Kingstown 200
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 Dún Laoghaire Harbour – where the first stone was officially laid by the Viceroy of Ireland on 31st May 1817 – the Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta 2017 will be including a Classics, Traditional and Old Gaffers Association section. This will, in addition to putting extra emphasis on older classes already regularly involved (such as the Glens, the Dublin Bay Mermaids, the Howth 17 Footers, the IDRA 14s and the Water Wags), be extending a welcome to older boats of other types, and to classic classes from Ireland and around the Irish Sea.
An exciting programme has been put together for the Classics : VDL Regatta 2017 Classics Programme 17 May 17
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 | Dún Laoghaire Gearing up to Host 7th Edition of Ireland’s Biggest Sailing FixtureThursday 23rd March 2017 |
400+ boats and 2,500 competitors expected to compete in… | |
 | Dun Laoghaire Bicentenary Sailing Regatta Takes on Interesting New ActsSaturday 4th February 2017 |
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 BicentenarySaturday 21st January 2017 |
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 RegattaFriday 25th November 2016 |
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. | |
 | Classic Opportunity to Celebrate Harbour’s BicentenarySunday 30th October 2016 |
Construction started in 1817, yet it was maybe all of twenty or even thirty years before the basic shape of the harbour as we know it today had been finally created. But in 1821 there was enough of a new pier in existence for King George IV to visit and re-name it the Royal Harbour of Kingstown. |