Ireland’s leading solo sailor Tom Dolan expects to leave the Dun Laoghaire start line early morning Wednesday as he sets off to attempt to set a new solo record for sailing around Ireland. After waiting in Greystones for ten days since his boat Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan arrived from its home in France,...
While his boat Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan has now been berthed at Greystones, south of Dublin, since Wednesday, Irish solo skipper Tom Dolan will start his ‘stand by’ period when he is reunited with the Figaro Beneteau 3 this weekend. Dolan is prepared and ready to go at a moment’s notice, just...
Ireland’s Tom Dolan, sailing with a crew comprising England’s Alan Roberts and French ace Gildas Mahe, took overall victory today in the hotly contested Figaro Beneteau 3 class in France’s huge annual Easter showcase regatta Spi Ouest France. Racing over four coastal races spanning the holiday weekend, Dolan and team...
Irish sailor Tom Dolan and his French co-skipper Achille Nebout should have been content with finishing in ninth place when the crossed the line off La Trinite sur Mer, Brittany yesterday, concluding the 315 nautical miles Laura Vergne Trophy, but the duo were mildly disappointed to lose two places in...
Tom Dolan lines up with French co-skipper Achille Nebout for Trophee Laura Vergne Two weeks on from his encouraging sixth in the 2023’s season’s first race, the Solo Maître CoQ, Irish sailor Tom Dolan transitions to double-handed mode as he pairs up with French ace Achille Nebout for the new 316 miles...
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan is planning to return to his native Ireland in May when he will seek to break the singlehanded record for sailing 698 nautical miles around Ireland. The skipper of Smurfit Kappa –Kingspan is aiming to complete the circumnavigation in 3.5 days or less on his...
Ireland’s leading solo offshore racer Tom Dolan laid to rest the ghosts of three past Solo Maître CoQ events when he finished Sixth overall from a 30 boat fleet Saturday. After his 11th in Wednesday’s short inshore race the skipper of Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan fought back from a schoolboy error early...
After Monday's severe gales which buffeted the French Vendee coast to keep Ireland's Tom Dolan and the 29 other solo skippers tied to the dockin Les Sables d'Olonne unable to race, a proposed new programme for the Solo Maître CoQ has been announced by Race Direction. The plan is to try...
In the face of a dynamic, changing programme due to gale force winds and big seas om France’s west coast, Ireland’s solo sailing skipper Tom Dolan is keeping an open mind and remaining prepared for anything as the curtain raiser for the 2023, the Solo Maître Coq, sees Monday and Tuesday’s first...
A comprehensive sail testing programme completed in January and longer periods of intensive pre-season training races should mean Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan is well equipped to stake his claim to regular podium places over the course of the Figaro Bénéteau season in France. The seven month racing season starts next...
