Round Ireland Yacht 2022 Race Updates from Wicklow Sailing Club
Nieulargo, Rockabill VI and Snapshot Move into Overall CT Lead in Round Ireland Race as Winds Start to Change off West Coast
20th June 2022 Round Ireland
Round Ireland Race day three (Monday) 0830 - The northerly winds have been easing through the night as the bulk of the fleet in the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race make varying rates of progress northwards off the coast of North…
Will Kuka3 Maintain her Round Ireland Pace and Place as the Winds Turn Light?
19th June 2022 Round Ireland
Round Ireland Day Two 2030 hrs - At 06:30 this morning, came sweeping past the Fastnet Rock, and hardened sheets for the long and rugged slug to windward up the coasts of West Cork and Kerry, fired up to maintain her…
Fujitsu British Soldier Has 'Gear Problems' & Retires from Round Ireland Yacht Race
19th June 2022 Round Ireland
Donall Ryan's Sunfast 3600 Fujitsu British Soldier has retired from the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race this afternoon, according to Wicklow Sailing Club organisers. The yacht retired due to 'gear problems' just 30 hours into the race and while on…
'Mechanical Issue' Forces Sailing School Entry Sherkin Irish Offshore Sailing Out of Round Ireland Race
19th June 2022 Round Ireland
The Sailing School entry 'Sherkin Irish Offshore Sailing' has retired from the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race this evening with a 'mechanical issue'. Winds were strong northerlies around 25 knots at the time. The Sunfast 37 yacht skippered by David Hanks…
Race Favourite 'INO XXX' Retires From Round Ireland Race with 'Hull Delamination'
19th June 2022 Round Ireland
British race favourite James Neville – the Commodore of the Royal Ocean Racing Club – and skipper of INO XXX is out of the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race this evening after suffering 'hull delamination' off the County Kerry coast. The…
Kinsale's Cinnamon Girl Takes Round Ireland Handicap Lead as Kuka 3 Retains Lead on Water as Fleet Face The Kerry Windward Test
19th June 2022 Round Ireland
Round Ireland Race Day Two (Sunday) 1300hrs - The majestic coast of West Kerry is a tumbling undulation of unexpected peaks and sudden steep cliffs, a seaboard for heroes. And when the wind is fresh to strong or worse from the…
Tough Windward work in Prospect on West Coast for Round Ireland Fleet After Leaders Have Swift Progress to Fastnet Rock
19th June 2022 Round Ireland
Round Ireland Race Day 2 (Sunday) 0900 - Conditions have been ideal for swift and steady progress by the fleet in the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race since they cleared Wicklow Head and passed Arklow. An area of light breezes off…
Breeze — Or Lack of It — Will Prove a Challenge as 2022 Round Ireland Race Gets Under Way (Photo Gallery)
18th June 2022 Round Ireland
Round Ireland Race Race Start: The Swiss Cookson 50 Kuka 3, the Howth-based Grand Soleil 44 Samatom and the Italian Class 40 Influence had the best of today’s spinnaker start in the 21st SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race off Wicklow in…
All Skill Sets Will Be Tested In SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race From Wicklow Today
18th June 2022 Round Ireland
With the four year pandemic-imposed gap since the previous edition in 2018, today’s restoration of the biennial SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race from Wicklow has been attracting an unprecedented amount of countdown attention and discussion. There has been an across-the-board…
Howth's First 50 Checkmate XX Withdraws From Round Ireland Race Due to COVID
17th June 2022 Round Ireland
Eve of race-positive COVID test results has ruled out the much-fancied First 50 Checkmate XX co-skippered by Nigel Biggs and Dave Cullen from tomorrow's 700-mile SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race from Wicklow. The Howth yacht was the winner of last…
Round Ireland Race Prices - Mystic Meg Now Backs Cavatina and Rockabill VI
17th June 2022 Round Ireland
The white smoke has gone up from the chimney on a lonely cottage high in the Wicklow hills, and the word has come down from Maritime Mystic Meg on potential betting movements in the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race: "Based…
“Mystic Meg” Is Your Best Bet In Predicting Round Ireland Race Winners In This Weird Weather Phase
16th June 2022 Round Ireland
In these hyper-communicated days, we can all follow developing weather situations on a 24/7 basis using input from many sources. Nevertheless, from time to time it puts things in some sort of snapshot focus to watch the scheduled broadcast TV…
Kinsale’s Cinnamon Boys On A Boat In A Hurry In Countdown To Round Ireland Challenge
14th June 2022 Round Ireland
Kinsale’s top two-handers Cian McCarthy and Sam Hunt with the Sunfast 3300 Cinnamon Girl seem to have already put in enough successful sailing in the season of 2022 to fulfil the ambitions of many crews for a whole year. And…
Round Ireland Race is Focus of Offshore Racing Academy Weather Routing Lecture Next Wednesday
11th June 2022 INSS
The rescheduled Offshore Racing Academy Weather Routing Lecture will run this Wednesday 15th June 2022 at 7 pm, just two days before the Round Ireland Race from Wicklow. Originally it was envisaged to run this programme focusing solely on Expedition and Adrena,…
Countdown To SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race Is In Midst Of Upsurge In International Events
11th June 2022 W M Nixon
After 42 years of the 704 miles biennial Round Ireland Yacht Race from Wicklow, there must be hundreds – indeed, possibly thousands - of sailors throughout Ireland and beyond who will be pausing thoughtfully from time to time during the…
British yacht INO XXX which competes in the Round Ireland Race in less than a fortnight was victorious in this weekend's RORC Myth of Malham Race that featured a number of Irish crews. The Cowes-Eddystone-Solent 230nm started last Thursday and saw IRC…
