Sailing will feature in RTE¹s Christmas schedules this year, with the broadcast of a half-hour documentary feature on the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2007.

The production, entitled The Regatta, was shot over four days in Dublin Bay during this year¹s regatta. Made by Baily Films, the company behind earlier critically-acclaimed water-based documentaries The Bay, The Harbour, The Estuary and The Navy, it features spectacular on-board footage from a range of craft competing in the event.

The Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2007 was the second running of the event on Dublin Bay, and attracted over 500 boats from 11 nations. The Regatta takes viewers both on board the competing craft, and behind the scenes, to examine the challenges thrown up by organising such a large-scale event on the bay.

Involving over 3,000 competitors, and 25 different classes, the Volvo regatta was one of the largest participant sports events in Ireland this year.

The Regatta will be broadcast on RTE 1 on Saturday, December 22, at 4.20pm.