Round Ireland Yacht Race 20 June 2010

   WICKLOW SAILING CLUB   

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("Round Ireland" and "Round Ireland Yacht Race" are registered trademarks of Wicklow Sailing Club)

The next

 Round Ireland Yacht Race

  will take place on

Sunday 24th June 2012 1200hrs

David Branigan Oceansport Round Ireland Gallery / Slideshow

Check out our dedicated Round Ireland Race site

This project is being assisted by the European Regional Development Fund through the irish-sea.org Ireland/Wales Interreg IVA Programme.  

All enquiries to:-

2012 Race Organiser - Dennis Noonan. 

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

C/o Theo Phelan Design Ltd, 6 Wentworth Place, Wicklow Town

 Email: Round Ireland

   A toast to all our Sailors - Safe Sailing boys and girls

2010 was the 30th Anniversary of the 1st Round Ireland, building on the success of previous races and the Volvo RTW 2009 stopover in Galway - an historic event for Irish Sailing. A Round Ireland Sail Fest (Fri 18 - Sun 20 June) to compliment the race preparations added a welcome level of fun and entertainment for all coming down. There was Free Music (Garda Band, American Drifters & Luan Parle etc) on the Quays for each evening, the Sailors Party, a Mardi Gras ball, Wicklows Finest Food, Fashion and Flowers, a Period Pageant (4 shows), Classic Cars, Fireworks, kids bits, music in the pubs and loads of other attractive events to entertain visitors and locals alike.

Check out our dedicated Conway Media Round Ireland Race site

 

Photo David BranniganOceansport

 Congratulations to Piet Vroon and his crew on Tonnerre de Breskens 3 on winning the 2010 Conway Media Round Ireland - (Piet was in hospital for most of the race but followed the boats progress as they went round).

 

Video from Ocean Spirit of Carlingford - Round Ireland 2008 - Eagleson Productions

    See Ireland as you've never seen her before!

Race Info

Tips for success - plan ahead for the Round Ireland

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. 2008 saw the largest yacht yet to partake - ICAP Leopard, a 105ft racing machine entered by Mike Slade, and favourable winds enabled them smash the old record by more than 10 hours. It will take ideal conditions and another large yacht to better that - a challenge worth taking on!


Konica Minolta off the head!

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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 Lissons' "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
2010 37 36 Tonnerre de Breskens 3 3:16:03:50 Tonnerre de Breskens 3 3:16:03:50 Yahtzee 7:00:13
Total 595 487(82%)            

Round Ireland 1980 - 30 years on

Conway Media Round Ireland 2010 Results

2010 Round Ireland Blog & Sailing Logic Blog 2010

BMW Round Ireland 2008 - Results

BMW Round Ireland Yacht Race 2008 & Blog by Charlie Kavanagh

BMW Round Ireland Yacht Race 2006   

 

Conway Media Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010

Conway Media

Conway Media is a local Wicklow Print and Design business which employs 18 staff and can cater for all your printing and design requirements. Managing Director, Roy Conway and his family have a long association with Wicklow Sailing Club and he has competed in a number of Round Irelands himself. His company is also associated with the Round Ireland Sail Fest and he is delighted to be helping to put Wicklow Town in the National eye through his sponsorship. We are very grateful for his support.

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