Dun Laoghaire Regatta: Cruisers One News and Results
![John Minnis's Archambault 35 Final Call II, the sole Belfast Lough competitor in IRC One, took first prize in an impressive display on Dublin Bay John Minnis's Archambault 35 Final Call II, the sole Belfast Lough competitor in IRC One, took first prize in an impressive display on Dublin Bay](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000JhOcK84eAm0/s/767/I0000JhOcK84eAm0.jpg)
Cruisers 1 Cools Down After Red-Hot Racing at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2023
9th July 2023 Volvo Regatta
With its formidable lineup of J/109s inter-mingled with the RC35 group, this IRC 1 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta class was Hotstown-plus. Yet the John Minnis team with the super-souped A35 Final Call II (RUYC) emerged out of sight ahead, on…
![John Minnis and his team from RUYC, headed by helm Gareth Flannigan in winning form on Dublin Bay in IRC One Division of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta John Minnis and his team from RUYC, headed by helm Gareth Flannigan in winning form on Dublin Bay in IRC One Division of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000hYkMOVk_o6A/s/767/I0000hYkMOVk_o6A.jpg)
Final Call Looks Like Having Last Word In IRC1 at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
8th July 2023 DL Regatta: Cr 1
We've sometimes thought that the Archambault 35 has more in her than has so far been revealed, but John Minnis and his team from RUYC headed by helm Gareth Flannigan now seem to have lifted Final Call II onto a…
![John Minnis's A35 helmed by Gareth Flannigan (RUYC & RNIYC) leads the biggest IRC fleet of the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta John Minnis's A35 helmed by Gareth Flannigan (RUYC & RNIYC) leads the biggest IRC fleet of the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00005k6JEYS8Qew/s/767/I00005k6JEYS8Qew.jpg)
Champions Slug It Out In Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta IRC 1 as Final Call II Takes The Lead
7th July 2023 DL Regatta: Cr 1
Former and current champions in various major regattas are battling for honours in IRC 1 in the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Mike & Richie Evans's well-starred J/99 Snapshot (Howth YC) got the best of it in today's first race…
![Colly Byrne's XP33 Bon Exemple from the Royal Irish Yacht Club is competing in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta IRC One Colly Byrne's XP33 Bon Exemple from the Royal Irish Yacht Club is competing in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta IRC One](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00002uw7qgwbiSI/s/767/I00002uw7qgwbiSI.jpg)
Within 24 hours of the first races of Ireland's biggest sailing event at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Division One IRC gets hotter with the unconfirmed report that a Hong Kong crew skippered by Jamie McWilliam has entered the 24-boat fray…
![J109 Joker II Defending Champion John Maybury's National Championship winning J109 Joker II is one of 17 J109s entered for Class One IRC of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta starting on Dublin Bay this Thursday](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000aD9qJROh0tw/s/767/I0000aD9qJROh0tw.jpg)
Can an A35 or J99 Dislodge Dominant J109s in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Class IRC One?
3rd July 2023 DL Regatta: Cr 1
There will be only nine 'non-J109s' in this week's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta's buoyant 26-boat IRC One fleet, but two new powerful campaigns are within those nine. At least a Northern Ireland A35 and a Howth J99 campaign must be…