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1. Tom Dolan Now 10th Heading Into Figaro’s Second Leg After Protest Committee Call

   

   Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan is now in an even stronger position heading into the second leg of La Solitare du Figaro, after the protest committee’s strike against two higher-placing finishers from Thursday (3 September). Both Tanguy Le Turquais and…

2. Offshore Sailing—Is this the New "Go To" for 2021?

   

   Mark Mansfield, Olympian and Professional sailor and a member of this year's Fastnet 450 Race organising committee reckons lessons learned in this COVID-hit 2020 sailing season means there can still be good compliant big boat racing even in these strange…

3. Rolex Middle Sea Race: 'Cautiously Moving Forward with Arrangements' for October Start

   

   The 41st Rolex Middle Sea Race entry list stands at 65 yachts representing 18 countries. It is a remarkable achievement in this extraordinary year. And, while there are less than two months to the race start on 17 October, there…

4. Fastnet 450 Race Has Come to Mean So Much for Frustrated Irish Sailing in 2020

   

   The Fastnet 450 starts today (Saturday) at 1300hrs in Dublin Bay, and sends the fleet on a 270-mile course southward, taking them all the way to the Fastnet Rock before finishing back at the entrance to Cork Harbour, clear of…

5. Ireland's Fogerty & Glenny Enter EUROSAF Mixed Offshore European Championship

   

   For Ireland's Conor Fogerty and Susan Glenny, this month's EUROSAF Mixed Offshore European Championship in Italy is an opportunity to get racing following the cancellation of the Round Ireland Race and to evaluate their programme at an early stage. The introduction…