Royal Irish’s Rockabill VI is Rocking It In Class 0 of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
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Royal Irish’s Rockabill VI is Rocking It In Class 0 of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta

You’ll sometimes hear complaints that the impressive JPK range from France are marginally under-canvassed boats, but what’s not to like about that when racing on Friday’s slowly easing rough and tumble?

Champions Slug It Out In IRC 1 as Final Call II Takes The Lead
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Champions Slug It Out In IRC 1 as Final Call II Takes The Lead

Mike & Richie Evans’s well-starred J/99 Snapshot (Howth YC) got the best of it in today’s first race ahead of John Maybury’s frequently-winning J/109 Joker (RIYC), with northern star Final Call II, John Minnis’s A35 helmed by Gareth Flannigan (RUYC & RNIYC) in third.

Royal Cork Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble Finds Mojo in IRC Two
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Royal Cork Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble Finds Mojo in IRC Two

The tough first race of IRC Two at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta saw the rugged veteran X-302 Dux (Gore-Grimes family, HYC) loving it, but as things settled down a bit, Olympian Andy Beadsworth in James Dwyer’s legendary Half Tonner c (Royal Cork YC) found his mojo to record 4,4,1 against Dux’s 1,7,3, while Stephen Quinn’s J/97 Lambay Rules (HYC) lies third on 2,1,10.

RStGYC’s Owens and Morris Prepare to Defend Leinster GP14 Title at VDLR
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RStGYC’s Owens and Morris Prepare to Defend Leinster GP14 Title at VDLR

With the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta starting for dinghies this Friday, the GP14 Ireland fleet will use the event as their 2023 Leinster Championships. This is not the first time the Leinsters have been run as part of Volvo, and former winners Ger Owens and Mel Morris will be on the start line to try and retain their Leinster crown, having won in Mullingar last year.

Dublin Port, DLRCoCo and Yacht Club Organisers Work Together for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Success on the Water
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Dublin Port, DLRCoCo and Yacht Club Organisers Work Together for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Success on the Water

Dublin Port Harbour Master Capt. Michael McKenna, Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Events Director Paddy Boyd and Dun Laoghaire Harbour Master Capt. Harry Duggan were at the opening of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta today ahead of the first races of the biennial event.

NYC’s Galvin and Bradley Win First Flying Fifteen Race
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NYC’s Galvin and Bradley Win First Flying Fifteen Race

The National Yacht Club’s Tom Galvin and Cormac Bradley were the winners of Thursday’s first Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta race in the Flying Fifteen class. As southerly winds topped 30 knots, only five starters from a fleet of 22 came to the startline of the Salthill course area in the northwest of Dublin Bay.