Dun Laoghaire to Dingle (D2D) Yacht Race News from the National YC

Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race organisers congratulate overall winning skipper John Murphy of the Howth yacht Outrajeous. Pictured from left are Race Officer Con Murphy, NYC Vice Commodore Rosemary Cadogan, Ruth Shanahan of the NYC, John Murphy and D2D Race Chairman Adam Winkelmann

John Murphy's 'Outrajeous' of Howth Claims Overall Win in D2D Race (Prizegiving Photo Gallery Here!)

15th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race prizegiving 2025 saluted Howth's John Murphy and the crew of his J109, Outrajeous, whose overall win in the 17th staging of the 270-mile race from Dublin Bay to County Kerry was achieved in one of the most…

Overall winner Outrajeous up-sizes her headsail as they get clear of the stronger winds at Dalkey

Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race 2025 Was Straight Line With Magic Twists

14th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

They started in ultra-bright sunshine early Wednesday afternoon, with Dublin Bay at its brightest and briskest. And when most were finishing 270 miles later into the mouth of Dingle's natural harbour through Friday morning, the sun had arisen again in…

Johnny Murphy (third right) and the successful Outrajeous crew in Dingle early this morning, including Joan Mulloy from Westport and Ross McDonald, with some of the team with whom he won the recent RYS Invitationals for Howth YC as follows: Back Row: Killian Collins and Ross McDonald Front Row: Aodhán Fitzgerald, Cuan Whelan, Neil Spain, John Murphy, Joan Molloy and Louis Molloy

Outrajeous Retains Lead in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race 2025

13th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

D2D Day 3 (Friday) 7.00 am - Johnny Murphy's J/09 Outrajeous retained her long-held IRC overall lead in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race, with a dawn finish at 05:16hrs this morning (Friday) also making her tenth in line honours. Johnny…

Frank Whelan's Elliott 57 Opal crew from Greystones Sailing Club celebrate their line honours win in the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

Opal Takes Line Honours In Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

12th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

D2D Day 2 (Thursday) 10.00 pm - Frank Whelan's Elliott 57 Opal from Greystones Sailing Club has taken line honours in the D2D25, crossing the finish at the entrance to the attractive West Kerry harbour at 21:32hrs, carrying enough of the…

On-the-water leader Opal, Frank Whelan's Elliott 57 from Greystones, has crossed the mouth of the Kenmare River, and is tacking downwind towards Skellig Michael at 12 knots, with 23 sea miles to the finish

Opal Expected To Finish Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race Well Before Midnight

12th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

D2D Day 2 (Thursday) 7.30 pm - Those of us who live northeast of a line from Sligo to Waterford have been blessed throughout today (Thursday), as the welcome benison of rain – often quite heavy – has been irrigating our…

Overall IRC leader of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race 2025 on day two, Outrajeous (J/109, Johnny Murphy, Howth YC) was achieving extra speed at 8.2 knots off the Old Head of Kinsale.

Outrajeous Continues to Lead Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race as Fleet Navigates Challenging Conditions

12th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

D2D Day 2 (Thursday) 1.30 pm - The long haul along the south coast of Ireland has seen most of the fleet in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race get themselves clear of the rainbelt that covered the northeastern half…

Johnny Murphy's J/09 Outrajeous (HYC), pictured here during a sail change in Killiney Bay on Day One, has taken on the overall IRC lead on the morning of Day Two of the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race

J/109 One-Design Racing Sets Pace In Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race

12th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

D2D Day 2 (Thursday) 5.30 am - The wind became more settled in the southeasterly quadrant as the bulk of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race fleet came past the Tuskar Rock on the night's ebb tide, with Frank Whelan's Elliott 57 Opal…

Tom Shanahan's J/109 Ruth has the close overall lead on the first night of the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

Dun Laoghaire to Dingle: Tides Just Aren't Fair on Ireland's Southeast Coast

11th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

D2D Day 1 (Wednesday) 8.30 pm - In passage racing, tides just aren't fair. That's not a whinging bleat – it's a fact. The speed of a tidal current is an absolute which may be slightly but not significantly affected by…

This breezy start to the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race led to a general recall for the 40-boat fleet as the tide pushed the boats over the Dun Laoghaire Harbour line on Wednesday (June 11th) afternoon at 2 pm. The race started at the second attempt in strong south-easterly winds that could see the lead boats cross the Dingle finish by Thursday teatime, according to forecasts

Brisk Start To Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race In Sunny Dublin Bay

11th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

D2D Day 1 (Wednesday) 2 pm - Apart from a certain bite to the air temperature in the 18 knots plus southeast breeze, Dublin Bay looked almost Mediterranean as the high-powered 41-strong fleet headed off in the National YC's biennial…

Track the progress of the 41-boat 2025 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race fleet

Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race 2025 Tracker Here!

