What is the date and time of the 2020 Round Ireland Yacht Race?

August 22nd. Starting times: Monohulls 1300 hrs and Multihulls 13.10 hrs.

What is the Round Ireland Yacht Race distance?

Approximately 704 nautical miles or 1304 kilometres

Round Ireland Yacht 2022 Race Updates from Wicklow Sailing Club

Q: What is the Round Ireland Race speed record?

The Round Ireland race record of 38 h 37 min 7s is held by MOD-70 trimaran Musandam-Oman Sail and was set in June 2016.

Round Ireland Yacht 2022 Race Updates from Wicklow Sailing Club

The 60ft French alloy ketch Pen Duick VI may race Round Ireland in June

Eric Tabarly's Ketch Pen Duick VI Looks Set For Round Ireland Race

6th May 2022 Round Ireland

Fifty years after France's legendary Eric Tabarly was winning "just about everything" with his 60ft alloy ketch Pen Duick VI, his daughter Marie is "99% certain" to race the boat in the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race 2022 from…

RORC Commodore James Neville's HH42 INO XXX who will contest the Round Ireland Race on June 18 was the overall winner of the 2022 Cervantes Trophy Race

Prospective Round Ireland Yacht Racers Win RORC Cervantes Trophy Race to France

2nd May 2022 RORC

Two top UK-based yachts expected to enter June's Round Ireland Race scored significant wins in the UK’s offshore season opener in a race across the English Channel on Saturday. It's a weekend result that raises the stakes for overall honours…

James Neville'sHudson/Hakes built 42’, INO XXX, a Judel/Vrolijk design, will compete in Irish waters in the 2021 SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race in June

Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) Commodore James Neville to Compete in The Round Ireland Race

28th April 2022 Round Ireland

Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) Commodore James Neville has confirmed he will be back in Irish waters again this season and racing his Solent-based HH42 INO XXX in June's SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race. As Afloat reported earlier, Neville and his crew…

Michael O'Donnell's UK based J/121 Darkwood sails in this weekend's RORCs Cervantes Trophy with a strong Irish crew

Irish Crew on Board J121 Darkwood for RORCs Cervantes Trophy May Be Round Ireland Race Warm Up

29th April 2022 Round Ireland

A top UK-based offshore racer will race this weekend's Cervantes Trophy with a strong Irish crew, which will heighten prospects of a potent Round Ireland Race entry in June. In a crew list seen by Afloat for Dubliner Michael O'Donnell's…

Saoirse Reynolds rounds the Kish Light on Dublin Bay at the helm of Aurelia during the 2021 ISORA Series

National Yacht Club Offshore Sailor Saoirse Reynolds Builds on RORC Easter Challenge Success

26th April 2022 ISORA

The National Yacht Club’s Saoirse Reynolds has continued her winning streak in the UK over the Easter Holidays by scoring first place in the inaugural race of the season run by SORC (Solo Offshore Racing Club) for single and double-handed…

Going Round - Mike and Ritchie Evans Sovereign's Cup Champion J/99 Snapshot from Howth Yacht Club is entered for the 2022 Round Ireland Race on June 18 from Wicklow Sailing Club

Asgard and Snapshot Make SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race Fleet the Big Four 0

21st April 2022 Round Ireland

The 40th entry to the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race is Ross Farrow’s Jeanneau Sunfast 3300 Asgard from the Hamble. The milestone was reached this week with just over eight weeks to go to the 700-mile race starting off Wicklow. …

The Volvo 70 Telefonica Black is in the latest group of Round Ireland entries which has more than doubled the fleet numbers

SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race From Wicklow Sees Entries Doubled In A Fortnight

6th April 2022 Round Ireland

When this year’s SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race 2022 was top of the agenda on Afloat.ie a fortnight ago, it was in the context of Wicklow Sailing Club being in double celebratory mode. They’d already logged 18 high-quality early entries…

Dave Cullen (left) and Nigel Biggs are the new joint owners of the latest Checkmate XX, a First 50

