Ireland’s solo offshore racer Tom Dolan set out from Fécamp on the north coast of France at midday today ready to take on the 620 miles Leg 3 of La Solitaire du Figaro. After two tough stages which both featured long periods battling upwind in brisk winds, Leg 3 looks...
Tom Dolan (Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan) is hoping for some compression with the front of the fleet as Stage 2 of La Solitaire du Figaro, from Lorient to Fécamp, takes on the notorious Alderney Race. The strong tidal current there, between Alderney and Cap de la Hague on the NW corner of...
After a promising tenth place on the 627 nautical miles first stage of La Solitaire du Figaro, Ireland’s Tom Dolan was fighting something of a rearguard battle after a modest start to Stage 2 this afternoon off Lorient. At the exit from a challenging four leg round the buoys sprint stage,...
[caption id="attachment_16911" align="alignnone" width="300"] Tom Dolan, Skipper du Figaro Smurfit Kappa, 10eme sur la ligne d'arrivee de la 1ere étape de la Solitaire du Figaro 2021 entre Saint Nazaire et Lorient - Lorient le 26/08/2021[/caption] Ireland’s Tom Dolan finished 10th into Lorient this morning concluding the first stage of La Solitaire du...
Tom Dolan, the leading Irish solo sailor, started the first stage of the 52nd La Solitaire du Figaro in perfect conditions from Saint-Nazaire - on outer reaches of France’s Loire estuary - pledging to stick to his strategy but to give everything to be near the front of the peloton when...
[caption id="attachment_16899" align="alignnone" width="200"] Tom Dolan, skipper du Figaro Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan - Solitaire du Figaro 2021 - Saint Nazaire le 16/07/2021[/caption] Three days before the start of one of the most gruelling ever editions of La Solitaire du Figaro, the annual multi stage French solo offshore race, Ireland’s solo racer Tom...
Top Irish offshore racer Tom Dolan will sail the upcoming Tour de Bretagne with leading French coach Tanguy Leglatin seeking to land a solid result for Smurfit Kappa and new co sponsor Kingspan and to keep his preparation for mid -August’s La Solitaire du Figaro on course. One month on...
Irish skipper Tom Dolan strengthens his long term solo and short handed Figaro Bénéteau offshore racing programme after agreeing an exciting new support package with Kinsgpan, the building materials and insulation group which operates in 70 countries worldwide and is headquartered in Kingscourt, County Cavan, close to where Dolan grew...
Ireland’s Tom Dolan and his French co-skipper Gildas Mahé have been coming to terms with a slightly disappointing outcome following a very close finish to the Transat en Double Concarneau to Saint Barthélemy race. [caption id="attachment_16857" align="alignnone" width="300"] Gildas Mahe et Tom Dolan, a bord du Figaro Breizh Cola, 8eme...
[caption id="attachment_16843" align="alignnone" width="300"] Tom Dolan et Gildas Mahé[/caption] The last 450 miles of the Transat en Double Concarneau to Saint Barthélemy sees the leaders of the 18 boat fleet finely balanced with a group to the north which have been gaining and the long established leading pack which have been...