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 2024 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 2024 Race Updates from Wicklow Sailing Club

Pete Smyth and his dedicated crew made themselves very competitive first time out in the latest Searcher

Pete Smyth of Royal Irish YC in Dun Laoghaire is "Sailor of the Month (Round Ireland)" For June

2nd July 2024 Sailor of the Month

The Smyth family have been well in the frame in cruiser-racing in Ireland and abroad for many years, but Pete Smyth's move into the still-competitive 2010 Ker 46 Searcher has made them extra-distinctive as "The Men In Black In The…

After seven days, 20 hours, four minutes and 20 seconds, Fulmar Fever crossed the finish line of the 2024 Round Ireland race at 09:14h Irish time 30th June 2024

Last Boat 'Fulmar Fever' Finishes Round Ireland 2024 in Seven Days, 20 Hours, Four minutes and 20 seconds

30th June 2024 Round Ireland

After riding out the southwest to west gales on the North Coast on Friday night and early Saturday morning by finding shelter at Rathmulllan in Lough Swilly, Robert Marchant's Fulmar 32 Fulmar Fever from Dunmore East resumed racing, and finished…

Carina rounding the Rock during the Fastnet Race of 2011

SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race Shares Global Camaraderie Of Classic Distance Races

29th June 2024 W M Nixon

Our header photo really says it all. It was 2011 when Rives Potts' now four times Bermuda Race winner Carina rounded the Fastnet Rock in conditions a whole world away from the murky early morning eleven hours earlier, when George…

Irish Offshore Sailing's vintage boat 'Desert Star' and her crew taking third overall on IRC in the 2024 Round Ireland Race is one of the hot topics in Wicklow

Teasing Machine Confirmed Overall Round Ireland Winner As Top Ten Positions See Some Shake-up At Wicklow Finish

28th June 2024 Round Ireland

Friday (Day 6) 08:15 hrs: Wicklow SC and the pierhead finish line for the Round Ireland were buzzing with activity yesterday (Thursday) evening, with strong to fresh southwest winds bringing in a steady stream of finishers. High point of the…

Andrew Hall and his crew closed in on the finish right along the long Wicklow beach in smooth water to have a strong finish to the Round Ireland Race 2024

Squally Conditions Make For Hard Work In Final Miles of Round Ireland Race

27th June 2024 Round Ireland

Thursday (Day 5) 17:00 hrs: When the bright brown arrows start marching across the XCW forecast screen, it means hard work for sailors. Squally weather, with almost continuous adjustment of sail areas. At 17:00 hrs today (Thursday) the southwest to…

Rosslare RNLI Lifeboat Crew Race Well Round Ireland As Main Fleet Closes In Towards Finish

27th June 2024 Round Ireland

Thursday (Day 5) 12:30 hrs: With a further shuffling of the pack accelerated by the prospect and subsequent arrival of strong Atlantic winds laid on by the now diminishing go-through of Storm Jimmy, Steady Eddy performers are moving up through…

The United States S & S Hiro Maru, skippered by Hiroshi Nakajima, finished its Round Ireland race in Cork Harbour, one of ten boats so far to retire from the 2024 Round Ireland Race

Ten Boats Retire from Round Ireland Race So Far

27th June 2024 Round Ireland

Twenty per cent of the fleet has retired from the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race so far, with some high-profile withdrawals as the remaining 38 monohulls negotiate the final stages of the 700-mile offshore race. As Afloat reported earlier on…

On day five of the Round Ireland Race IRC boats are led by the Lombard 46 Pata Negra (Sam & Andrew Hall, Pwllheli) midway between St Johns Point on the County Down and the south points of the Isle of Man

Squally Southwesterly Wind Brings Main Round Ireland Race Fleet Through North Channel

27th June 2024 Round Ireland

Thursday (Day 5) 07:30 hrs: With the current weather-dominating Low Pressure area now well north in the Hebrides, and with its centre continuing further away on its northesterly course, in the North Channel the mostly sou-southwest winds in the night…

