Even before leaving the dock in Concarneau, Tom Dolan had set the tone: he wanted to enjoy sailing “at home,” validate the hard work done over the winter, and above all, take pleasure racing. Mission accomplished for the Irish skipper of Kingspan, who launched his 2025 season with intensity and enthusiasm....
The 49th edition of the Solo Guy Cotten sets sail this Monday, March 24th, from Concarneau. Nearly 40 Figaro Bénéteau 3 are expected to participate in the 2025 French Elite Offshore Racing Championship —one the ultimate test for offshore sailing. The Solo Guy Cotten series, which is part of 2025 French Elite Offshore Racing...
Tom Dolan, the winner of the 2024 Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, received the Irish Sailing “Sailor of the Year” award yesterday at the Irish Sailing awards event in Dublin. Tom also announced his 2028 Vendee Globe Campaign. ©INPHO/Andrew Conan A New Milestone in an Exceptional Career Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan has been...
In 2024, Tom Dolan made history by securing victory in the 55th edition of the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, becoming the first Irishman to have his name etched on the trophy. “It’s a huge achievement for me. When I arrived in France twelve years ago, I dreamed of being a ‘préparateur’...
(Copyright: Alexis Courcoux) That’s it! The 2024 Figaro programme is drawing to a close and it will remain etched in my memory in more ways than one. It’s been full of challenges and lessons but it’s the achievements which have taken centre stage. The Solitaire du Figaro was the highlight of these past few...
The suspense was palpable throughout the third and final leg of the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec! It was a leg of truly epic proportions in which Tom Dolan and his fellow rivals had to contend with some particularly boisterous conditions, with the fleet concertinaing in and out, falling away from...
This Sunday 8 September at 2 pm local time, Tom Dolan and his fellow competitors in the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec will take the start of the third and final leg of the event. Extended by 100 miles in relation to the initial programme, it promises to be particularly full-on,...
This Wednesday 4 September, at 2:06 pm, Tom Dolan crossed the finish line in the second leg of the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, securing a fabulous victory (prior to the jury’s decision) after a three-day sprint from Gijón to Royan. The race saw him shoot into the lead from the...
After arriving in Gijón on Thursday, Tom Dolan and his fellow competitors in the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec are already getting ready to set sail again. This Sunday, 1st September, at 2 p.m., they will set off on the second leg of the event. The route of this leg was...
At around 1pm this Thursday, Tom Dolan and his fellow competitors in the 55th edition of the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec arrived in Gijón as a pack. The top twenty boats all crossed the line in just five minutes. A minuscule gap after 615 miles of racing and four days...
