Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
Landowners Fined Over Environmental Destruction at Rivers in Laois and Tipperary
11th August 2023 Environment
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured combined fines of €8,500 against two separate landowners for destroying stretches of their local rivers in Laois and Tipperary. In Co Laois, Michael Hosey was convicted of carrying out works on 800 metres of…
Breezy Fastnet Rock Race Sets Up Calves Week for Thrilling Friday Finale
10th August 2023 Calves Week
The race around the Fastnet Rock on day three of CD Environmental Calves Week saw new boats perform as the West Cork regatta enters its podium-deciding final round on Friday. All seven fleets started in Schull harbour in foggy, damp…
Neil Colin's FFuzzy topped a 13-boat turnout in the Flying Fifteen class for Thursday night's AIB-sponsored DBSC Summer Series on Dublin Bay. The DMYC boat beat the National Yacht Club's Ken Dumpleton in Rodriguez, with Adrian Cooper's Rockafella taking third.…
Lough Derg RNLI were requested to launch at noon on Thursday 10 August) to assist two people on a 40ft cruiser with engine failure and at anchor by navigation buoy H, close to Terryglass Bay. The inshore lifeboat Jean Spier…
Promoted
The Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School have launched their Autumn recruitment campaign. While the Summer programmes in the Dun Laoghaire Sailing School are still in full swing preparations are underway for the September – November period, which requires an…
Galway Harbour RNLI Volunteers Respond to Three Callouts in One Evening
10th August 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
Galway Harbour RNLI's volunteer crew responded to three separate calls for assistance in a single evening on Wednesday (09 August), demonstrating their readiness to deal with any situation that arises. The first callout came at around 5.30 pm when the crew…
It is looking likely that the Government is to seek expressions of interest from international shipbuilders before the end of the year, for the construction for the Naval Service of a €200m-plus multi-role-vessel (MRV). The MRV as the name suggests, is…
A new flagship ferry of the Isle of Man Steamship Company which is the biggest in the history of the operator is to make its maiden voyage next week. The £76m newbuild Manxman is due to make its first passenger…
Promoted
At BJ Marine, we have been incredibly excited about the re-emergence of the First range and what it could mean for offshore racing, round the cans racing and fast performance cruising in Ireland and the Irish Sea. After a couple…
Two Northern Ireland Boats Will Compete in ISORA's Holyhead to Strangford Lough Race
10th August 2023 Northern Ireland Waters
Two Northern Ireland boats are entered into the ISORA race from Holyhead to Strangford Lough, which starts on Friday at 19.30 hrs. Ross Boyd’s Elan 40 Evenstar from Royal Ulster Yacht Club (RUYC) on Belfast Lough, Quoile YC on Strangford…
The pinnacle of the 44Cup’s 2023 season sets sail on Thursday (10 August) with the opening races of the 44Cup Cowes World Championship, and Irish Fastnet Race winner Cian Guilfoyle is competing on Frecnh entry Aleph. The Solent, one of…
The Moneley Oyster Pearl Dinghy Regatta in Carlingford Lough between Co Down and Co Louth was held last weekend, with racing on a windward/leeward course on both days. So close was the racing that Diarmuid and Aine Gorman, in their…
Dickson is Lough Ree Yacht Club Shannon One Design Weekend Series Winner
10th August 2023 Shannon One Design
With four race wins, David Dickson finished top on a 32-boat Shannon One Design fleet to win the Lough Ree Yacht Club Weekend Series at Athlone in County Westmeath. After six races sailed, Dickson was nine points clear of Andrew Mannion on 15…
Lough Erne's J24 Crazy Horse is 2023 Oyster Pearl Trophy Winner at Carlingford
10th August 2023 Racing
The long trail for the crew of the J24 Crazy Horse from the western county of Fermanagh to Carlingford Lough in the east between County Down and County Louth was worthwhile as they went home with the top prize in…
West Cork Fog Proves No Obstacle to Calves Week as Fleet Prepares to Round Fastnet Rock on Thursday
9th August 2023 Calves Week
The race around the Fastnet Rock is confirmed as Thursday's CD Environmental Calves Week fixture as the regatta passes its half stage. No wind and dense fog in West Cork greeted the 72-competing boats on Wednesday morning in Schull Harbour as…
Protected Designation of Origin for Achill Island Sea Salt Moves One Step Closer With EU-Wide Consultation
9th August 2023 Island News
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has welcomed the European Commission’s recent publication for a three-month member state/third country opposition procedure of the application for a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) for Achill Island Sea Salt. Achill…
Enniskillen RNLI’s inshore lifeboat John and Jean Lewis was launched at the request of Belfast Coastguard on Wednesday afternoon (9 August) to assess a boat breakdown near Portoa Lock. The Shetland cruiser with two people onboard had reported encountering mechanical…
Just hours after the conclusion of their station’s open day on Sunday (6 August), Wicklow RNLI’s volunteer crew members responded to the first of two call-outs in 24 hours. Pagers sounded just after 9.30pm on Sunday night and within 10…
Royal St. George's Tim and Gillian Pearson sailing Little Tern took the gun out of 18 starters in a nice 6 to 8 breeze in Wednesday night's DBSC Water Wag race staged inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Overall, Puffin, sailed by…
Shipyard group Harland & Wolff has opened a new company in Scotland which will service the thriving energy sector in the UK’s energy capital, Aberdeen on the North Sea. The new subsidiary company, Harland & Wolff Technologies will focus on…
