Pamela Lee, Irish Offshore Sailor
Round Ireland Race: Pam Lee of Greystones takes RI:26 entries through 50 mark
18th May 2026 Round Ireland
While there is a distinct possibility of some top level crew-juggling resulting in two Grand Prix boats racing as one in the Round Ireland Race from Wicklow on June 20th, the entry list has now gone through the totemic 50…
ICRA Conference: Pamela Lee Seeks French Entries for Round Ireland Race
5th February 2026 Round Ireland
Irish International Class 40 sailor Pamela Lee will tell the 2026 Irish Cruiser Racing Association (ICRA) Conference how she is working to attract French Class 40 entries to this year’s Round Ireland Race. Lee will outline efforts to encourage French offshore…
Irish Skipper Pam Lee Leads Class40 International Reactions
20th November 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
Irish sailor Pam Lee has led the international reaction as Class40 finishers arrived in Fort-de-France after a demanding Transat Café L’Or. Lee and co-skipper Jay Thompson finished 19th on #EmpowHer. Both said the race pushed them technically and mentally. Thompson…
Class40 Leaders Face Critical 36 Hours in Transat Café L’Or Race, Ireland's Pam Lee Lying 15th
13th November 2025 Class40
At the head of the Class40 fleet today on the Transat Café L’Or, with less than 1000 miles to go to the finish in Martinique, the leaders Corentin Douguet and Axel Tréhin (SNSM Faites un don) are still holding out…
Pamela Lee's Class40 #EMPOWHER Suffers Major Sail Damage Mid‑Atlantic in Transat Café L'Or
5th November 2025 Pamela Lee
Irish skipper Pamela Lee of Greystones and US co‑skipper Jay Thompson aboard their Class40 #EMPOWHER (hull 178) are now limping through the Atlantic in the Transat Café L'Or after heavy seas and serious sail damage, off the Azores, approximately 1500…
Irish offshore sailor Pamela Lee will be on the start line this Sunday, 26 October, as the Transat Café L’OR (formerly the Transat Jacques Vabre) Le Havre Normandie gets underway. The Greystones, County Wicklow skipper will race her Class40 yacht…
Irish offshore sailor Pamela Lee from Greystones, County Wicklow, has christened her new Class 40 racing yacht, #EMPOWHER, in Le Havre, France. The launch comes ahead of the Transat Café L’OR, one of the world’s most iconic transatlantic yacht races,…
Ireland's Pamela Lee, aboard her Class40 yacht #EMPOWHER, played a crucial role in the dramatic rescue of a fellow competitor during the Normandy Channel Race early this morning. At 1:50 a.m. today, the race management team was notified by CROSS…
It was a spectacular start today for the sailors – including Ireland's Pamela Lee – who set sail on the 16th edition of the CIC Normandy Channel Race. Bracing conditions and a superb light filtering through the partially overcast skies…
Ireland's Pamela Lee will be among 32 record double-handed Class 40 entries in Sunday's (25th May) Normandy Channel Race. The 36-year-old sailor from Greystones Harbour in County Wicklow is competing for a second time in the race, this time alongside…
Ferry and logistics company DFDS has partnered with Irish offshore sailor Pamela Lee to launch the #EmpowHer racing campaign. The initiative will support Lee as she prepares for the 2026 Route du Rhum, the world’s longest solo transatlantic race, which…
The Famous Project’s All-Female Crew Launch Their Maxi Trimaran in France
31st May 2024 Women in Sailing
Ireland’s Joan Mulloy and Pamela Lee were on hand alongside their teammates in The Famous Project to see the launch of their Maxi trimaran IDEC SPORT in front of the Multiplast shipyard in Vannes, France on Friday (31 May). After…
The Famous Project’s All-Female Crew in Transatlantic Challenge After RORC Caribbean 600 Success
29th February 2024 Women in Sailing
Fresh from their third-place finish in the RORC Caribbean 600’s multihull class and multiple training laps around the island of Antigua itself, the seven-strong The Famous Project crew — which includes Ireland’s own Pamela Lee and Joan Mulloy — have…
"My Toughest 48 hours at Sea"- Pam Lee from Greystones On Her Transat Jacques Vabre Yacht Race (Podcast)
30th December 2023 Wavelength Podcast
Let’s do that again, but do it better – they are the words of a very determined Pam Lee from Greystones, who came 29th with Tiphaine Ragueneau in the 30th Transat Jacques Vabre yacht race from Le Havre to Martinique.…
Pamela Lee of Greystones is “Sailor of the Month (Offshore)” for November
1st December 2023 Sailor of the Month
The short-handed long-distance offshore racing scene from France is recognised as the world peak in a very specialised area. Design development at all boat sizes is at such a pace that in a hyper-hot division such as Class40, anyone racing…
Pamela Lee and Tiphaine Ragueneau Complete Transat Jacques Vabre in 29th place in Class40
27th November 2023 Class40
Pam Lee and Tiphaine Ragueneau, the Irish-French duo, who raced the Atlantic under the Cap pour elles initiative, crossed the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre off Fort-de-France, Martinique on a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon at…