Cullen & Biggs Team Up for New First 50 'Checkmate XX' Offshore Campaign from Howth

31st March 2022 Howth YC

Q – What is 18 + 15? A – XX of course! The arrival of a new First 50, Checkmate XX into Howth Yacht Club will see the crews of Nigel Biggs’ Checkmate XVIII joining forces with Dave Cullen’s Checkmate…

The U25 team of Lorcan Tighe, Andrew Irvin, Ronan Mooney and Cian Crowe have chartered a Figaro 3 from the Offshore Racing Academy for their Round Ireland challenge

U25 Team Assembles for Round Ireland Yacht Race in Figaro 3

28th March 2022 Round Ireland

The SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race is an incredibly well-renowned race for most who are involved in sailing in any respect. Happening only once every two years, it is a very prestigious event steeped in history. The gruelling 704-nautical-mile…

Seasoned campaigners: The First 310 More Mischief (Grzegorz Kalinecki, Dun Laoghaire, left) and the J/122 Aurelia (Chris Power Smith, RStGYC, right) are Numbers 1 and 3 in the growing entry list for the SSE Renewables Round Ireland race from Wicklow on June 18th 2022

SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race Is St Patrick’s Parade For Sailing In Ireland

19th March 2022 W M Nixon

For most of us, the pandemic has been a matter of two years in limbo. And it maybe isn’t over yet, even if everyone is behaving as though we’re well into the end game. But for gallant little Wicklow Sailing…

Skipper Tom Kneen said he was '95% sure' his Fastnet Race winner Sunrise (above) would contest the biennial Irish 700-miler in 14 weeks time

Fastnet Race Winner JPK 11.80 'Sunrise' Will Contest Round Ireland Race

5th March 2022 Round Ireland

The 2021 Fastnet Race winner Sunrise from Plymouth will compete in June's Round Ireland Race adding to the international competition of the 21st edition of Irelands' top offshore race. Responding to a question from the audience, Sunrise skipper Tom Kneen…

Bob Rendell's Grand Soleil 44 Samatom will compete in June's Round Ireland Race

Howth Yacht Club Grand Soleil 44 Samatom is Bound for June's Round Ireland Race

16th February 2022 Round Ireland

Bob Rendell's Grand Soleil 44 Samatom of Howth Yacht Club is the latest entry into June's SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race from Wicklow. The 2021 Sovereign's Cup Coastal division winner - that also competed in last year's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race - …

Midwinter lull in an otherwise stormy mid-Atlantic – Pamela Lee in a brief respite aboard the Class40 Redman during the mid-winter west-east Transatlantic Crossing

Busy Pamela Lee of Greystones On Course For Caribbean 600 & Round Ireland Race

14th February 2022 Caribbean 600

When they come to write further histories of the Covid Pandemic and the world’s uneven emergence from it, they should call on the many experiences of long-distance sailor Pamela Lee of Greystones. She has somehow managed to keep the development…

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 first international Class40 yacht has entered June's Round Ireland race

Italian Class40 Sailor Andrea Fornaro Enters Wicklow's Round Ireland Race

7th February 2022 Round Ireland

The hard work of Wicklow Sailing Club's 2022 Round Ireland Race committee is bearing fruit with the early entry for this summer's race of the new Class40 yacht Influence by Italian skipper Andrea Fornaro. The VPLP design is the first such Class40…

The Round Ireland campaign for the VOR 70 Green Dragon will be is a joint entry from O’Coineen and Conor Ferguson. The boat is entered as both a Galway Bay Sailing Club and Royal Irish Yacht Club entry

Enter the (Green) Dragon - O'Coineen Signs Up Volvo 70 for June's Round Ireland Race

4th February 2022 Round Ireland

Enter the Dragon. Enda O'Coineen, the Galway man behind the Irish entry in the 2008/9 Volvo Ocean Race is back behind the wheel of the Volvo 70 as the 12th entry into June's SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race. It's not Green Dragon's…

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Round Ireland Yacht Race Information

The Round Ireland Yacht Race is Ireland's classic offshore yacht race starts from Wicklow Sailing Club (WSC) and is organised jointly with the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and the Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC). This page details the very latest updates from the 2008 race onwards including the race schedule, yacht entries and the all-important race updates from around the 704-mile course. Keep up to date with the Round Ireland Yacht Race here on this one handy reference page.

