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...
