Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta

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The Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta has a record entry of more than 500 boats. Photograph: David Branigan/Oceansport
Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta: Outrajeous edges into lead

With an unexpectedly fresh but welcome northwesterly wind, the 500-boat Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta breezed towards its halfway mark with clear leader(...)

The coastal fleet getting racing under way on the opening day of the Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta. Photograph: David Branigan/Oceansport
Some wind problems as Ireland’s biggest sailing regatta gets under way

Light airs led to a problematic start to the Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta in Dublin Bay on Thursday, but Ireland’s biggest sailing regatta is under way(...)

Norbert Reilly’s Crazy Horse from Howth on the second day of the Irish Cruiser Racing Association national championships at the Royal Cork Yacht Club. Photograph: David Branigan/Oceansport
Cruiser racing association facing many challenges

A shift in priorities for the Irish Cruiser Racing Association (ICRA) will be evident at next month’s annual conference in Limerick as sailing comes t(...)

Second half of Dun Laoghaire Regatta proves calmer

In the end, it was a regatta of two halves, the first with more wind than many were accustomed to and the second, well, that was somewhat more familia(...)

Nigel Biggs’ new C&C30 debuts in Ireland at next week’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
Champion Biggs returning to Dun Laoghaire with new boat

Reigning Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR) Champion skipper Nigel Biggs returns to Dublin Bay next week for this season’s biggest regatta in a new b(...)