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Dun Laoghaire Regatta: Cruisers Two News and Results
Swuzzlebubble, the Classic Half Tonner from Cork has won again at 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
The waterfront bookmakers were refusing to take any bets for the last two days of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on James Dwyer's weird and wonderful Classic Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble from Cork for the Class 2 IRC win, and sure enough she…
James Dwyer's Classic Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble in Saturday's light airs of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
If J109 Outrajeous with her almost-clean sheet is outrageous in IRC One division of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, then words fail us for James Dwyer's Classic Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble in IRC 2, as the discard at close of play today…
James Dwyer's Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble leads IRC Two after day one of the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
Defending class champion James Dwyer's Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble (2:25:36 corrected) had almost a minute and a half margin over her nearest rival to win IRC Two division on the first day of racing in the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Thursday…
Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta gears up for four days of racing on Dublin Bay
Singer Neil Young's superyacht may have sailed away, but Dun Laoghaire is about to rock again this Thursday as European champions are among 100-plus cruiser racers competing for IRC honours as part of Ireland's biggest sailing event, Volvo Dun Laoghaire…
Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Ireland's largest sailing event, will take place from Thursday, July 10th, to Sunday, July 13th, 2025
Dun Laoghaire Harbour's combined waterfront yacht clubs have announced Volvo Car Ireland's continued title sponsorship of next July's Dun Laoghaire Regatta and published the Notice of Race (NOR) for Ireland's biggest sailing event in 2025. Ireland's largest regatta will take…
The victorious Half-Tonner Swuzzlebubble crew from Crosshaven (James Dwyer, Royal Cork YC) celebrate IRC Two victory at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
The ultra-veteran Farr Classic Half-Tonner Swuzzlebubble from Crosshaven (James Dwyer, Royal Cork YC) had the turbo boost of Olympian and World Dragon Champion Andy Beadsworth in the cockpit to help continue a string of firsts into the final day of…
The quirky Classic Half-Tonner Swuzzlebubble sailed by James Dwyer of RCYC leads IRC Two of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
The quirky Classic Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble (James Dwyer, RCYC) may have found the ferocity of the winds in Friday's early races not quite to her taste, but with Olympian Andy Beadsworth on the mainsheet, she was flying today, winning everything…
James and David, Dwyer's Farr Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble from Royal Cork Yacht Club, is the leader after three races sailed at the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Among the Swuzzlebubble crew is British double Olympic keelboat helmsman Andy Beadsworth (second from left)
The tough first race of IRC Two at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta saw the rugged veteran X-302 Dux (Gore-Grimes family, HYC) loving it, but as things settled down a bit, Olympian Andy Beadsworth in James Dwyer's legendary Half Tonner c (Royal…
Double British Olympic keelboat sailor Andy Beadsworth sailing at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
Double British Olympic keelboat sailor Andy Beadsworth is on board Dave Dwyer's Royal Cork Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble for an IRC Two contest in this week's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, where strong winds are forecasted to get the four-day regatta off…
Last month's Sovereign's Cup Champion Swuzzelbubble is a favourite for Class Two IRC honours of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta starting on Dublin Bay this Thursday
From highly optimised Half Tonners from the '70s and '80s to the modern production boats from Corby, X-Yachts and J Boats, the fascinating mix of boats in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta IRC Two appears to have it all.  Overall, this …

Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2025 Cruisers Two

A 12-boat Cruisers Two IRC fleet will compete at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2025: 

  1. IRL 918 Ulysses First 33.7 0.955 / 9.800 Alexander WALSH Eoin BYRNE, William WALSH, Mike FLYNN, Conor FLYNN NYC
  2. FRA 111 Allig8r First Class 8 0.928 / 0.925 Brendan FOLEY Peter LEVINS, Mark HENNESSY, Conor TWOMEY, John O'HALLORAN, Paddy RYAN RSGYC
  3. IRL 6697 Jeneral Lee J97 0.969 / 1.047 Colin KAVANAGH HYC
  4. IRL 33301 White Pearl Elan 333 0.939 / 0.000 David GREENE Michael McCABE, Anthony MORAN, Ian CRAMPTON, Emma HURLEY, Colm ROCHE MYC
  5. IRL 977 Crazy Diamond A31 / 0.977 Frank WHELAN Evan SMITH, Adam LEDDY, Ben LUMLEY, Andy VERSO, Killian FITZGERALD, Andy VERSO GSC
  6. KZ 3494 Swuzzlebubble 0.959 / 1019.000 James DWYER RCYC
  7. IRL 1357 Humdinger Sunfast 37 0.975 / 0.970 John CONLON Arklow
  8. IRL 1972 No Excuse X302 0.930 / 0.920 Jonathan WORMALD Howth Yacht Club
  9. IRL 2597 WINDJAMMER J/97 0.963 Lindsay J CASEY Shane KELLY, Aonghus BYRNE, Calum PATERSON, Sinéad COWMAN, Antonia O'ROURKE, Aaron LYNCH, RSGYC
  10. IRL 7495 Maximus X-302 0.920 / 0.934 Paddy KYNE HYC
  11.  IRL 8223 Kamikaze Sunfast 32 / 0.915 Peter NASH Steve WILSON, William DOYLE, Martin BUCKLEY, Tony NASH, Bridin McINTYRE RSGYC
  12. GBR 7347R Daydream Believer First 34.7 972.000 William Ian McMILLAN Royal Mersey Yacht Club