Welcome
The Pride of Wicklow is the name we have given to a boat we are chartering to enter the Round Ireland Race 2010. The race is one of the 5 premier world offshore yacht races and is held bi-annually. Now in its 30th year it starts on the 20th of June.
The boat is crewed by the Young Sailors of Wicklow who are aged between 19 to 21 years, and with the help of all our sponsors we have managed to raise enough funds to charter the boat and start the race.
The boat a Corby 45 one off design is more than capable of Winning the race. It was built in 1998 and won the Round the Isles (Ireland & UK) in 2000. It was totally refitted in 2008 and is fully race ready.
All the team are confident of winning the race and bringing the trophy home to wicklow. The race started on Sunday during the SailFest and we hope to be back by Wednsday night.
You can keep track of our position and performance on the round Ireland website or by following the link below.
http://www.roundirelandyachtrace.ie/2010-race-tracker.html
Recent News
We are delighted and most grateful to
Donelli's restaurant and Catering of Wicklow Town who
have very generously agreed to provide the crew with all the food and provisions required for the race. Thank you vey much Siobhan.
The Crew had a very successful weeks training on the Corby 45 Super Yacht in the south of England (see our facebook page).
They are heading back over to collect it on Sunday the 13th and sail it to Wicklow. They are expected in on Wednesday the 16th. So come on down and say hello.
They remain quietly confident of completing the race and dare they say it Win it.
The Pride of Wicklow are delighted to announce the Irish Popcorn Company as their title sponsor and thank them very much for their very kind generosity all their support.
With the Irish Popcorn Company onboard they now have the boat on the starting line although further funds are still required.
Listen to recent radio interviews, and see our You Tube videos on the media page