Racing - Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta

Last Call – VDLR #EarlyBird Entry Closes at Midnight

Savings of up to 17% are available before midnight tonight (Wednesday, April 30th), to enter Ireland’s largest sailing event this year, the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Dublin Bay.

Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Introduces ‘The Bay Race’

The first race of this year’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta will be a mass start fixed mark race on the Irish capital’s waters. Titled the Bay Race, it will start close to the piers and, weather permitting, offer several course options.

With 200 Entries Already in, VDLR Extends #EarlyBird Entry Deadline

With close to 200 entries received for this year’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta as of March 31st 2025, organisers are reported ‘pleased’ with the take up to date across the competing handicap and One Design classes.

J109s Set for Competitive Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta

The reigning ICRA National Champion and IRC European Champion is one of five J109s entered in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta before next week’s early bird entry deadline for Ireland’s biggest sailing event. The Johnny Murphy skippered Howth-based J109 Outrajeous that swept the boards in 2024 will be on the Dun Laoghaire line but will face strong Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland competition along with a The reigning ICRA National Champion and IRC European Champion is one of five J109s entered in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta before next week’s early bird entry deadline for Ireland’s biggest sailing event.

Win a Dubarry Kit by Entering VDLR 2025 Early!

With less than a week to go until the reduced early bird entry fee for July’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2025 expires, you could be in with a chance to win a Dubarry holdall and backpack set in the regatta’s latest competition prize. To avail of this opportunity and discounted entry fees, enter here before Monday, March 31st, and you will be entered into the raffle for some of the latest Dubarry kit.

New Introductory Class at #VDLR2025

Boats that do not usually race from Dun Laoghaire, Howth, Greystones, Malahide, Poolbeg and Bray are the focus of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta’s (VDLR) new ‘introductory class’ this July.

Dublin Bay To Stage Biggest Irish Classics Regatta Of 2025

A third of the classes lined up for the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2025 from 10th to 13th July would qualify as wooden-built Classics, even if a couple of them have seen some owners going over to the Dark Side by taking up a glass-fibre construction option!

ICRA Conference to get Updates on Key Irish Dates for 2025

ICRA Commodore Denis Byrne will introduce delegates from the ISORA series, Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Calves Week, the Volvo D2D race, the Sovereigns Cup, which will incorporate the ICRA National Championships, and WIORA week. All will attend the East Pier pow-wow at the National Yacht Club this Saturday morning (February 15th) from 10:30 am.

Irish Sea Nations Cup 2025 – Notice of Race Here!

Scheduled for May and July, the Nations Cup will coincide with several major regattas: the IRC Welsh Championships in Pwllheli, and the Scottish Series in Tarbert, before the spotlight shifts to the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta from 10th to 13th July, and concluding with the IRC Northern Ireland Championships in Bangor.

Irish Flying Fifteens Prepare for East Coast Championships at #VDLR2025

Already, four Flying Fifteens are signed up for Dun Laoghaire with a fleet of 20 plus ultimately expected, making it one of the biggest one-design fleets at Ireland’s biggest sailing event from July 9-13.