D2D Finish – Ruth in the Clubhouse – But Must Wait for Confirmation

14th June 2015

#D2D Race – Having finished the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle at 7:45pm Ruth (Shanahan Family) must play the waiting game to see if any of the following boats can beat her corrected time of half an hour shy of two days. While not wanting to give false hope, Afloat predicts that the challenging yachts still at sea will fall foul of the predicted dying breeze which is forecast to extend across Dingle Bay as night falls. Of those with an outside chance, Lady Rowena (David Bolger) has the most distance to travel, thus giving her more time to make up the deficit. However, as she is currently in a very light headwind south of the Skelligs, the upset is unlikely.

It also looks as if there will be little change to the predicted overall podium, with Mojito (Peter Dunlop and Vicky Cox) taking 2^nd, while Aurelia (Chris & Patanne Power Smith) and Dear Prudence (Jonathan Bourke) take 3rd and 4th places respectively making it a clean sweep for the J Boats brand.

In the cruiser division, Amazing Grace (Brian O’Sullivan and Frances Clifford) continues to hold off Lady Rowena (David Bolger), while Blue Eyes (Colm Buckley & Simon Knowles) has regained the lead ceded temporarily to the father and son team aboard Big Deal (Derek & Conor Dillon}

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Published in Dun Laoghaire Dingle

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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.