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  • Official Footwear Partner

    Regatta Organisers are delighted once again to welcome Dubarry of Ireland as our Footwear Partner to the Event, continuing their association with the Regatta since 2005. The Dubarry Shamrock Boot, the beautiful bronze trophy, will be presented to ‘Boat of the Week’ at the Final Prizegiving on Sunday 14th July in the Royal Irish YC

  • The Volvo S60 Beauty and Power

    Prices from €33,595 for D2 SE CO2 emissions of 114 and 119 g/km Bluetooth now standard The Volvo S60 D2 SE is available for a limited time only for the same price as the ES. This price offers the customer a higher level of equipment at a lower retail price with low running costs (Tax…

  • 100 Visiting Boats for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta

    Over a third of entries for this July’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2013 are coming from outside Dublin Bay. The buoyant statistic for Dun Laoghaire’s combined clubs regatta was revealed yesterday as a current entry tot of 310 boats received to date was announced. Ireland’s biggest sailing event look set to top 400 boats with…

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    The Brown Cow Boutiques Lady Lunch

    One of the highlights of the Regatta for those who preferred to stay on land was the Ladies Lunches again was held in the National and Royal St George Yacht Clubs on Saturday 13th July. This year’s lunches were sponsored by Brown Cow Boutiques. Fashion shows, great food, a best dressed ladies competition with superb…

  • United Airlines

    The Regatta Committee are delighted to welcome United Airlines as a new sponsor to the Regatta. United offers nonstop flights directly into Dublin from both New York (Newark) and Washington, D.C. (Dulles), with connecting flights into these U.S. gateway airports from over 300 destinations across the Americas. Nonstop flights are also available direct to Shannon…

  • Early Bird Entry Competition – HH 90L Duffel Bag

    Don’t miss the Early Bird Entry….with over 240 boats now registered. To mark the announcement of Helly Hansen’s continued involvement in the Regatta, they have donated a prize of a 90L Duffel Sailing Bag. All Entries received by the CLOSING DATE of the EARLY BIRD Entry will go into a draw to win a HH…

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    Pre Season Spring Coaching Session

    The Royal Irish Yacht Club are hosting a Spring Coaching Regatta on the weekend of the 27th and 28th of April in Dun Laoghaire. This is bringing together Prof O’Connell, Des McWilliam, Philip Watson and Kenny Rumball for on the water coaching and video analysis, Timothy Goodbody for tactician briefings and a Racing Rules pub…

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    J24 Class to run Easterns at Regatta

    The J24 class has confirmed they will run their Eastern Championship as part of the Regatta. The fleet will race within the IRC3 division in the Event with the championship running alongside. In advance of the J24 Nationals and Worlds in Howth, it is expected that the numbers of J24’s will be boosted due to…