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Buoyant Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta May Operate Waiting List as 2021 Entry Nears Limit 22nd April 2021 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta has received 94 entries so far for the Open Cruiser Championship (8th – 11th July 2021) on Dublin Bay and will pasue entries on April 30th to take stock of overall numbers Credit: Afloat Entries for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR) are beyond expectations for July s event giving organisers the opportunity to close the entry system at the end of April to review the 320 boats received so far. Ireland s biggest regatta on Dublin Bay is planning to facilitate social distancing with its cautious approach to fleet sizes and by implementing a new regatta format that splits the fleets over two weekends. ....
11 Class Titles To be Decided at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 4th April 2021 National Ruffian 23 honours will be decided at July s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Credit: Afloat No less than four national keelboat titles will be decided on Dublin Bay this July as more classes than ever opt to run their championships as part of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. In total 11 class championships are now being sailed as part of the Dun Laoghaire Harbour-based regatta that will be split across two separate weekends as a COVID-19 measure. From the keelboat fleets, Beneteau 31.7 and 211s along with Ruffian and Shipman classes will all race for national honours while Dragons will race for their East Coast Championship and SB20 race their Westerns . ....
UK & NI Visitors Make Early Entry for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 7th January 2021 The first VDLR 2021 entry was received from Northern Ireland, Jay Colville’s First 40, Forty Licks. The Royal Ulster entry is pictured passing Dalkey on Dublin Bay in the 2019 regatta, an event in which she finished second in Class Zero Credit: Afloat 230 visiting boats from a fleet of nearly 500 made up nearly half the 2019 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta fleet and this year organisers are reporting strong visitor interest again for 2021’s COVID-formatted event on Dublin Bay. Interest is coming both from the one design and IRC divisions, six months ahead of the first gun. ....
19th December 2020 The National YC s biennial Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race, currently scheduled for June 9th 2021, could become symbolic of the emergence from pandemic. The start of 2019 s race shows overall winner Paul O Higgin s JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI (left) showing briefly ahead of Mick Cotter s 94ft line honours winner and new course record-setter Windfall Credit: Afloat.ie/David O Brien In normal times, the yearly Irish sailing fixtures list is a reasonably harmonious programme based around annual or biennial pillar events of various types and sizes, an ongoing succession of regattas and championships which slot together in a reasonably meaningful structure which is dictated by traditional times of the year, and the needs of the bigger one design classes – particularly the dinghies – to find a location which will accommodate them for their annual national championship. ....