Day 2 1000hrs: After 24 hours of racing in the Volvo Round Ireland Race office there have been two retirals, one multihull and one monohull from the total fleet of 63–boats racing.
Multihill skipper Hugo Smythe from the entry Trilogic reported that he was retiring 'due to gear and sail difficulties' and is heading for his home port of Dún Laoghaire. As Afloat.ie reported previously, the entry was the only Irish multihull in the race.
Skipper of the X50 Xanadu Simon Costain has notified the race organisers he is retiring and heading for Kinsale
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