9th May 2021
After month s of speculation on the state of the 2021 season, Monday marks a return to the water in training mode and the beginning of the 2021 sailing season
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If evidence that Ireland s 2021 sailing season was about to start next week was needed, it was most definitely on display yesterday on Dublin Bay with dozens of different types of sailing cruisers and dinghies taking on a stiff south-easterly breeze and some great waves in anticipation of next week s mini training series in compliance with the latest COVID regulations.
As regular Afloat readers know, after months of planning and preparations - and some agony - race training is set to begin next week and competition from June 7th at the country s major sailing centres.
8th May 2021 The spirit of Irish sailing – Ian Hickey s veteran Granada 38 Cavatina (Royal Cork YC) making a perfectly-timed start in the Dun Laoghaire-Dingle race. A successful participant in Fastnet, Round Ireland, Dingle and AZAB races, Cavatina is in the entry list for this year s Dingle Race on June 9th
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The welcome announcement that the National Yacht Club s biennial 280-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2021 will be going ahead on Wednesday, June 9th, is encouraging. But it should not be seen as a clarion call to get the 2021 sailing season into full boisterous swing with all the traditionally noisy bells and whistles, and lively post-racing shoreside celebrations.
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
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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