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1. Welsh ISORA Fleet Can Swell Round Ireland Yacht Race Entry

   

   Already buoyant entries for August's Round Ireland Yacht Race can expect a further boost when a potent Welsh IRC fleet comes out of lockdown. From the 2018 Race, seven Welsh boats finished in the top 20 but none of these…

2. Notice Of Race Now Available For 2020 Rolex Middle Sea Race

   

   The Notice of Race for the 41st Rolex Middle Sea Race is now available online, the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) has announced. The club says its intention to run the 2020 race remains subject to changes in circumstances both…

3. Historic Dublin Bay to Cork Harbour Yacht Race Postponed to 2022

   

   Some offshore racing enthusiasts may have been hoping that the historic re-enactment of the “Kingstown to Queenstown" Race of 1860 – the first proper offshore event in Irish and British waters – might still have been staged in some very…

4. ORC Race Management Guide Now Available

   

   The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) has announced its publication of the inaugural edition of the ORC Race Management Guide. The 24-page manual “contains ideas learned from decades of successful race management experience in events that range from local club contests…

5. Kenny Rumball & Pam Lee's Double-Handed Offshore Sailing Campaign Arrives into Dun Laoghaire

   

   As I type this, I am currently motor sailing along the Brittany coast having left Port La Floret and am delivering Figaro3 Number 20 to Dun Laoghaire with my co-skipper Pamela Lee. There has been a lot of speculation in…