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400 Early Bird Entries Received For Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2017
Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta early bird entry closed on Friday, reaching 400 entries for the July event. Entry remains open but without the discounted rate. 2,500 sailors are expected to race across 22 classes making it Ireland’s biggest regatta but also one of Ireland’s biggest participant sporting events when the first gun fires on July 6.
Extended Early Bird Entry to Close this Friday 28th April
We’d like to sincerely thank everyone for their patience over the last two week during our technical issues with the website, which appear to have finally been resolved by moving to a new server. Because of the prolonged issues making it difficult for people to submit entries the #EarlyBird discount has been extended by a…
Dún Laoghaire Regatta expected to attract 2,500 sailors
Dublin Bay event set to be one of country’s biggest sporting gatherings of the year, by David O’Brien
Dún Laoghaire Gearing up to Host 7th Edition of Ireland’s Biggest Sailing Fixture
400+ boats and 2,500 competitors expected to compete in Dublin Bay from Thursday 6th July – Sunday 9th July The 2017 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR), which is now established as the biggest sailing event in Ireland, was launched last night at the Maritime Museum in Dun Laoghaire. This biennial fixture which is organized by…
The J109 ‘Jedi’ is Available for Charter
Anybody interested in chartering the J109 ‘Jedi’ from the INSS for Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta 2017 should contact Kenneth Rumball for more information – J109s are arguably the perfect cruiser racer, and Jedi has undergone an extensive refit over the winter of 2016-2017 to make her possibly the most IRC optimized J109 available in Europe!
Dun Laoghaire Bicentenary Sailing Regatta Takes on Interesting New Acts
With some visionary thinking by Cathy MacAleavey in her capacity as chief of the sub-committee organising the Classics, Traditional and Old Gaffers section of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta & Harbour Bicentenary Festival from June 6th to 9th, the scope of the event is going to become even more varied and certainly more colourful. As W M Nixon has discovered, she has been spreading the net wide
Dun Laoghaire Regatta Casts Net To Celebrate Kingstown Bicentenary
There could well be as many opinions as to what constitutes a true classic or traditional boat as there are owners of these often highly individual craft. As part of the celebration of the Bicentenary of Dun Laoghaire Harbour – where the first stone was officially laid by the Viceroy on 31st May 1817 – the organisers of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2017 (it’s from July 6th to 9th) will be including a Classics, Traditional and Old Gaffer section.
Dun Laoghaire’s Classic Harbour Ideal for Bicencentenary’s Historic Boat Regatta
The notion that the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2017 from July 6th to 9th should include a significant Classics and Old Gaffers element to mark the Bicentenary of this great harbour surfaced only relatively recently. Yet this week a high-powered sub-committee was bursting with ideas when it held its first meeting and firmed the concept in place.
Enter the Regatta TODAY
Entries are now open for the Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta 2017