![]() RORC Lyver Race Starts Royal Dee Offshore Championship SeriesSaturday’s Lyver Trophy Race Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire Offshore Race marks the arrival of competitors from across the Irish Sea for next week’s big one, the 350-boat Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. |
![]() Sailing Instructions are Published for Next Week’s Biggest Irish Sailing EventOver 350 boats will prepare to race across 40 divisions in one week’s time as Ireland’s largest regatta on Dublin Bay gets underway. |
![]() Dun Laoghaire Harbour Prepares for Classic Parade of SailIn July, a new classic boat/yacht parade is planned for Dun Laoghaire Harbour. This event is being arranged in association with Dun Laoghaire’s Coastival Festival, a week-long series of events and activities that culminates in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. |
![]() Dún Laoghaire Launches Programme for Inaugural ‘Coastival’ Maritime FestivalDun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has launched a digital event brochure for its inaugural Coastival Festival that coincides with Ireland’s largest sailing regatta, the VDLR, from July 6th. The flipbook contains the full programme for the eight-day event. |
![]() Cape 31s Confirm Irish Nationals for July’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire RegattaFollowing a successful outing for Irish Cape 31 interests at the Vice Admiral’s Cup on the Solent last weekend, there is confirmation this week that the 2023 Irish National Championships will be raced at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR) this July. |
![]() Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Continually Changes To Stay The SameThere’s a remarkable inherited experience of staging regattas in Dun Laoghaire, reinforced by the shared skill in running races of appropriate type and length, which comes through from the unrivalled memory bank of what is and isn’t reasonably possible. |
![]() Tributes Paid to Retiring Volvo Regatta Organiser Ciara DowlingTributes have been paid to outgoing Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta administrator Ciara Dowling, who has retired after 16 years. Regatta Chairman Don O’Dowd made a special presentation at last Wednesday’s launch. |
![]() Cathaoirleach Launches Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2023Sailors, sponsors and volunteers launched Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta 2023 in fine style at the National Maritime Museum of Ireland on Wednesday night. This ninth edition of the regatta event promises to be one of the biggest sailing events in Northern Europe |
![]() Almost 300 Yachts Already Entered as VDLR 2023 LaunchesVolvo Ambassadors Amy Huberman, Author and Actress, and Dermot Bannon, Architect, were ‘onboard’ to help launch the ninth Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Ireland’s largest regatta. |
![]() VDLR now one of Northern Europe’s Greatest Shows on WaterVolvo Ambassadors Amy Huberman, Author and Actress, and Dermot Bannon, Architect were ‘onboard’ today to help launch the 9th Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta |