Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News
![Impalas competing in Strangford Lough. In 2024, East Down Yacht Club will stage the class European Championships Impalas competing in Strangford Lough. In 2024, East Down Yacht Club will stage the class European Championships](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ntt10aY77h8/s/767/I0000ntt10aY77h8.jpg)
East Down Yacht Club To Stage 2024 Impala European Championship on Strangford Lough
30th December 2023 Northern Ireland Waters
East Down Yacht Club in Northern Ireland will host the Impala European Championship on 25th/26th May next year. The event will incorporate the UK and Irish National Championships of the 28-foot one-design keelboat class. The club has a nine-acre site on…
![Alfie Mayr's new H-Boat Final Fling (right) and Andy Speedy's MG Spring Corinthian racing at the Antrim Boat Club Winter Series on Lough Neagh Alfie Mayr's new H-Boat Final Fling (right) and Andy Speedy's MG Spring Corinthian racing at the Antrim Boat Club Winter Series on Lough Neagh](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Q1PafbifoNY/s/767/I0000Q1PafbifoNY.jpg)
New Challengers to Limbo 6.6 'FA2' at Antrim Boat Club Winter Series
24th December 2023 Northern Ireland Waters
Antrim Boat Club Winter Series returned on 5th November with six races scheduled for the first half when nine competitors signed up for the series and sailed out of the club in the northwest corner of Lough Neagh in Northern…
![The Ian Williams GBR Chinaone.Ningbo crew (left to right) Richard Sydenham, Jon Gundersen from Strangford Lough, Gerry Mitchell and Ian Williams The Ian Williams GBR Chinaone.Ningbo crew (left to right) Richard Sydenham, Jon Gundersen from Strangford Lough, Gerry Mitchell and Ian Williams](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000xfuYW7nY2bA/s/767/I0000xfuYW7nY2bA.jpg)
It’s 6,000 miles from Strangford Lough Yacht Club in the small hamlet of Whiterock on the western shore of the Lough in County Down, to Da Chan Bay in Shenzhen, China. And it is very different racing for Jon Gundersen…
![The principal objective of this measure is to carefully manage salmon stocks in the Foyle and Carlingford systems due to concern from within the Loughs Agency over the conservation levels of the species The principal objective of this measure is to carefully manage salmon stocks in the Foyle and Carlingford systems due to concern from within the Loughs Agency over the conservation levels of the species](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000nYuwhPBwpFs/s/767/I0000nYuwhPBwpFs.jpg)
Loughs Agency Retains Existing Salmon Carcass Tag Allocation for 2024 Season
21st December 2023 Loughs Agency
Loughs Agency has made the decision to retain salmon carcass tag numbers for angling licence holders for the 2024 season in line with the policy followed in the previous three years at a maximum of one blue tag (1st March…
![East Down Yacht Club's 2024 Icicle Series on Strangford Lough is open to all dinghies next January East Down Yacht Club's 2024 Icicle Series on Strangford Lough is open to all dinghies next January](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000J.3lR.Kct4I/s/635/I0000J.3lR.Kct4I.jpg)
East Down Yacht Club to Start 2024 with Icicle Series on Strangford Lough
20th December 2023 Northern Ireland Waters
East Down Yacht Club will start the New Year with its annual Icicle Series on Sunday, 7th January. It will run for six Sundays, ending on 11th February. The Club is situated on a nine-acre site on the western shore…
![Phil Quinn is a former Sailing Captain of Strangford Lough Yacht Club in County Down and has over 40 years of sailing experience
Phil Quinn is a former Sailing Captain of Strangford Lough Yacht Club in County Down and has over 40 years of sailing experience](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000qxaQJynlLvE/s/767/I0000qxaQJynlLvE.jpg)
County Down Sailor Steps in to Skipper Qingdao in Clipper Round the World Race
20th December 2023 Clipper Race
Philip Quinn has been chosen as the new Skipper of Qingdao in the Clipper Round the World Race. He will join from Airlie Beach in Queensland, Australia, at the start of a long stint of about 26000 miles to the…
![Frank McFarlane and Brian Conway from CSC negotiate some big gusts on Belfast Lough in the final race of the RS400 Frostie Series at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club Frank McFarlane and Brian Conway from CSC negotiate some big gusts on Belfast Lough in the final race of the RS400 Frostie Series at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000r7P1dnxJ4es/s/767/I0000r7P1dnxJ4es.jpg)
Strangford Lough's Peter Kennedy and Steven Kane Make it Three in a Row at Royal North's RS400 Frostie Series
20th December 2023 RS Sailing
The last Sunday of the RS400 Frostie Series at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club was raced on the 27th of December, and the excitement was building as it looked like it was going to be a big day, and…
![Dr Rachel Millar and Dr David Smyth of Ulster Wildlife with Belfast Harbour’s Simon Gibson at the new native oyster nursery at City Quays Dr Rachel Millar and Dr David Smyth of Ulster Wildlife with Belfast Harbour’s Simon Gibson at the new native oyster nursery at City Quays](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OAb6eNnAj8s/s/500/I0000OAb6eNnAj8s.jpg)
