Moonduster
It is now a quarter of a century since Moonduster was last seen sailing away from Crosshaven, taking with her a level of emotional attachment that few boats can match. But for all those who knew her and what she…
Denis Doyle’s famous Moonduster, an iconic part of Irish sailing for many years, is now indoors in Norway for repair after being hit by a ferry last year. Moonduster ashore inside a Norwegian boat shed, supported on blocks as structural…
Historic Yacht Moonduster Undergoes Restoration and Upgrade Work in Norway
20th August 2024 Moonduster
The 'Duster' is smiling again and looking good as restoration and upgrading work continues in Norway. Posting what he describes as a "happy update" on Facebook about the restoration of the legendary Moonduster "from the Duster team here in Norway,"…
We've always believed that all truly good works are best done by stealth, and so it has proved. On Friday night (June 21st, Mad Midsummmer's Day) we heard a whisper that there'd been movement on the entombed Moonduster in Trondheim…
In the Spring of 1981, Dens Doyle’s Frers 51 Moonduster was launched at Crosshaven into a glittering 20-year partnership in which she and her very special owner-skipper became a much-admired feature of the European offshore racing scene. It was a…
As each year passes, it becomes increasingly difficult to explain to up-and-coming offshore racers just what “The Doyler and The Duster” meant to a whole generation of Irish sailors writes W M Nixon. Crosshaven-built in 1981 and kitted out with…
Moonduster Looking Sad This Morning In Trondheim, Meeting About Her Future In Royal Cork Yacht Club This Evening At 7pm
18th March 2016 Moonduster
The great Denis Doyle’s star-quality Frers 51 Moonduster of 1981 vintage, built in Crosshaven Boatyard with the legendary Dick Leonard in charge of the construction details and the then-locally-based designer Tony Castro as consultant, is in a sorry state in…
Hello and welcome aboard this week’s edition of your maritime programme Seascapes .....this week we hear about efforts afoot to assist in the restoration of “Moonduster”; we have the results of our recent competition for copies of Carsten Kriegers ‘…
This week’s sad video on Afloat.ie about the dilapidated and deteriorating condition of the late Denis Doyle of Cork’s very special Frers 51 Moonduster in northern Norway has led to a flurry of communication on social media, and all sorts…
There has been plenty of comment on social media about the current condition of the much loved Irish yacht Moonduster, the former Round Ireland record holder skippered by the late Denis Doyle of the Royal Cork Yacht Club. See the…
News that the yacht Moonduster, once owned by the late Denis Doyle of Crosshaven had been lost this month has led to confusion in some quarters about which boat in the series of Moondusters owned by Doyle had been sunk…
