ISORA Training Begins This Month for June s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race
2nd May 2021
The ISORA fleet are preparing for June s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race on June 9th
Credit: Afloat
ISORA will be running training events this month ahead of the first big Irish offshore fixture of the season, the 320-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race on June 9th.
The training events, starting on the 15th of May, will allow boats to get boats up to speed for the biennial offshore race, which is run under the auspice of the National Yacht Club.
As ISORA Chief Peter Ryan told
ISORA race training begins on Dublin Bay on May 15th
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.