Round Ireland Yacht Race - Latest News
13th January 2012 - Round Ireland's status raised (The Irish Times)
The biennial Round Ireland race has received a boost to its turnout prospects this year following the news from Wicklow Sailing Club that the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has raised the 704-mile course to the same status as the Fastnet Race. See the full article from The Irish Times
11th January 2012 - 2012 Race documentation now available
The documentation for the Round Ireland Yacht Race is now available, please click here to access the 2012 Notice of Race and Entry Form.
28th November 2011- Round Ireland Yacht Race 2012 Takes Shape(Afloat.ie)
Wicklow Sailing Club's Round Ireland Yacht Race departs from Wicklow Bay at 12 noon on Sunday 24th June 2012, leaving Ireland and all its islands to starboard. See the full article from Afloat.ie.
1st November 2011- Round Ireland Yacht Race 2012 Starts from Wicklow on Sunday, June 24th (Afloat.ie)
Plans for the 31st offshore race are underway and will follow the successful pre-start 'Wicklow Sailfest' formula held in the town in 2008 and 2010. See the full article from Afloat.ie.
20/06/10 - Team entries for the Kinsale Y.C. Trophy are announced.
20/06/10 - Check out the Final Entrants List
19/06/10 - The 2010 Race Tracker is ready to go!
10/06/10 - More new entrants today, see the latest list here
24/5/10 - New Entrants in Conway Media Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010
The latest entrants in the 2010 Conway Media Round Ireland Yacht Race include boats from Dublin, Cork, Northern Ireland, Wales and England.
6/5/10 - Overseas entries can avail of a 2 for 1 deal from Irish-Sea.org if entering from the same Club/Port. If you have a sailing buddy from your locality planning on doing the race, this is an offer not to be missed. First 6 only can avail of it. See attached.
5/5/10 - We are now 10 entries and rising. So far 2 two handers, 4 Irish, 5 UK and 1 French boat.
28/4/10 - see Daft.ie Round Ireland entry - Mark and Mick are tuning up nicely. Nothing daft about these brave guys.
27/4/10 - ISORA -Wicklow SC will finish an ISORA Race (Round Ireland Qualifier) over the June Bank Holiday weekend. Peter Ryan, who will be skippering Tsunami in the Round Ireland, has asked us to remind everyone that there will be 3 ISORA races to give crew a chance to get qualifying passages. See results and report of 1st race and check website here.
25/4/10 - Entries are still sitting on chart tables waiting to be sent - we have 8 confirmed, with 2 Irish and the rest overseas - best guess there will be c.50 boats on the start line. Rumours of 3 or 4 Sailing School boats, Youth campaigns and Volvo 70's are doing the rounds but still no sign of definites. Wicklow SC looks like it will have 2 entries - a local group have chartered a Corby 45 to give some of our younger sailors a chance to test their wits against the elements and a 2 hander being entered by an experienced pair of successful dinghy sailors.
22/4/10 - Round Ireland Sail Fest, Come on down to Wicklow Town - a very energetic group under Pascal Burke are putting together a very exciting and varied Festival to complement the Round Ireland race when its in town - check it out - www.roundirelandsailfest.ie. Wicklow will be the place to be on the Race weekend - free music, pageant, sailors party, mardi gras ball, fireworks, classic cars and much more.
26/3/10 - Breaking news - Blind sailor Mark Pollack to race 2 handed around Ireland - see Irish Times article http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0326/1224267097431.html
22/3/10 - Wanted – records of the 1988 Round Ireland race – particularly the list of entrants. I have the results of the race but not the names of all the participating skippers” Fred Drew President WSC
17/3/10 - "Round Ireland Sail Fest - Come on down to Wicklow Town" entered a float in the St Patricks Day Parade with the WSC floats, winning the best nautical award. Chairman Pascal Burke is delighted with the positive reaction from the public. See photos.
10/3/10 - Congratulations to Galway on being awarded the 2012 Volvo finish. Its great news for the country and also sailing - lets hope it brings more support for our event, the Round Ireland.
9/3/10 - it is now official - Wicklow Town will have a Festival to compliment the Race and hopefully it will create a mini- Galway like atmosphere for the 3 days 18/20 June 2010.
27/2/10 - A Town Festival is now almost certain to get the green light to piggy back on the race, which hopefully will help to add extra sparkle to the event. Our competitors and spectators can expect a mini-Galway type atmosphere to get them in flying form for the off. 26/2/10 - We are now up to 6 confirmed entries with a lot more positive enquiries in the system. The boats entered so far are mainly overseas - 4 UK, 1 French and 1 Irish - 3 of these are previous entrants. A charter group representing Wicklow SC is getting its plans and funding together and we hear that a youth group from the National YC are also gearing up. Word on the grapevine has it that the Green Dragon will also be on the start line and two time winner, Cavatina, is also likely to enter.
26/2/10 - One of our loyal overseas supporters has entered again - Bernard Guoys, from France, on his boat Inis Mor. Interest is growing all the time and there is plenty of club talk of several new Irish entries, including a group charter from members of Wicklow SC and a youth entry from the National YC.
17/2/10 - We are now up to 5 confirmed entries, 4 UK boats and 1 Irish so far. They include 2 Reflex 38's and a TP52, Apollo.
8/2/10 - Wanted - Good quality, preferably action, photos of any Round Ireland. I will accept photos sent by e-mail (freddrew@eircom.net) but I would prefer the actual photo as I can have high definition scans made. Originals will be returned to the provider. The photos are required a book I am writing on the history of the race (if used, attribution will be given). Also, anyone with any Race Video(s), I would appreciate getting a copy to help with my research, please. Many Thanks, Fred Drew, President WSC.
25/1/10 - Irish Racing Organisations are making the effort to help promote the Round Ireland through special mileage and/or feeder races to help potential competitors build up the necessary qualifying miles. Check out ICRA, SCORA and ISORA for further details.
25/1/10 - All prospective entrants should check out the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations - see their checklist for basic requirements. Further information on the RORC website. Each entrant must complete a ISAF Offshore Special Regulations Check List. If you have completed a Check List to Category 2 and submitted it to the RORC this season, then please let us know and we will obtain a copy from the RORC. All other entrants must submit their completed copy to Wicklow Sailing Club prior to the start of the race and retain a copy onboard
12/1/10 - Good News - we have our first official entry - previous 2 handed competitor from the Isle of Man, Robin Wooton has signed up. Also, there are an unprecedented level of positive enquiries in the pipeline, which augurs well for this years event, making a start line of over 50 entries a realistic target.
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