Irish skipper Tom Dolan and his French co-skipper Kévin Bloch, sailing Dolan’s Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan, completed the nine day Sailing Tour of Brittany today in Quiberon, France in eighth place overall from a field of 26 entries. The event comprised three offshore stages and four coastal day races linking Saint Quay-Portrieux...
As it was back in April when he last raced offshore on Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan, Irish skipper Tom Dolan is eagerly looking forwards to the multiple challenges which the upcoming Tour de Bretagne à la Voile will bring. The four stage, double handed race starts on Saturday July 1st and goes round...
Time ran out on the solo Round Ireland record attempt of Irish sailor Tom Dolan this Sunday morning of the Dun Laoghaire finish line. Unexpectedly light headwinds for more than 24 hours whilst he was sailing round the north coast and into the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland left...
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...
