An ankle injury sustained midway through the 340 nautical miles long offshore race curtailed Irish solo sailor’s Tom Dolan’s chances of a top 10 overall finish in the first solo race of the French Figaro season, the Solo Maître Coq At the Ile de Ré, the southernmost turning point of the...
The annual Solo Maître CoQ, the traditional curtain raiser for the Figaro season, has never gone very well for the Irish racer Tom Dolan but the skipper of Smurfit Kappa has this time made a strong start to the early season Vendée based race series and after the two inshore...
It is with a mix of hard earned confidence and early season nerves that Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan starts his 2021 racing season on Monday in Les Sables d’Olonne. France on the annual Solo Maître CoQ race series. Since finishing sixth overall on Smurfit Kappa on the French Elite Offshore...
Ireland’s leading solo offshore racer Tom Dolan was recognised for his exceptional 2020 season, during which he finished in an unprecedented fifth place in La Solitaire du Figaro, when he was named Irish Sailor of the Year. The award is presented by Irish Sailing in association with Afloat magazine and...