Solo Sailing and Circumavigation News
Irish offshore sailor Tom Dolan is preparing to return to racing later this month aboard the repaired Figaro Kingspan, teaming up with longtime friend and mentor Gildas Mahé for the season-ending L’Adventura. The double-handed race starts from Port Bourgenay on…
Ireland now has two sailors preparing separate bids to become the first Irish person to sail solo and non-stop around the world — and, coincidentally, both campaigns are using the challenge to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson’s disease. As…
A Californian who was stranded in the Pacific for a month after his mast snapped has said he would go to sea again. As Hawaii News Now reports, Kai Sato set off from the Californian coastal outcrop of Catalina Island…
Trentesaux Reveals Courrier Pogo RC Had Just Four Hours' Training Before Round Ireland
6th July 2026 Round Ireland
French offshore racing legend Géry Trentesaux has revealed that his new Pogo RC, Courrier, had just four hours of crew training before taking on this year's Round Ireland Race – making the yacht's remarkable runner-up finish on corrected time all…
After sailing around the world single-handed Cork’s Polish/Irish sailor, Jakub Ziemkiewicz, has decided to change his mind from never racing alone again on such a voyage. He is starting a four-year campaign to enter the McIntyre Golden Globe Race, also…
A UK father has been rescued in his second attempt to cross the Atlantic in the smallest boat. Andrew Bedwell set off from Newfoundland in Canada last Thursday (4 June) in his home-built vessel, the Big C V2, which is…
Tom Dolan's 2026 La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec campaign may have ended in disappointment, but it also reinforced why the Irish skipper remains one of the leading figures in offshore solo racing. The County Meath sailor's race contained all the…
Tom Dolan's challenge for a second Solitaire du Figaro Paprec title came to an abrupt end on Tuesday night after the Irish skipper ran aground on the Sein reef while leading the race overall. As Afloat reported earlier, the Kingspan…
The final hours of the 2026 La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec are unfolding in demanding conditions in the English Channel, with the overall result still hanging in the balance. After rounding Brittany, the fleet entered the decisive closing phase of…
Irish offshore sailor Tom Dolan's challenge for a second Solitaire du Figaro title ended dramatically overnight after he ran aground while leading the fleet off the Brittany coast. Dolan, racing aboard Kingspan, was at the front of the fleet alongside…
Tom Dolan has moved back to the front of the fleet on the final stage of the 2026 La Solitaire du Figaro as the Irish skipper closes in on a second overall victory in offshore sailing's most demanding solo race. Racing…
Tom Dolan will start the decisive final stage of the 2026 La Solitaire du Figaro this evening holding a narrow overall lead as the race enters its final 630-nautical-mile showdown from Pornichet to Le Havre. The County Meath sailor, racing…
“Honestly, it’s probably the hardest I’ve ever done. It was hell.” That was Irish skipper Tom Dolan's verdict after completing a punishing second leg of La Solitaire du Figaro and retaining the overall race lead. The Kingspan-backed sailor finished fifth…
Tom Dolan has retained the overall lead in La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec after finishing fifth on Stage 2 into Pornichet. The Irish skipper of Kingspan, who won the opening stage, now leads by 3 minutes and 38 seconds from…
Irish offshore racer Tom Dolan and the La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec fleet will have extra recovery time after organisers postponed the start of the race’s final leg. The third and concluding stage, from Pornichet to Le Havre, was due…
Ireland’s Tom Dolan remains firmly in contention as the split fleets in the second leg of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec begin to regroup offshore. Dolan, racing on Kingspan, held his position among the leading pack as changing weather conditions…
