Round Ireland Yacht Race Updates from Wicklow Sailing Club
Round Ireland Refunds? The Doyler Would Tell Them to Keep Entry Fee for 2022’s Race
31st July 2020 Round Ireland
“What would The Doyler do?” That was the question we asked here when writing with resigned sadness on 11th April about the pandemic-induced two-month postponement - from 20th June - of the Wicklow start of the SSE Renewables Round Ireland…
In a decision which will resonate with the national and international sailing community, and following intensive meetings all day, organisers Wicklow Sailing Club in concert with their many stakeholders have decided at 1845hrs today (Monday) that the circumstances of the…
Fogerty & Glenny Announce 'Total Produce' Double-Handed Round Ireland Entry
26th July 2020 Mixed Offshore Keelboat
Irish offshore sailors Conor Fogerty and Susan Glenny have announced their two-handed entry into next month's SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race from Wicklow. The 704 nautical mile Round Ireland was postponed in June due to COVID-19 and is now…
Do France's Drheam Cup Results Provide Round Ireland Performance Insights?
23rd July 2020 Round Ireland
Looking ahead to next month's Round Ireland Yacht Race, last weekend's French Drheam Cup that proved so successful for Tom Dolan in the Figaro Duo class also provided offshore pundits with plenty of results to pore over. The Cherbourg fixture,…
Giant MOD 70 Trimaran 'Powerplay' Enters Round Ireland Yacht Race Bringing Entries to 50 So Far
23rd July 2020 Round Ireland
A new Round Ireland Race record speed time is in prospect with the entry of a MOD70 trimaran into the 21st edition of the race from Wicklow. There is no doubting the appeal of August's classic Irish offshore with the…
French Class 40s Eyeing Round Ireland To Complete Reduced European Trophy
10th July 2020 Round Ireland
Hopes are high within the Class 40 fleet that a reduced European Trophy will be confirmed — if there is enough participation for at least two out of the three races on the calendar. Alongside the classic Normandy Channel Race…
Darren Wright of Howth Puts Famous Pata Negra On to Boil in the Round Ireland Yacht Race
9th July 2020 Round Ireland
When the then-new Lombard 45 Pata Negra was racing with a Dutch charter crew in the 2017 Rolex Fastnet Race and carving her way through the fleet with style and winning speed, Howth YC’s offshore team manager Kieran Jameson was…
Having come so close to overall victory in 2018, Chris Power Smith revealed the depth of his ambition when the Royal St. George skipper of J122 'Aurelia' became the Round Ireland Yacht Race's 50th entry at the weekend. Power Smith…
Two More French Class 40s Brings Round Ireland Race Entry to 49 Boats So Far
2nd July 2020 Round Ireland
Two more international entries into August's SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race brings the fleet total to just under 50 registered entries so far. Franz Bouvet's Yoda from Caen, France and Greg Leonard's Mach 40.3, Kite brings to four the…
Another international entry for August's SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race adds extra spice to a growing French Class 40 division with the arrival of the Lorient based Mach 40.3, Taras Boulba skippered by Charles-Louis Mourruau. Overall, it brings entries…
Royal St. George Yacht Club's 'YoYo' Makes it Six Sunfast 3600s for Round Ireland Race
27th June 2020 Round Ireland
A sixth Jeanneau Sunfast 3600, and the second Irish one, is entered for August's Round Ireland Yacht Race as Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Yoyo (Brendan Coghlan from the Royal St George Yacht Club) takes on the 700-mile challenge too. As regular…
Jeanneau Sunfast 3300 Hits 15-Knots During Round Ireland Training VIDEO!
27th June 2020 Round Ireland
Cian McCarthy's brand new Sunfast 3300 Cinnamon Girl has been hitting some top speeds in training off the Kinsale coast recently. In this video clip (below) the Irish debutante is clocked doing 15 knots in 25 knots of wind. In…
Already buoyant entries for August's Round Ireland Yacht Race can expect a further boost when a potent Welsh IRC fleet comes out of lockdown. From the 2018 Race, seven Welsh boats finished in the top 20 but none of these…
The entry of a Howth Yacht Club XC 45 and J109 brings August's Round Ireland Yacht Race fleet to 45. The stand-out result is made all the more impressive as the Wicklow Race has achieved the numbers in the middle…
Yet Another British-based Jeanneau Sunfast 3600 has entered August's SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race bringing to five the number of the hard chined pocket-rockets entered for Ireland's biennial 700-mile offshore race. Gavin Howe's Tigris latest entry – the 44th boat…
The second Northern Ireland entry for August's Round Ireland Race is, as Afloat previously reported, the Belfast Lough IMX 38 eXcession entered by owners Ruan O'Tiarnaigh from Ballyholme YC, John Harrington (Royal Ulster) and Johnny Mulholland, also from Bangor. Joining…
