(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...
This Sunday at 3 pm, Tom Dolan and the 36 other sailors competing in the 55th Solitaire du Figaro Paprec will take the start of the first leg, a 615-mile chunk of racetrack starting in Le Havre and culminating in Gijón, via the Wolf Rock lighthouse off south-west England. “The first...
Having systematically competed at the front of the pack during the pre-season races and even secured a podium place in the Le Havre Allmer Cup back in June, Tom Dolan is now poised to do battle in the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec. Currently in Rouen, like all 36 of his...
On Tuesday 6 August at 9.30pm on RTE1, discover "Around My Island", the documentary about Tom Dolan's solo Round Ireland record attempt last year. Irish solo sailor, Tom Dolan, attempts to be the fastest person to sail single-handed around the island of Ireland – one of the toughest feats in sailing. We...
We made you a promise and we’ve delivered: the first half of the year has been full-on! I’ve taken part in 5 Championnat de France Elite de Course au Large 2024 races, with the season’s highlight due to take place this summer: the legendary Solitaire of Figaro Paprec, the main event of...