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Family and friends of a student who went missing from Bristol seven months ago are renewing their appeal for any information regarding his whereabouts. Jack O’Sullivan, 23, was last seen on a night out on 2 March this year and…

The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has approved their first RORC team for the 2025 Admiral’s Cup to be held in July 2025. James Neville’s Carkeek 45 Ino Noir and Per Roman’s JPK 1180 Garm will be racing under the…

Robert Espey of Ballyholme Yacht Club is the winner of this year’s Irish Sailing Champions’ Cup which took place at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club in Cultra, Co. Down after a string of strong results. Espey, who raced on…

Kinsale Yacht Club has officially launched its campaign to attract a world-class fleet to the 2025 Sovereigns Cup. Set to run from Wednesday 25 to Saturday 28 June, the regatta will also host the ICRA Nationals under the direction of…

The last race of the 2024 National 18 dinghy class season at Royal Cork Yacht Club was for 'The Barry Trophy', which sailed in the river outside the Clubhouse on Friday evening, October 4th.  It was a drizzly night with…

After six days of competitive inshore and offshore racing within three classes, two new and one returning team have been crowned ORC World Champions at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court. These three teams demonstrated an exceptional level of…

The search resumed on Saturday morning (5 October) for a kayaker reported missing off Donegal. According to RTÉ News, a kayak was found some 5km north of Tory Island on Friday. This development came 24 hours after the man was…

We hope you had a great sailing season and are looking forward to next season. It's coming up soon, and we want you to get the most out of your 2025 season. So get in early and get out early!…

The highly anticipated Irish Sailing Champions' Cup, which was set to kick off today at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club in Co. Down, has been postponed due to unfavourable weather conditions. AP over A was flown from the…

Red Funnel’s (see Irish Sea shipyard story) rival Isle of Wight ferry operator, Wightlink, has begun its annual programme of maintenance for its eight-strong Solent based fleet. Wightlink which operates three routes across the Solent, is spending more than £8…

A UK Government £10m loan guarantee has helped the Co. Armagh firm, The Deluxe Group, secure a major overseas cruise ship fit-out contract. The Portadown-based fit-out firm has won government support through UK Export Finance for the £10m in funding…

The National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI), one of Munster Technological University’s (MTU) six campuses and a strategic partnership between MTU and the Irish Naval Service, marks its 20th anniversary today (04.10.2024) with a special event at its campus in…

Monkstown Bay Sailing Club has cancelled the planned start of its October Dinghy League today. The decision had been taken due to the very high wind strength in Cork Harbour today.

LÉ James Joyce, an Irish Naval Service offshore patrol vessel (OPV), has taken part in a Passing Exercise (Passex) with The Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1). The Passex was carried out last month, and according to the Naval Service,…

The tension is building in Barcelona as the 37th America's Cup series works its tortuous way towards a dramatic conclusion, with the expenditure of what war historians enjoy describing as "much blood and treasure". But while we might like to…

Waterways Ireland advises masters of vessels on the Shannon Navigation and Shannon-Erne Waterway that the winter mooring period for public harbours on these navigations will commence on Friday 1 November and will end on 31 March next year. Masters wishing…

Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters of vessels on the Erne System in Northern Ireland that Portora Lock in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh will be closed to boat traffic this Tuesday 8 October from 8am to 5pm. This closure is to…

Inches and hard yards were fought for in Barcelona on Friday (4 October) in a classic final race at the Louis Vuitton Cup. And when the dust settled from the on-water fireworks, it was INEOS Britannia that emerged as the…

An unattended wheelhouse led to a collision between two fishing vessels off the Scottish coast, an investigation has found. Britain’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch has called on the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to review its flooding prevention guidance…

The Danish ferry and logistics firm DFDS is set to carry out berthing trials with another ship in the Channel Islands. As BBC News Guernsey reports, the MV Mistral has been chartered by DFDS, Afloat adds from Godby Shipping AB…