The Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta (originally launched as the Dun Laoghaire Regatta in 2005) is a biennial

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...

regatta hosted by the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club,

National Yacht Club The National Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1871 as the Kingstown Royal Harbour Boat Club An active club prior to 1870 operated on the site. It is likely that it was a co ...

Royal Irish Yacht Club The Royal Irish Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Dún Laoghaire Harbour, County Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Republic of Ireland. The club was founded in 1831, with the Marquess of Anglesey, who commanded the cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo ...

, and

Royal St George Yacht Club The Royal St. George Yacht Club is a yacht club housed in a Victorian style clubhouse, located in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. Each season the Club hosts a number of National and International Sailing events. It is notably home to the Dublin Univers ...

Dublin Bay Dublin Bay ( ga, Cuan Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a C-shaped inlet of the Irish Sea on the east coast of Ireland. The bay is about 10 kilometres wide along its north–south base, and 7 km in length to its apex at the centre of the city of Dub ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. With 2500 sailors and 400 boats competing in 28 classes, it is the largest sailing regatta in Ireland and the second largest in the British Isles. The inaugural event was held in 2005, and the next event is scheduled for 6–9 July 2017.

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Official website
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