New Native Oyster Nursery in Belfast Harbour Shows Promising Results
19th December 2023 Marine Wildlife
A shellfish nursery recently installed in Belfast Harbour in an effort to revive the Northern Ireland capital’s native oysters is already showing promising results. Last month, hundreds of oysters were lowered into the water at City Quays for the project,…
![Karl O’Neill, Anthony Chambers and Jason Chamber Karl O’Neill, Anthony Chambers and Jason Chamber](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00005bYC3d9hcpM/s/500/I00005bYC3d9hcpM.jpg)
Portrush’s Lifesaving Chambers Family Add Voice to RNLI’s Christmas Appeal
17th December 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
Christmas is a time for family and, for many, a time for sharing stories of times and generations past. For the Chambers family from Portrush, on Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coast, these stories often involve saving lives at sea. Jason Chambers…
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RYA Northern Ireland has announced the launch of its Coach Development Programme designed to develop a pool of coaches capable of coaching at a national level. This free programme is inviting people already involved in coaching to apply to develop…
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Nominations Now Open for RYA Northern Ireland’s 2023 End-of-Season Awards
10th December 2023 RYA Northern Ireland
As RYA Northern Ireland marks its 50th anniversary and reflects on a fantastic year for sailing and boating in Northern Ireland, it’s time to submit nominations for its end-of-season awards and celebrate the best of the region in 2023. The…
![The new contract period for the operation of Bangor Marina on Belfast Lough will run for 50.5 years from September 2024 The new contract period for the operation of Bangor Marina on Belfast Lough will run for 50.5 years from September 2024](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00006qpkKuynJVM/s/767/I00006qpkKuynJVM.jpg)
Tender Process For Belfast Lough's Bangor Marina Operator Contract Opens
8th December 2023 Irish Marinas
It will be all change in the operation of Bangor Marina on Belfast Lough from September 2024. This has been outsourced to a private operator since 1 April 2008, with the latest agreement expiring on 30 September 2024. An opportunity…
![Ballyholme Yacht Club on the east side of Bangor in North Down has been chosen to host the European ILCA 6 Youth Championships in 2024 Ballyholme Yacht Club on the east side of Bangor in North Down has been chosen to host the European ILCA 6 Youth Championships in 2024](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000kwMo_SuGOW4/s/500/I0000kwMo_SuGOW4.jpg)
2024 European ILCA 6 Youth Championships For Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough
8th December 2023 Laser
The European ILCA 6 Youth Championships 2024 will be sailed at Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough next season. “This is a very significant championship for Europe’s youth sailors and hosting the event is a feather in the cap for…
![Chris Lindsay - An International Sailing Judge for the Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Chris Lindsay - An International Sailing Judge for the Paris 2024 Olympic Competition](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000X.XfZCV7aW0/s/767/I0000X.XfZCV7aW0.jpg)
World Sailing Names Belfast Lough's Chris Lindsay as an International Judge for Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition
6th December 2023 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, has announced Belfast Lough's Chris Lindsay as an International Judge and Umpire for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition. Lindsay, who also officiated at Tokyo 2020, is the only Irish appointment in…
![John Minnis, skipper of the stylish A35 Final Call II, who was the sole Belfast Lough competitor in IRC 1 at Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2023 and took first prize, is looking forward to competing in this year’s Bangor Regatta John Minnis, skipper of the stylish A35 Final Call II, who was the sole Belfast Lough competitor in IRC 1 at Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2023 and took first prize, is looking forward to competing in this year’s Bangor Regatta](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000NSry1b2pLGQ/s/767/I0000NSry1b2pLGQ.jpg)
Royal Ulster Yacht Club Announces 'Rebranded' Bangor Regatta for June 2024
2nd December 2023 Bangor Town Regatta
A ‘Town’ Regatta at Bangor on Belfast Lough was first held over a century ago and saw a reincarnation in 2018. The 2020 event fell foul of Covid 19, but Bangor Town Regatta did run in 2022 and the Royal…
![Sea trout Sea trout](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000cMZHMRFVuDI/s/500/I0000cMZHMRFVuDI.jpg)
A “major fish kill” in a Co Derry river has tallied than 2,000 fish across a range of species, as BBC News reports. The incident was discovered last Friday morning (24 November) on the Muff River in Eglinton, near the…