BMW Round Ireland Yacht Race 21 June 08

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The 2010 Round Ireland will take place on

Saturday 19th June - time TBC

2010 will be the 30th Anniversary of the 1st Round Ireland and we hope the biggest event yet, building on the success of previous races and the Volvo 2009 stopover in Galway - an historic event for Irish Sailing. A dream event for a discerning SPONSOR, to follow on the success enjoyed by our previous sponsors Cork Dry Gin and BMW over most of those years.

Have a go at the Virtual Round Ireland Yacht Race - "starts from Galway Sat 6th June" - test your navigational skills.

All enquiries to:-

2010 Race Organiser Dennis Noonan. 

(N.B. -please include a contact number on all e-mails/correspondence)

Dunmore, Sea Road, Newcastle, Co Wicklow 

00353(0)1 2819459

or Email: Round Ireland

Check out our dedicated BMW Round Ireland website

       Congratulations to Aodhan Fitzgerald and crew on

Irelands West - winners of the 2008 BMW Round Ireland

WSC's John Johnson and Jacky Noonan present the

Round Ireland Overall Trophy to the Ireland West crew

(photo: David Branigan)

ICAP Leopard 3 smashed the old Round Ireland record by 10 hours, 35 minutes and 10 Seconds

BMW ROUND IRELAND 2008 - FINAL RESULTS

    See Ireland as you've never seen her before!

Race Info

Read Tim Greenwoods tips for success in the race

Our Wonderful Race

   The Round Ireland is Ireland's premier offshore yacht race, and the second longest race in the Royal Ocean Racing Club calendar. The first race took place in 1980 with only thirteen boats. Since then, held biannually, the fleet has grown steadily, attracting a record 60 entrants from all over Ireland and the British Isles in 1992.
   There are four classes in IRC in which boats and their crews can compete, including a Classic Class for the Michael Jones Trophy, classes for Sigma, ISORA, IRM, a Team Prize. 2004 saw the launch of the "Two-handed Class" which has introduced a new level of competition for the more extreme sailor. In the past, boats competing have ranged from an 84-footer former "round the world" maxi, to club boats one third the size, with all shades in between. 2006 saw the largest yacht yet to partake - Konica Minolta Zana, a 30m (98') racing machine from New Zealand, but light winds scuppered her chances of breaking the record or winning the race.


Konica Minolta off the head!

See more photos.


The bigger boats compete for top honours and for the race record, which is held by Colm Barrington who skippered Jeep Cherokee to victory in 1998 in a time of 76 hours 23 minutes and 57 seconds, breaking the previous record by a massive eight hours. The 2004 winner was a 32' one off design built in Ireland for Eamon Crosbie called Calyx Voice and Data ("Voodoo Chile")  and the 2006 Race was won by a previous winner, Eric Liddels' "Cavatina" (2002), a Grenada 38 classic GRP yacht.

Round Ireland Yacht Race
Summary 1980 - 2008
Year Started Finished Line Honours Elapsed Time Winner Elapsed Time Last to Finish Elapsed Time
        d:hh:mm:ss   d:hh:mm:ss   d:hh:mm:ss
1980 16 10 Force Tension 5:15:02:27 Raasay of Melfort 6:03:37:44 Tjaldur 8:01:43:36
1982 17 13 Moonduster 4:03:45:25 Moonduster 4:03:45:25 Raasay of Melfort 9:01:53:18
1984 21 17 Moonduster 3:16:15:43 Moonduster 3:16:15:43 Raasay of Melfort 5:23:39:48
1986 27 27 Mazda Drum 4:03:35:43 Spirit 5:02:49:19 Crazy Jane 7:12:06:01
1988 52 48 Moonduster 4:20:15:46 Lightning 5:13:27:46 Lady Shamrock 7:12:08:06
1990 61 35 Rothmans 3:12:56:06 Rothmans 3:12:56:06 Raasay of Melfort 6:11:24:59
1992 46 33 Whirlpool 4:00:43:06 Whirlpool 4:00:43:06 Raasay of Melfort 6:18:31:53
1994 53 36 Virgin City Jet 3:16:30:33 Bridgestone 4:06:38:19 Sty Tailte 7:22:17:10
1996 56 55 Bridgestone 3:15:58:59 Big Ears 4:11:27:27 Quest of Lytham 7:08:53:50
1998 26 24 Jeep Cherokee 3:04:23:57 Jeep Cherokee 3:04:23:57 Pandanova 5:17:23:42
2000 28 26 Fenix 5:12:41:10 Imp 6:04:05:16 Damp Store 9:05:57:05
2002 28 24 Team Tonic 3:11:35:50 Cavatina 4:15:24:11 Endeavour 4:23:09:30
2004 47 37 Team Spirit 3:04:48:39 Calyx Voice & Data 4:05:38:33 Enshalla 6:18:16:16
2006 39 36 Konica Minolta Zara 4:04:57:30 Cavatina 6:09:20:20 Quite Correct 7:11:09:41
2008 41 30 ICAP Leopard 3 2:17:48:47 Ireland West 4:00.01:57 Cassiopeia 5:04:31:14
Total 558 451(81%)            

 

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