National Yacht Club

The “La Solitaire du Figaro” fleet arrived in Dun Laoghaire yesterday to complete the second leg of this great race. The start of the next leg will take place from Dun Laoghaire at 11.00 on Sunday 14th August. Photographer, Michael Chester, captured the event with the brilliant set of photographs below.   RTE also marked this great event with a short documentary. To view this follow the link : http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2011/0810/media-3022860.html The last time the Figaro Race came to Dun Laoghaire was c.1985. The photographs below, taken by Chris Moore, shows the fleet then.