Ireland’s leading solo sailor Tom Dolan goes into his first offshore race of the 2024 season this afternoon knowing the pressure will be on from before the start gun as the 370 miles, 48 hours long course of the Solo Guy Cotten-Concarneau looks set to mostly be a speed course...
Irish solo offshore sailor Tom Dolan will start his 2024 racing season on Monday at the 48th edition of the Solo Guy Cotten determined that a slight change of approach will bring him consistently better results.. Rather than spending big chunks of his winter and spring on the water, this pre-season...
Aboard his Figaro 3 Smurfit Kappa - Kingspan Tom Dolan will compete in the 5 races comprising the 2024 French Elite Offshore Racing Championship, with the highlight of the season being the legendary La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, the pinnacle event of the championship and the season. For his seventh consecutive...
"Well, we had a great sporting season, one with its share of ups, and downs! The high point was undoubtedly winning into Kinsale on the first stage of La Solitaire du Figaro. This is only the fourth time that a non French competitor has won a stage of La Solitaire du...
Because of a rapidly worsening forecast, Irish sailor Tom Dolan has had to stop his solo Round Ireland sailing record attempt in Dingle, despite being more than 80 miles – or about 10 hours - ahead of the existing record pace after having sailed more than half the 688 miles...
Irish sailor Tom Dolan is back in Ireland with his Figaro Beneteau 3 Smurfit Kappa Kingspan and is set up ready for a good weather window to take on the single handed Round Ireland sailing record which eluded him in the early summer. Unlike in May when there was the requirement to have his...
The annual French solo, multi stage one design offshore race, La Solitaire du Figaro is an incredible sporting challenge and this year’s edition, the 54th La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec which finished into Piriac-sur-Mer this morning was no exception. Although there were no major gales it was a long, Doldrums...
The Solitaire du Figaro Paprec has a reputation for providing moments of great disappointment as well as times of joy. Irish skipper Tom Dolan has experienced both already during the first two legs of this 54th La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec. Winner into Kinsale one week ago, a complete calm...
It was a flabbergasted Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan who emerged blinking into the Kinsale sunshine this morning after a post-race physiotherapy session to be told that he has been promoted to winner of Stage 1 of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec following the decision of the International Jury to...
Just on cue, Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan delivered his career best stage finish today when, under the added pressure of being the ‘homecoming favourite’ he took second place on the 610 nautical miles La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec first leg from Caen into drizzly Kinsale this morning. The result on...
