Welsh Yacht Pata Negra Leads Royal Dee Championships at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta

12th July 2025

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Andrew and Sam Hall's Lombard 46, Pata Negra, leads the no-discard Royal Dee Offshore Championships, a separate mini series within VDLR 2025 Credit: Afloat

While Howth Yacht Club's Checkmate XX (Dave Cullen and Nigel Biggs) continues her lead at the top of the Coastal A division of this week's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, it is Welsh yacht Pata Negra, owned by Andrew and Sam Hall, a Lombard 46, that leads the no-discard Royal Dee Offshore Championships, which is a separate mini series within Ireland's biggest sailing event.

The Coastal A division of this week's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta that is also racing for Royal Dee Offshore Championship prizes Photo: Afloat

As regular Afloat readers know, the Halls took the lead when they won line honours and the overall handicap prize in the Lyver race, the twelfth race of the ISORA Viking Marine Musto Championships from Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead on Saturday (July 6) and one that went uncontested by Checkmate XX.

The Royal Dee Offshore Championships will be decided this weekend after Sunday's coastal race, but the results at the halfway stage show Welsh and Northern Irish yachts filling the podium.

Alan Hannon's JPK 1030 Coquine from Belfast Lough is on 261.6 points and lying second in the Royal Dee Offshore Championships Photo: Afloat

The Halls are on 274.3 points, Alan Hannon's JPK 1030 Coquine from Belfast Lough is on 261.6. Third place is Pwllheli Sailing Club's Peter Dunlop & Victoria Cox in the J122 Mojito.

Pwllheli Sailing Club's Peter Dunlop & Victoria Cox in the J122 Mojito is lying third in the Royal Dee Offshore Championships Photo: Afloat

See full results below.

Meanwhile, Saturday morning's (July 12) course for the penultimate race of the championship is:

Start near Dun Laoghaire's Pier Mark
EX30/Volvo 5(P)
South Burford(S)
East Kish (S)
Bray Outfall (S)
Muglins (P)
Finish (Bay Mark per SI 4.1.1)

VDLR Coastal Course Saturday 12th July 25, part of the no discard Royal Dee Offshore Championships

Race Results

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