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

The Dun Laoghaire yacht WOW has retired from the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race due to rudder failure

Four Yachts Retire from Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race with Gear Failure

7th June 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Four yachts in the 43-boat Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race have retired with gear failure on the first night of the 270-mile race. The Foynes Yacht Club entry Big Deal, a Grand Soleil 37 sailing Double Handed and skippered…

Ron O’Hanley’s Cookson 50 Turbo class Privateer streaked into the lead at the start of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2023

New York’s Finest Turbos Into Immediate Lead In Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Dash

7th June 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

D2D Race Wednesday 4 pm - In Dublin Bay’s increasingly sunlit nor’easterly breeze this afternoon, the pre-start positioning of the 43-strong fleet had barely got itself in order and away with the 14:00 hrs start of the biennial National Yacht…

Afloat's Mystic Meg predicts that former winner, the JPK10.80 that former winner Rockabill VI (above) and the Sunfast 3600 Searcher are 12/1 in today's 15th edition of the 270-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race

'Rockabill VI' and 'Searcher' at 12/1 as Mystic Meg Gives the Odds on the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race Winner

7th June 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

There is consensus it will be a fast one, but much debate about what type of boat will win this afternoon's 30th-anniversary IRC handicap Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race. One theory emerging from last night's pre-race briefing at the National…

Frank Whelan's Opal pictured in training for the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race off the County Wicklow coast. A full carbon sandwich construction, Opal is coupled with a canting keel of 4,000kgs lead torpedo bulb and a carbon retractable canard. The 11,000 kg flying machine is 'effortlessly controlled' by the smallest of crews thanks to full push-button hydraulics and powered winches for all duties

Canting-Keel 'Opal' Crew Predict Fast Time on Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race Course

6th June 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Frank Whelan's canting keeler Opal is seeing routing times of 28 hours to complete Wednesday's Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race as the County Wicklow ace reassembles his crew for a third campaign at the National Yacht Club. The Greystones…

Track the progress of the 43-boat 2023 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race fleet

Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race 2023 Tracker Here!

2nd June 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Track the progress of the 2023 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race fleet below here on the live tracker below when the race starts at 2 pm on Wednesday, June 7th, from Dublin Bay. 43 entries are confirmed entries ranging…

Belfast Lough's Game Changer is one of two Northern Ireland boats competing in the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

Two Northern Ireland Yachts Racing to Kerry in Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race Fleet

4th June 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race starts from the National Yacht Club on Wednesday, 7th June at 2 pm, and this year, the 43-strong fleet will include two entries from the North of Ireland. Fresh from his second place…

There are 42 entries for Wednesday's biennial Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race, which started in 1983

New York Yacht Club Among The Entries for Wednesday's Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

3rd June 2023 Wavelength Podcast

“They are missing a lot of berths down there, but we’ll get everybody in by hook or by crook! The words of Adam Winkelmann, chairman of the Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race, speaking about Dingle’s marina. A collision by a French fishing…

Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race defending champion Nieulargo (Royal Cork YC) racing southward out of Dublin Bay

Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race Will Celebrate 30th Anniversary With Record Fleet

3rd June 2023 W M Nixon

There’s more than a few of us around who well remember the launching of the new 280 nautical miles Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race by the ideas-filled duo of Martin Crotty and Peter Cullen of the National Yacht Club. It…

The 60' Canting Keel Mini Maxi Wild Joe will contest the 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle race under a new Irish owner, according to Afloat sources

Enter 'Wild Joe' - Is This a Third Canting Keel Yacht for Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race Fleet?

2nd May 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

A third canting keel 60-footer is set to contest June's Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle offshore yacht race, according to sources at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The Reichel-Pugh designed 'Wild Joe' has been bought by a Dun Laoghaire sailor, according to the…

Paul O'Higgins' all-beating JPK10.80, Rockabill VI from the Royal Irish Yacht Club was the winner of the ISORA mini-series out of Dun Laoghaire

ISORA's New Mini-Series Drew the Boats Despite April's Light Winds

2nd May 2023 ISORA

The good news for offshore enthusiasts is that ISORA's latest innovation of an early-season mini-series at Dun Laoghaire reflected the buoyant entry in three buoyant turnouts. The Viking Marine series consisted of three coastal races, all sailing in April, with…

North Wales-based J109 Mojito, the current ISORA champion, the Cork Week 2022 coastal winner, and the K2Q race winner, is one of five J109 designs contesting June's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

Five J109s - including the ISORA Champion - Line up for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

24th April 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

The all-conquering North Wales-based Mojito is one of five highly competitive J109 offshore cruiser racers that will contest June 7th's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race organised by the National Yacht Club. Two of the J109s entered are West Cork based,…

2023 Golden Globe Race entrant Pat Lawless is one of the latest entries into June's 240-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

County Kerry Golden Globe Racer Pat Lawless Enters Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

24th April 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

Ireland's 2023 Golden Globe Race entrant Pat Lawless is one of the latest entries into June's 240-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race. Lawless will compete in IRC 3 in his round-the-world Saltram Saga yacht, Green Rebel. Regular Afloat readers will recall the…

The start of the 2021 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race. The D2D is an Irish showcase race of the 2023 series and one of 15 testing races that make up RORC's offshore championship

2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Features in World’s Largest Offshore Racing Series

13th April 2023 RORC

Since the 1940s, the Royal Ocean Racing Club has organised a season of multiple races and organised the first RORC Season’s Points Championship in 2000 using the IRC Rating System. The series quickly became, and still is, the largest racing…

The Canting Keel Elliott 57 coming to Irish shores this summer

Second Canting Keeler to Contest Key Irish Offshore and Coastal Fixtures This Summer

7th April 2023 Offshore

A second canting keel 50-footer is set to contest June's Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle offshore yacht race. Afloat sources say the Elliott 57 has been purchased by an as-of-yet-unnamed Irish sailor who will contest not only the 280-mile D2D…

Tony O'Brien's J109 Tighey Boy from Schull Harbour Sailing Club is entered for June's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race

20 Entries In For June's Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race, ICRA Conference Told

4th March 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

With the news that the Volvo 70 Wizard has already entered June's Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race, organiser Adam Winkelmann of the National Yacht Club told this morning's ICRA Conference in Dun Laoghaire that the biennial offshore race has 20…

Wizard rounds the Fastnet rock in the Rolex Fastnet Race. In 2023, the VO70 will be back in Irish waters to compete in the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

Volvo 70 Wizard Enters 2023 Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

24th February 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle

New York Yacht Club's Volvo 70 Wizard is the latest - and largest - entry into June's Irish offshore classic Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race. Entered by well-known Irish offshore sailor Johnny Mordaunt, the 2016 winner of the Sydney-Hobart Race…

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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.