SSE Renewables has partnered with Wicklow Sailing Club again to support the next edition of the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race.

Entries for the 704-nautical mile-race are now open. The race which has been described as the Kilimanjaro of Sailing will commence on Saturday, 22 June 2024.

The race will offer both competition and personal achievement for boat owners and crews alike. Since the success of the 2022 event, significant interest has grown in the race with a promising level of pre-entry enquiries already submitted to the race organisers.

In addition to marina options at Greystones and Dun Laoghaire for big boat entries, berthing facilities at the pier and quays close to Wicklow Sailing Club's base will be available.

The course for the classic biennial offshore event follows the traditional route first contested in 1980 that states - "leave Ireland and its islands to starboard - while starting and finishing at the scenic port of Wicklow on the East Coast of Ireland".

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Kyran O'Grady, Round Ireland 2024 race organiser, Wicklow Sailing Club said: "The race event in 2022 was very successful, with close to 50 vessels entering. This year, we are looking forward to an even larger turnout. With less than six months to go before the 2024 race, we look forward to welcoming an array of both national and international competitors across the various classes seeking to complete in one of the bucket-list events in the sailing calendar."

Barry Kilcline, Head of Offshore (Ireland) at SSE Renewables said: "We are delighted to partner again with Wicklow Sailing Club to deliver an eagerly anticipated event, which we hope will offer the domestic and international sailing community an exciting competition and something to look forward to in June. This event reflects the potential that the Irish maritime space offers, and we look forward to seeing competitors sail past our proposed development site at Arklow Bank in Wicklow."

The collaboration with Wicklow Sailing Club continues as the company progresses in the development of Arklow Bank Wind Park 2 along the Arklow coast in County Wicklow. Later this year, the project will pursue its third and final planning approval from An Bord Pleanála.

Entries will be accepted until 31 May 2024.