Mark Pollock, Round Ireland Competitor - The Latest News

Link to the latest news (in his own words) about Mark Pollock, Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010 competitor: Optimist, Realist or Something Else?
(Source: Mark Pollock's Blog. Published July 18, 2010.)

Update 26 August 2010: Some more posts from Mark on his medical treatment have appeared in recent weeks on his blog. Click on the link for the latest news: 'By Endurance We Conquer.'

Don't forget to leave a comment/response for Mark on his blog.

Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010 - Photo Gallery

Becalmed south of Rathlin Island, Miss Scarlett - IRl 4763 (Copyright 2010 Sailpix Ireland)

Congratulations to Tonnerre de Breskens - NED 46 (Ker 46), deserved overall winner of the Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010 having comfortably taken Line Honours in the process. Best wishes to Tonnerre skipper Piet Vroon who had taken ill the night before the race start but who is thankfully back on his feet and up and about again.

Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010 Photo Gallery HERE

Update 11th July 2010:
Best wishes and a speedy return to full health to extraordinary Round Ireland double-handed competitor Mark Pollock who has been seriously injured in an accident since finishing the race.
More details HERE.

Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010

The Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010, run by Wicklow Sailing Club, begins at 12:00 hrs on 20th June at Wicklow.
Visit the dedicated race website HERE and follow the progress of the competitors on the Race Tracker HERE. Plenty of fun is being provided onshore as well at the Round Ireland Sailfest Festival, for more information click HERE. Sailpix Ireland will be aboard Round Ireland entrant Miss Scarlett - IRL 4763 and will bring you the best of the action at the end of the race.

Wicklow Sailing Club - Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010 Sailfest (Copyright 2010 Sailpix Ireland)

 

Round Ireland Yacht Race entrant Miss Scarlett - IRL 4763 at Wicklow Harbour (Copyright 2010 Sailpix Ireland)

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ISORA 2010 Race 5 and RAYC/Lee Overlay Offshore Series Dun Laoghaire to Dun Laoghaire Day Race

ISORA (Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association) 2010 Race 5, organised in conjunction with RAYC (Royal Alfred Yacht Club), was held with the Lee Overlay/RAYC 2010 Offshore Series Dun Laoghaire to Dun Laoghaire Day Race using the same start at Scotsman's Bay, course and finish on Sunday 13 June 2010. The course took the fleet past Baily Lighthouse, Lambay Island (to port), Rockabill Lighthouse (to starboard) before returning to Dun Laoghaire Harbour via Kish Lighthouse (to starboard).

Congratulations to Intuition - GBR 9383R (Reflex 38) 1st in Class 1 and 1st Overall and to Mojito - GBR 4184 (Bavaria 39) 1st in Class 2 and 3rd Overall. Line Honours went to Galileo - IRL 1944 (Beneteau 47.7), 2nd on IRC in Class 1 and 2nd Overall.

Rockabill Lighthouse with Lambay Island on the horizon (Copyright Sailpix Ireland 2010)

ISORA 2010 Race 5 Sailing Instructions HERE (.pdf file) 
ISORA 2010 Race 5 Report HERE (.pdf file)
ISORA 2010 Race 5 Results HERE (.pdf file)
Photo Gallery HERE

New Floating Breakwater Pontoon installed at the RStGYC

This month saw the installation of a new four-section floating breakwater pontoon at the Royal St George Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire - close to Carlisle Pier. The unsinkable pontoons have a styrofoam core encased in reinforced concrete and have been designed to endure storms, floods and hurricanes. Thirty tonnes of heavy steel chain and twenty-four five-tonne anchor blocks buried in the mud in the harbour seabed are used to anchor the pontoons. Click on photo for higher resolution image.

Jump Juice - IRl 2007, (Ker designed 37 footer) tied alongside on 24 May 2010.

Jump Juice - IRL 2007 at RStGYC, Dun Laoghaire (Copyright 2010 Sailpix Ireland)