autopilot, a beautiful set of sails (as you'd expect on a sailmaker's own boat!) including a laminated fully-battened main dropping into a "stack-pack" lazy-jack cover. The boat is powered by a Volvo 20 HP saildrive diesel. For more details and images visit the full listing here.

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Afloat.ie: 1991 37' Van de Stadt Falco

37' Van de Stadt Falco - steel hulled sailing blue water yacht. She has a full 2010 professional survey and a new repaint of hull, deck and anti foul. Lying on the hard in Kilrush Marina. Complete with many extras - 1991 yacht that has been kept in the best order. A great live aboard yacht for short or long distance sailing - suited to short handed sailing with all control lines fed back to a well covered in cockpit. For more information and images visit the full listing here.

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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.