Mick Cotter News Today

The ICC membership extends well beyond the island of Ireland

A critical distinction is the use of symmetric v asymmetric downwind sails

Opal is the highest-rated boat in the 42-boat fleet

It was back in the Spring of 1993 that their notion became reality

Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Cian Guilfoyle and Dylan Gannon of Howth Yacht Club are also on the crew

  8th May 2021 The spirit of Irish sailing – Ian Hickeys veteran Granada 38 Cavatina (Royal Cork YC) making a perfectly-timed start in the Dun Laoghaire-Dingle race. A successful participant in Fastnet, Round Ireland, Dingle and AZAB races, Cavatina is in the entry list for this years Dingle Race on June 9th Credit: W M Nixon The welcome announcement that the National Yacht Clubs biennial 280-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2021 will be going ahead on Wednesday, June 9th, is encouraging....

Brave Flying Doctor pilot remembered on 40th anniversary of deadliest crash in RFDS history © Provided by ABC NEWS The front page of the Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper in the aftermath of the 1981 crash.   (Supplied: City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder) The family of a Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) pilot who died in a horrific crash while on a flight to save an infant child has remembered him as "brave" and a "mischievous brother" on the 40th anniversary of the crash. In what ranks as the worst d...

Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race Information The biennial Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race is a 320-miles race down to the east coast of Ireland, across the south coast and into Dingle harbour in County Kerry. The race is organised by the National Yacht Club. It never fails to offer a full range of weather, wind and tide to the intrepid entrants, ranging from a 32ft cruiser to a 79ft all-out racer. Three divisions are available to enter: cruiser (boats equipped with furlers), racing (the bulk of ...

Royal Cork X34 Alpaca Joins the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Fleet 8th February 2021 Paul and Deirdre Tingles X-34 is the latest entry into the 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Credit: Afloat The Cork Harbour entry brings to 42 the number of boats now entered for the 320-mile National Yacht Club fixture, edging the club closer to its 50-boat advertised limit. The biennial Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race, which starts from Dun Laoghaire Harbour on June 9th, is a race down to the east coast of Ire...

19th December 2020 The National YCs biennial Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race, currently scheduled for June 9th 2021, could become symbolic of the emergence from pandemic. The start of 2019s race shows overall winner Paul OHiggins JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI (left) showing briefly ahead of Mick Cotters 94ft line honours winner and new course record-setter Windfall Credit: Afloat.ie/David OBrien In normal times, the yearly Irish sailing fixtures list is a reasonably harmonious programme based arou...