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...
After an intense first half of the season, comprising multiple back-to-back races on the calendar since March, accumulated fatigue was evident on the race course today in the final race of the Le Havre Allmer Cup. But Ireland’s Tom Dolan kept his head and remained focused to return a solid 10th...
Twelfth at the intermediate mark at Eddystone light, Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan made the breezy south coast of England work for him as he staged an excellent comeback to finish second on the 420 miles 6th edition of the Le Havre AllmerCup early this morning. Dolan brought his Smurfit...
In Olympic sport top athletes usually seek to elevate their game to be ‘in the medal zone’. For Ireland’s top offshore solo sailboat racer Tom Dolan the goal is the same, seeking to be fighting in the top pack to give himself the best chance of winning when the scrap...
Ireland’s Tom Dolan and his young French co-skipper Paul Morvan this morning finished a gruelling 740 miles long offshore race for the Trophée Banque Populaire Grand Ouest in seventh place from a star-studded field containing some of the most successful French solo Figaro racers of the last 10 years. Having started...
Banque Populaire Grand-Ouest Trophy is a long, long offshore sprint for Ireland’s Tom Dolan At 735 nautical miles long, the Banque Populaire Grand Ouest Trophy race which starts Saturday 1300hrs local time, is one of the longest offshore courses of the 2024 season for Ireland’s Tom Dolan. For the double handed course...
Ireland’s Tom Dolan back among the front runners with sixth place overall at Solo Maître Coq, a repeat of last year’s result With a solid fifth place on a tough, demanding 390 miles solo offshore race which finished into Les Sables d’Olonne in France’s Vendée region this morning, Ireland’s Tom Dolan...
At the Solo Maître CoQ Figaro circuit event which started on Tuesday out of Les Sables d’Olonne in France’s Vendée region, a slightly frustrated Tom Dolan is sitting in 14th place heading into Thursday’s 390 mile offshore race component of the annual event. After enjoying good conditions on Tuesday for the...
After a brief recovery at home, returned from Guadeloupe and the crewed Class40 Niji 40 Transatlantic race on which he finished fourth as part of an international trio, Irish skipper Tom Dolan is back in action this week on his Figaro Beneteau 3 Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan. From Tuesday until Saturday he...
After finishing the new 3,430 miles Niji40 Class40 race between Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France and Marie-Galante Gaudeloupe in fourth place, Irish skipper Tom Dolan is hot footing it back from the French Antilles islands to Brittany and the helm of his Figaro Beneteau 3 Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan to be ready for next Tuesday’s...