Press Coverage - Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta

Irish Times Sport :: Light Winds Frustrate Sailors During Coastal Course

Despite good racing conditions inside Dublin Bay yesterday, light winds frustrated many of the classes competing in the long coastal course of the Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta, which was shortened by late afternoon off Bray.

Irish Independent Sport :: In Brief – Sailing

Glass-like conditions outside Dublin Bay made for a testing coastal course on the second day of racing for the Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta.

Irish Examiner Sport :: Sisk Wows the field at Dún Laoghiare

As the second half of the Volvo Dún LAoghaire Regatta awaits its start later this morning, organisers opted to postpone the start of racing by one hour, apparently due to the calm wind forecast.

Irish Examiner Photo :: We Are Sailing

Peter Nash’s Kamikaze and Paddy Kyne’s Maximus under spinnaker | Picture: David Branigan / Oceansport

Yachts & Yachting :: Leaderboards shaping up across 35 racing classes at #VDLR2017

As Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2017 reaches its halfway stage, overall leaderboards are shaping up across 35 racing classes. The so far light wind seventh edition of Ireland’s biggest sailing event has produced some impressive performances on the water where in some classes leaders are counting straight wins after two full days of racing.

Irish Times :: Dún Laoghaire Regatta helps break down yachting stereotypes

The scene at the port formerly known as Kingstown yesterday afternoon could easily have been an early etching of the first sailing regatta at the 200-year old harbour: traditional classic and modern boats racing side by side with the iconic East Pier lighthouse as the backdrop.

Irish Examiner :: 475 Boats Enter Races

Although light airs appeared set to ruin the opening day of the Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta yesterday, a growing breeze allowed a full racing programme to be sailed with a mixture of sunshine and rain at times.

Irish Independent :: In Brief – Sailing

It was business as usual for John Maybury’s Jocker II in yesterday’s opening races of the 2017 Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta.

Dún Laoghaire Gazette :: Dún Laoghaire Regatta set for record entry numbers

THIS is the largest Regatta in Ireland and on the Western sea board of the British Isles,” Tim Goodbody, Chairman of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2017, tells Gazette- Sport, confirming it is all hands-on deck for this biennial event.

Irish Examiner :: Dun Laoghaire vies with Aran Islands for sailing affections

Two sailing regattas this week, on opposite coasts, have succeeded in mustering a large proportion of Ireland’s boating community. And both, in turn have their own spectacles on offer although for different reasons. On Dublin Bay, the biennial Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta begins this afternoon with an official turnout of 475 boats although this is widely predicted to top 490 entries when latecomers are facilitated. And at Cill Ronan in the Aran Islands, the annual West of Ireland Offshore Racing Association week got underway yesterday where 45 boats have made the journey to the outskirts of Galway Bay.