Press Coverage
Sunday Independent :: Sun AhoyHitting the Sails: Jean Crawford, Roisin Kenny, and Linda Gibbons at Dún Laoghaire Regatta | Photo Fergal Phillips |
Sunday Mirror :: Sunny Skies To Draw Out The CrowdsHuge crowds are expected at the Dún Laoghaire Regatta later today and music fans are soaking up the sun at the Longitude Festival in Dublin. |
Afloat.ie :: Howth’s ‘Flashback’ Moves Into Offshore Contention at Dun Laoghaire RegattaA sea breeze brought changes to the leader board in several classes in the penultimate day of Ireland’s biggest sailing regatta, the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Dublin Bay today. |
Irish Times Cover :: Plain Sailing – Ideal Conditions for Regatta in Dublin BayThe Dún Laoghaire Regatta in Dublin Bay as four sailing clubs, 450 boats, and 2500 competitors came together for the event, which continues over the weekend | Photography: Nick Bradshaw |
Irish Times Sport :: Light Winds Frustrate Sailors During Coastal CourseDespite 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 – SailingGlass-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 LaoghiareAs 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 SailingPeter Nash’s Kamikaze and Paddy Kyne’s Maximus under spinnaker | Picture: David Branigan / Oceansport |
Yachts & Yachting :: Leaderboards shaping up across 35 racing classes at #VDLR2017As 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 stereotypesThe 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. |
