Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
On Friday 6th July at 7 pm some local maritime history will be made in Bray Harbour when the St. Bridget will make its inaugural visit to Bray with 100 passengers on board. The St. Bridget will dock at the…
Tanaiste Hopes Other EU Countries will Follow Ireland and Take in Stranded Migrants
27th June 2018 News Update
#NewsUpdate - Tánaiste Simon Coveney hopes Ireland's decision to take 25 migrants from a stranded rescue ship will encourage other EU countries to do the same. As The Irish Examiner reports, MV Lifeline, which is carrying 234 rescued migrants, has…
#MarineScience - Irish Sailing’s Cara na Mara programme teamed up with the Marine Institute’s Explorers Education Programme this month in encouraging primary schools to engage with the marine environment. Clubs involved with the programme, that aimed to offer “a dynamic…
US emergency services have suspended the search for a Limerick man missing after going swimming at a New York beach earlier this week. As Independent.ie reports, Neil Gibbons, 30, disappeared after he and friends got into difficulty in the water…
Cruiser 3 Tuesday ECHO: 1. Papytoo, 2. Saki, 3. Maranda Combined Cruisers Tuesday ECHO: 1. D-Tox, 2. Borraine, 3. Powder Monkey Ruffian: 1. Alias, 2. Carmen, 3. Different Drummer B211 One Design: 1. Ventuno, 2. Beeswing, 3. Vamoose B211 ECHO:…
Martin Byrne’s, Jaguar Sailing Team, travel to Torbay on the south-west coast of England later this week, as in 2017, the only Irish entrant in the Dragon Edinburgh Cup 2018. This year marks the 70th Anniversary of this event which…
#FerryNews - Operator Irish Ferries has said all sailings on the Ulysses vessel which serves the Dublin to Holyhead route have been cancelled for the next week. As the The Irish Times reports, the ferry operator said the ship has been taken…
#CruiseChairman - Captain Michael McCarthy chairman of Cruise Europe (CE) has retired from his position as commercial manager with the Port of Cork Company last month but, as those of us who know him are well aware, this does not…
Ireland’s Kiel Week Performance A Boost For Olympic Hopefuls Heading Into Aarhus
26th June 2018 Tokyo 2020
#KielWeek - Irish high performance and pathway sailors had a strong showing at Kiel Week in Germany, with Finn Lynch just missing out on the Laser medal race at 13th overall, while Liam Glynn (38th) made the Gold fleet. In…
#President&Ports - Senior port managers from developing countries who are passing on their expertise to colleagues met President Michael D. Higgins in Dublin, on 21 June during the week-long United Nations Conference on Trade & Development's Training of Trainers workshop. President…
Greystones Sailing Club Celebrates 50th Anniversary With ‘Big Barn Banquet’
26th June 2018 Greystones Harbour
#Greystones - Greystones Sailing Club celebrated 50 years of racing and adventures from the North Wicklow harbour at the recent ‘Big Barn Banquet’. Members old and new gathered at the clubhouse compound on Saturday 16 June — including Irish Sailing…
#Jellyfish - Lion’s mane jellyfish in Irish waters this summer are much larger than usual. That’s according to zoologist Dr Tom Doyle, who spoke to The Irish Times after a recent spate of incidents that saw swimmers hospitalised by stings…
Third Level Students Join Marine Institute For Summer Science Placements
26th June 2018 Marine Science
#MarineScience - Twenty-five third level undergraduates have joined the Marine Institute this summer to gain work experience in variety of areas including fish and shellfish assessment and monitoring, catchment research, and the management of the national research vessels as well…
#Rowing: The Ireland teams for the Under-23 and Junior World Rowing Championships have been chosen. The U23 World Championships will be held from July 25th to 29th in Poznan, Poland. The Junior World Championships will be held in Racice in…
#ClipperRace - After bidding farewell to the Big Apple in style yesterday (Monday 25 June), the Clipper Race fleet has regrouped off Long Island ahead of today’s Le Mans start of Race 12: The LegenDerry Race from New York to…
From famous ships to flyboarding, seafood and sailing, there is a host of activities on offer at SeaFest 2018, taking place in Galway Harbour from 29th June to 1st July. Here are just five of the ‘must-sea’ activities and attractions…
North Sails Powers 7 out of Top 10 Sigma 33s at UK & Irish Championships on Dublin Bay – NSI
26th June 2018 North Sails Ireland
North Sails Ireland-powered Sigma 33's had weekend success at their recent UK & Irish Championships hosted by the Royal St. George YC on Dublin Bay. Seven out of the top 10 boats had North Sails in their inventory including the…
Louis Smyth who has died at the age of 81 was an inspirational figure in dinghy racing in Ireland. Born in Birmingham in 1937 Louis first went to sea with his father at the age of eight in a torpedo…
With the prospect of the Tokyo Olympic Regatta just two years away, the first qualification opportunity for Irish sailors takes place in Denmark at the start of August. A total of 14 Irish sailors will be competing and the bulk…
There's only four weeks to go until the 2018 Glandore Classic Summer School (21/22 July) which promises to be another excellent event writes organiser Cormac O'Carroll. We hosted the first Summer school in 1992 and this event has been running biennially…