10th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Track the progress of the 2025 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race fleet below here on the live tracker when the race starts at 2 pm on Wednesday, June 11th, from Dublin Bay. 41 entries are confirmed entries ranging from…

Acres of sail as Frank Whelan's Elliott 57 Opal from Greystones shapes up to πass the Muglins

Dash For Dingle Will Do Well To Get Speedy Passage To Tuskar Rock

10th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The favourable south-going ebb tide tomorrow (Wednesday) will already be half gone by the time the National YC's biennial Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race gets started at 14:00hrs, and even the fastest biggies will have to contend with the new flood…

Chris Power-Smith J122 Aurelia (Royal St George YC) is among the favourites for next Wednesday's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

"Wild Sailing?" - Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2025 Has Magic Fleet Combination for Great Racing

7th June 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Just about every outdoor activity we formerly enjoyed without giving it some fancy title has been refreshed these days to provide an extra and mysterious aura of implied hazard. Thus those of us who might enjoy a plunge in a…

Big country. The dawn comes up over Kerry as the 2023 Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race winner, Privateer, closes in on Skellig Michael and the finish beyond.

Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race Becoming A Classic

10th May 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Every time Met Eireann and its international associates add an extra bank of machinery to their IT resources, it makes life a little more difficult for the organisers of short to medium offshore races in Ireland. Obviously, a clearcut 12-hour…

Ron O'Hanley's Cookson 50 Privateer, winner of the 2023 Dun Laoghaire-Dingle race

Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race Entry Bargain Closes On Friday 4th April

1st April 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The organiser of the biennial National Yacht Club Volvo D2D on 11th June, Adam Winkelmann of Dun Laoghaire, reminds would-be entrants that the early bird entries offer closes this Friday, 4th April. They've already got 22 paid-up teams, and know…

Delegates will gather at the National Yacht Club for the ICRA Conference on Saturday, February 15th, discussing key sailing regattas and updates for 2025

ICRA Conference Set for Updates on 2025 Key Irish Sailing Events This Saturday

11th February 2025 ICRA

Saturday's ICRA Conference at Dun Laoghaire Harbour will provide updates on 2025's key sailing regattas from around the coast. ICRA Commodore Denis Byrne will introduce delegates from the ISORA series, Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Calves Week, the Volvo D2D race,…

Ron O’Hanley’s Cookson 50 Privateer’s record time will prove hard to beat

Notice of Race Now Available for 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle

9th January 2025 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The Notice of Race for the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race — the D2D — is now available online. Entries are also open and can be made via the race’s official website. The race will start on Wednesday…

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Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race Information

The biennial Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race is a 320-miles race down to the east coast of Ireland, across the south coast and into Dingle harbour in County Kerry.

The race is organised by the National Yacht Club.

It never fails to offer a full range of weather, wind and tide to the intrepid entrants, ranging from a 32ft cruiser to a 79ft all-out racer.

Three divisions are available to enter: cruiser (boats equipped with furlers), racing (the bulk of the fleet) and also two-handed.

D2D Course change overruled

In 2019, the organisers considered changing the course to allow boats to select routes close to shore by removing the requirement to go outside Islands and Lighthouses en route, but following input from regular participants, the National Yacht Club decided to stick with the tried and tested course route in order to be fair to large and smaller boats and to keep race records intact.

D2D Course record time

Mick Cotter’s 78ft Whisper established the 1 day and 48 minutes course record for the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race in 2009 and that time stood until 2019 when Cotter returned to beat his own record but only just, the Dun Laoghaire helmsman crossing the line in Kerry to shave just 20 seconds off his 2009 time.