We’ll be back on the water 10 – 13 July 2025 !
It’s 20 years since the first Dún Laoghaire Regatta, and the team are working hard already to bring you excellent sailing on a variety of courses, whether one-design or handicap, dinghy or keelboat. Our waterfront clubs will provide a social scene not to be missed, and we are planning some innovation mixed with the traditional features both ashore and afloat. Keep coming back here to check!
We are also very conscious that visiting crews need affordable convenient accommodation, and we have a dedicated team member sourcing same – watch out for a dedicated visitor’s information page coming soon.
The VDLR is calling for volunteers, both within and outside the sailing community, to contribute to all areas of the event in 2025, with some opportunities starting in 2024 and increasing throughout the next 12 months.
If you are interested please contact Paddy Boyd, the Event Director, at ed@dlregatta.org
SAILING NEWS
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Irish Sea Nations Cup 2025 – Notice of Race Here!
Details Revealed for the 2025 Irish Sea Nation’s Cup
Irish Flying Fifteens Prepare for East Coast Championships at #VDLR2025
Cruiser 2B Class Leads #VDLR2025 Non-Spinnaker Entries
Xaviera Wins Early Entry Incentive at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
Prospect of Jamie McWilliam Entering Danish BB10 Keelboat
Event News
100 and Counting: #VDLR2025 Sees Strong Early Entries
Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2025 are celebrating early entries for July’s regatta with a diverse fleet ready to compete in the expected 400-boat turnout on Dublin Bay
New Introductory Class at #VDLR2025
Boats that do not usually race from Dun Laoghaire, Howth, Greystones, Malahide, Poolbeg and Bray are the focus of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta’s (VDLR) new ‘introductory class’ this July.
Dublin Bay To Stage Biggest Irish Classics Regatta Of 2025
A third of the classes lined up for the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2025 from 10th to 13th July would qualify as wooden-built Classics, even if a couple of them have seen some owners going over to the Dark Side by taking up a glass-fibre construction option!
Irish Sea Nations Cup 2025 – Notice of Race Here!
Scheduled for May and July, the Nations Cup will coincide with several major regattas: the IRC Welsh Championships in Pwllheli, and the Scottish Series in Tarbert, before the spotlight shifts to the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta from 10th to 13th July, and concluding with the IRC Northern Ireland Championships in Bangor.
Details Revealed for the 2025 Irish Sea Nation’s Cup
Organisers have formally announced details of the 2025 combined regatta initiative for teams from Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England and Ireland. Following an inaugural meeting last December, four 2025 regattas in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and Wales have combined.
Xaviera Wins Early Entry Incentive at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
Xaviera, an X4 owned by Jonathan Anderson, was the name drawn from the hat in January to win back her entry fee in this year’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta’s early entry incentive.
Entered in the coastal class, Xaviera sails under the burgees of the Clyde Cruising Club and the Royal Irish Yacht Club.
As Afloat readers will recall, Xaviera was on form in Belfast Lough at Bangor Regatta in 2024 but she makes her Dun Laoghaire Regatta debut on Dublin Bay this July.