Pete Smyth and his weary and calm-plagued Round Ireland Race 2024 crew with the Ker 46 Searcher

Searcher Finds Round Ireland Finish As Storm 'Jimmy' Heads For Stornoway

26th June 2024 Round Ireland

Wednesday 1900hrs: When Pete Smyth and his weary and calm-plagued crew with the Ker 46 Searcher finally finished the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race at 15:32 this (Wednesday) afternoon, it was intriguing to note that they'd sailed 63 miles less…

Reigning ISORA champion Rockabill VI is tipped by Mystic Meg for third overall on IRC in the 2024 Round Ireland Race

Round Ireland's Mystic Meg Predicts Rockabill VI Will Maintain Advantage over Bellino for Third Overall on IRC

26th June 2024 Round Ireland

Mystic Meg will shortly retire to the Wicklow hills, satisfied with her 2024 Round Ireland Race predictions. Once the weather pattern emerged, it was not a hard task, but the size of the leads over the next boats at the…

The Royal Cork Yacht Club Grand Soleil 40 Nieulargo saw an opportunity in the new win on day five of the Round Ireland Race

Cork’s Nieulargo Takes Leap Of Hope In SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race

26th June 2024 Round Ireland

Wednesday 1230 hrs: The meteorological community is in a state of excitement. With climate change and weird weather generally, we’d thought that old-fashioned clearcut low pressure areas heading slightly north of east across the Atlantic were a thing of the…

Teasing Machine leading the Round Ireland fleet on Monday 24 June

Teasing Machine Takes Wicklow Line Honours in Round Ireland Yacht Race

25th June 2024 Round Ireland

Tuesday (Day 4) 1930hrs: Eric de Turckheim’s Teasing Machine surprised no one by taking the monohull line honours in the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race at 1921 in Wicklow on Tuesday evening (25 June), writes WM Nixon. Yet a…

Race organiser Kyran O'Grady fires the finish gun at Wicklow Harbour for the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Multihull Line Honours winner, the Paradox3 Trimaran

Multihull Paradox Rounds Ireland In 3 Days 2 Hours

25th June 2024 Round Ireland

The first finisher in the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race 2024, Adam Davis's 19m trimaran Paradox from the Helford River Sailing Club in the heart of South Cornwall, crossed the finish line at the Wicklow pierheads this afternoon at 1611…

Pete Smyth’s Ker 46 Searcher (RIYC) passed Malin Head at lunchtime on Tuesday, making 8.4 knots with 194 miles to sail, but now (1530 hrs) is starting to feel a foul tide north of Lough Foyle

Teasing Machine Closes In On Final Stages In SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race

25th June 2024 Round Ireland

Tuesday (Day 4) 1530hrs: The weird and wonderful weather of the 2024 SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race continues to perplex, delight and disappoint. It perplexes those who thought they had some handle on the working of the Irish weather, for…

The Belfast Lough JPK1030 Coquine has retired into Galway from the Round Ireland Yacht Race

JPK 1030 Coquine Retires from Round Ireland Race into Galway

25th June 2024 Round Ireland

The Belfast Lough JPK1030 Coquine has retired from the Round Ireland Yacht Race into Galway on day four (Tuesday) of the race. The ISORA series overall leader had been punching above her weight in the early stages of the 700-miler.…

2024 Round Ireland Race leader Teasing Machine (Eric de Turkheim, France) logged an impressive 313 miles in the previous 24 hours

SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race Is Swings & Roundabouts From Malin Head Onwards

25th June 2024 Round Ireland

Tuesday (Day 4) 0730 hrs: When monohull 2024 Round Ireland Race leader Teasing Machine (Eric de Turkheim, France) came swinging past Malin Head last night at 2130 hrs, she was in a good favourable tide and a fair wind, and…

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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