Solo Sailing and Circumavigation News
The first Royal Western Yacht Club Lonely Rock Race will set off from the vicinity of Ryde in the Eastern Solent on 16 August 2020. The course will leave the Isles of Scilly to Port, round the Fastnet Rock to…
Tom Dolan Will Start La Solitaire du Figaro With Race to Ireland's Fastnet Rock
31st March 2020 Tom Dolan
On 30th August in Saint Brieuc bay, France it is going to be a demanding and difficult start for the 51st edition of the Solitaire du Figaro for Ireland's solo sailor Tom Dolan and the rest of the foiling Figaro…
The third edition of the Drheam Cup, from 18 to 27 July, starting in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and finishing in La Trinité-sur-Mer, has been opened up to more competitors, as the Open De France De Course au Large-labelled race will welcome a…
Tom Dolan's Plans on Hold as Solo Maitre Coq & Transat AG2R La Mondiale Postponed
20th March 2020 Tom Dolan
The Coronavirus outbreak has caused French organisers of the Solo Maitre Coq and the Transat AG2R La Mondiale to delay both events and with it the plans of Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan for an Irish bid in the Transatlantic…
On Saturday, the 22nd February, Bill Hatfield became the oldest man to sail around the world solo and non-stop. But Bill is not only the oldest man to circumnavigate the world solo, nonstop and unassisted at age 81, he’s now…
Gregor McGuckin's Southern Ocean Rescue Bid Recognised By Cruising Club of America
11th March 2020 Solo Sailing
The outstanding achievement of Irish solo sailor Gregor McGuckin in the Golden Globe round the world race was recognised in New York last Friday with a presentation by the Cruising Club of America. As Afloat reported earlier, McGuckin received his…
Tom Dolan to Trial Irish Female Sailors for Two Handed Offshore Class for the Paris 2024 Olympics
10th March 2020 Tom Dolan
After April's Transatlantic race, Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan is planning to bring his boat Smurfit Kappa to Ireland for six weeks to trial some potential female sailors with a view to forming an Irish campaign for the two-handed offshore…
Gregor McGuckin Wins Top Cruising Club of America Award for Ocean Rescue of Competitor
18th February 2020 Solo Sailing
Ocean sailor Gregor McGuckin, of Dublin, has been named a winner of one of the Cruising Club of America’s top awards. McGuckin, age 32, is winner of the Rod Stephens Seamanship Trophy for extraordinary efforts to aid a competitor in…
Jangada, the smallest boat in the RORC Transatlantic Race was also the overall winner. Richard Palmer's British JPK 10.10 Jangada was presented with the RORC Transatlantic Trophy in Grenada at a ceremony and prize-giving banquet held at Camper & Nicholsons…
Enda O’Coineen has many friends who sail Northern Waters. Now there’s the chance to meet up with him next week at the launch of his latest book, Journey to the Edge in No Alibis bookstore on Botanic Avenue, Belfast writes…
New Book Recounts Enda O’Coineen’s ‘Journey To The Edge’ In His Own Words
28th October 2019 Book Review
From Enda O’Coineen, in business and adventure, we can learn much. The man sails on a sea of obsession in life — guided only by the goals he sets himself. He became the first ever Irish entry to qualify for…
Transat Jacques Vabre: 'I Didn’t Choose Joan Mulloy Because She is a Woman'
20th October 2019 Offshore
The progress of equality in sailing can often resemble the turning of an oil tanker rather than a carbon fibre offshore racing boat, but there are some new grounds for optimism at sea. The race village of the 14th edition…
Mayo’s Joan Mulloy Racing Two-Handed to Brazil as Middle Sea Race Departs Malta
18th October 2019 Middle Sea Race
Solo sailor Joan Mulloy of Mayo has teamed up as co-skipper with France’s Alexia Barrier on the latter’s veteran IMOCA 60 4Myplanet to become the only all-female crew in the 30-strong IMOCA 60 Class in the 12,000 mile Transat Jacques…
Tom Dolan Calls Off Planned Visit To Dublin Bay Due To Poor Weather & Hurricane Forecast
30th September 2019 Tom Dolan
Due to poor weather interfering with his planned sail to Ireland from Brittany, and concerns with Hurricane Lorenzo later this week, Figaro veteran Tom Dolan has unfortunately had to cancel his scheduled visit to and sailings in Dublin Bay in early October. Dolan…
2018 Golden Globe Race Attracted Multiple Millions In Publicity Worldwide
18th September 2019 Solo Sailing
Independent analysis on media coverage during the 2018 Golden Globe Race says the event attracted worldwide coverage worth as much as US$185 million. Les Sables d’Olonne, which will be the host start and finish port again in 2022, gained two…
Tom Dolan, the Irish skipper of Smurfit Kappa, finished his first season in the Beneteau Figaro 3 on something of a high note when he took fourth place on the last stage of the 12th Tour de Bretagne à la…