2020 Round Ireland Race

The 2020 race, the 21st edition, was the first race to be rescheduled then cancelled.

Following Government restrictions over COVID-19, a decision on the whether or not the 2020 race can be held was made on April 9 2020 to reschedule the race to Saturday, August 22nd. On July 27th, the race was regrettably cancelled due to ongoing concerns about COVID-19.

Because of COVID-19, the race had to have a virtual launch party at the Royal Irish Yacht Club for its 21st edition.

In spite of the pandemic, however, a record entry was in prospect for 2020 with 50 boats entered with four weeks to go to the race start. The race was also going big on size and variety to make good on a pre-race prediction that the fleet could reach 60. An Irish offshore selection trial also looked set to be a component part of the 2020 race.

The rescheduling of the race to a news date emphasises the race's national significance, according to Afloat here

FAQs

How many miles duration is the Round Ireland Yacht Race?

704 nautical miles, 810 miles or 1304 kilometres

What is the distance around Ireland's coastline?

3171 kilometres is the estimate of Ireland's coastline by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland.

Who is the sponsor of the 2020 Round Ireland Yacht Race?

SSE Renewables are the sponsors of the 2020 Round Ireland Race.

Who organises the Round Ireland Yacht Race?

Wicklow Sailing Club in association with the Royal Ocean Racing Club in London and The Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dublin.

Where is the Round Ireland Race Start?

Off Wicklow Harbour on Saturday, August 22nd 2020

What is the Round Ireland Race Start time?

Monohulls 1300 hrs and Multihulls 13.10 hrs

What is the Round Ireland Race course?

Leave Ireland and all its islands (excluding Rockall) to starboard.

How long does it take to sail Round Ireland?

It depends on the boat. The elapsed record time for the race is under 40 hours but most boats take five or six days to complete the course.

Is there a Round Ireland Race Tracker?

The Race Tracker is https://afloat.ie/sail/events/round-ireland/item/25789-round-ireland-yacht-race-tracker-2016-here.

What is the history of the Round Ireland Race?

The idea of a race around Ireland began in 1975 with a double-handed race starting and finishing in Bangor organised by Ballyholme Yacht Club with stopovers in Crosshaven and Killybegs. That race only had four entries. In 1980 Michael Jones put forward the idea of a non-stop race and was held in that year from Wicklow Sailing Club. Sixteen pioneers entered that race with Brian Coad’s Raasay of Melfort returning home after six days at sea to win the inaugural race. Read the first Round Ireland Yacht Race 1980 Sailing Instructions here

What is the Round Ireland Race speed record?

The Round Ireland race record of 38 h 37 min 7 s is held by MOD-70 trimaran Musandam-Oman Sail and was set in June 2016.

What is the Round Ireland Race Monohull Speed record?

George David’s Rambler 88 (USA) holds the fastest monohull race time of two days two hours 24 minutes and 9 seconds set in the 2016 race.

What was the first round Ireland voyage?

William Power's 45ft Olivia undertook a round Ireland cruise in September 1860

What is the Smallest Boat To Sail Round Ireland?

Richard Hayes completed his solo epic round Ireland voyage in September 2018 in a 14-foot Laser dinghy. The voyage had seen him log a total of 1,324 sea miles (2,452 kilometres) in 54 sailing days. in 1961, the Belfast Lough Waverly Durward crewed by Kevin and Colm MacLaverty and Mick Clarke went around Ireland in three-and-a-half weeks becoming the smallest keelboat ever to go round. While neither of these achievements occurred as part of the race they are part of Round Ireland sailing history