Solo Sailing and Circumavigation News
138 Solo Sailors Will Compete on the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe 2022
7th April 2022 Solo Sailing
The 2022 edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe sees the legendary solo Transatlantic race reach the age of 44 years old. It is long since established itself as the most popular and well known solo transoceanic race…
42 sailors have now entered the next Global Solo Challenge which will start from La Coruna in Spain, the first boats setting off in September of next year. The 42nd entrant, announced this week is Italian Riccardo Tosetto, a yachting…
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As I sit down to write the update for February, it dawns on me, how quickly the month has raced past and also as to how much sailing and time on the water was achieved in 28 days! We started…
A very complete double of a successful Covid Project, followed by an adventurous Covid Breakout Achievement, came to fruition in January when Jim Schofield (57) of Blessington returned home to West Wicklow. His Covid Project was completed in the cramped…
National Yacht Club Offshore Sailor Launches Mini 650 Campaign with 2023 Transat Ambition
31st January 2022 Solo Sailing
With a target of this season's 220 nautical mile French Solo Trophée Map race, Dublin Bay offshore sailor Mark O'Connor has launched a Mini 650 campaign. The 23-year-old UCD engineering student has entry into the 2023 Mini Transat as the main aim…
Irish solo sailor Jim Schofield has turned his ambitions from crossing the Atlantic to something a little closer to home: boat repairs. Just weeks after finishing the McIntyre Adventure Globe 5.80 Transat Race in his self-built wooden yacht — constructed…
Ireland’s Solo Ocean Voyager From Blessington Uses The Moitessier Method
5th January 2022 Solo Sailing
The French ocean sailing pioneer Bernard Moitessier became famous for trying not to be famous. In the Golden Globe challenge of 1968 with his Colin Archer-style steel ketch Joshua, he was very much in contention in the non-stop circumnavigating contest…
'Conservative' Dublin Solo Sailor Aims to Finish 5.80 Transatlantic Race By St. Stephen's Day
15th December 2021 Solo Sailing
Dublin solo sailor Jim Schofield has taken a more conservative stance towards the McIntyre Adventure Globe 5.80 Transat Race, and is sailing his Molly Claire (Hull 57) under reduced canvass. Schofield’s primary objective is to cross the Atlantic Ocean on…
Head West or Go South? Decisions, Decisions as Globe 5.80 Transat Fleet Splits Out of Lanzarote
19th November 2021 Solo Sailing
A group of four Spanish boat builders planned a trip to Lanzarote to surprise the Globe 5.80 Transat entrants before their Atlantic crossing, only to find out the start was moved forward before their landing time on Wednesday (17 November),…
Galway sailmaker Yannick Lemnnier finished the Eurochef MinisTransat yesterday (Monday) in Saint-Francois, Guadeloupe at 20:37:47 UTC in 16th place in the Proto Division in his 2004-vintage Manuard design Port of Galway tracker here To achieve this, he overcame a dismasting…
Ireland's Jim Schofield & Inaugural Globe 5.80 Transat Fleet to Depart on Wednesday, One Day Earlier Than Scheduled
16th November 2021 Solo Sailing
Due to a weak weather forecast for the scheduled start on November 18th, the Race Director and the five remaining entrants of the inaugural Globe 5.80 Transat including Irish solo sailor Jim Schofield have agreed to move the start date…
Galway’s Yannick Lemonnier Holding Position Towards Finish of MiniTransat 2021
14th November 2021 Solo Sailing
Pierre Le Roy’s super-scow Teamwork finished the MiniTransat 2021 in Guadeloupe on track on Friday with a good lead on the water of almost 12 hours from Fabio Muzzolini, and at noon Sunday the first seven boats of the Proto…
Ireland's Jim Schofield Ready for 3,000 Mile Trip to Antigua in Globe 5.80 Transat
14th November 2021 Solo Sailing
The six solo sailors entered in the first edition of the Globe 5.80 Transat as launched by Don McIntyre (who is racing) arrived in Lanzarote at the end of the first stage from Lagos, the Swiss Etienne Messikommer won. The…
Mini Transat Leader 200 Miles From Finish, While Port of Galway Is 17th
11th November 2021 Solo Sailing
Pierre Le Roy sailing the uber-scow Teamwork has a good lead in the Euorochef Minitransat 2021 as he closes towards the finish at Saint-Francois in Guadeloupe 200 miles away, where he is expected to cross the line tomorrow (Friday) evening.…
Irish Solo Sailor Jim Schofield Will Start Late as Adventure Globe 5.80 Transat Race for Amateur Built Minis Gets Underway
2nd November 2021 Solo Sailing
A group of six Class Globe 5.80 home-built plywood Minis are making history with the first-ever single-handed Globe 5.80 Transat Race setting off at noon yesterday from Lagos Portugal. They are bound for Rubicon Marina in Lanzarote in the Canaries…
Port of Galway's Yannick Lemonnier is Lying 12th & Bound for the West Indies in Mini Transat Race
1st November 2021 Solo Sailing
As planned, the second leg of the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef kicked off Friday and Ireland's only entry in the solo sailing race is lying 12th in the Proto division. As reported earlier, Galway Franco-Irish sailmaker Yannick Lemonnier, racing Port of Galway,…