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Storm Ciaran is set to sweep across the north-west quarter of France, on Wednesday night. Atlantic Storm Ciaran will blast a powerful windstorm into Ireland, the UK, and France on Thursday, with more storms as we head into next weekend.…
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One Design racing can be the toughest arena of them all - every tiny mistake is punished, and boatspeed is KING. FAST sails help simplify tactics and make everything easier! North Sails has powered thousands of one-design victories, and this…
The Irish RS Aero fleet completed their 2023 Summer Season at the KODC Advisory-sponsored Eastern Championship held at Howth Yacht Club over the weekend. The sixteen competitors enjoyed classic Howth conditions with an Easterly breeze and waves providing challenging but…
Dick Hegarty Trophy Race Cancelled Again at Kinsale Yacht Club Due to Lack of Wind
31st October 2023 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club's Dick Hegarty Trophy race was postponed again on Bank Holiday Monday, having deferred racing from Sunday due to weather. The First Gun for the memorial race was scheduled at 13.55, but lack of wind prevented racing. The Victoria’s…
RYA Scotland’s 2023 Annual General Meeting was held virtually online on Thursday 26 October with a review of the past 12 months of sailing in Scotland from the board of directors. The diverse work of RYA Scotland covers the planning,…
A rare Box Crab with over a 9-foot leg span was caught off the Irish coast by Deividas Uosis and Niall Flannery from the fishing boat Barnacle II. The giant crab was presented to Dr Kevin Flannery, a marine biologist…
Transat Jacques Vabre Sees Mixed Reactions To Succession Of Biscay Gales And Prospect Of Storm Ciaran
30th October 2023 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
The current Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre - to give the big one its full title - is confusing for any casual observer, as a succession of gales in the Bay of Biscay, coupled with the prospect of Storm Ciaran…
€7 million Liquidity Aid Scheme for Irish Fish Processors and €1 million for Irish Fisheries Cooperatives Announced
30th October 2023 Fishing
Minister for the Marine Charlie McConalogue, T.D. today announced two new Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) funded schemes, representing a combined support package of an additional €8 million for the Irish seafood sector. The new schemes are as follows: Brexit Fish…
Royal St. George Prepare for 75th Irish Team Racing Championship Anniversary
30th October 2023 Team Racing
In 1947 a group of sailors from Dun Laoghaire Harbour and West Kirby Sailing Club sat down in the bar in the RStGYC and devised rules to make inter-club racing more interesting. You could engage in ungentlemanly conduct to win…
Tom Dolan Looking At Northwest Mayo 24 Hours From Dublin Bay In "Enhanced" Easterlies
30th October 2023 Tom Dolan
Monday 4pm - Wind conditions with strong easterlies, "enhanced" by dense air, have been so favourable and powerful for Tom Dolan's anti-clockwise Round Ireland challenge that he has been able to downgrade the significance of favourable tides. Having breezed through…
Royal Cork Yacht Club Autumn League Prizewinners Awarded in Crosshaven
30th October 2023 Royal Cork YC
Five weeks of racing produced comprehensive winners in all four IRC divisions of Royal Cork Yacht Club's 2023 Autumn League sponsored by AIB, but points were tight for the rest of the podium, with second and third places in both…
RYANI Performance Manager to Speak in Second RYA Connected Online Session
30th October 2023 RYA Northern Ireland
Hear from the RYANI’s performance manager Andrew Baker in the second RYA Connected Online session on Monday 27 November, where the focus will be on the talent and performance pathways for sailing in Northern Ireland. The evening session will provide an…
Tom Dolan Making Record Time on North West Coast in Round Ireland Speed Challenge
30th October 2023 Tom Dolan
Monday 0900am - After 17 hours at sea, Tom Dolan is making strong progress off the Donegal Coast on Bank Holiday Monday morning, having departed Dublin Bay just before 4 pm yesterday in a northabout bid to break the solo and double-handed…
Kinsale Yacht Club to Sail Dick Hegarty Trophy Race on Bank Holiday Monday
30th October 2023 Kinsale
Kinsale Yacht Club sails its Dick Hegarty Trophy race on Bank Holiday Monday, having deferred racing from Sunday due to weather. The First Gun for the memorial race is 13.55. The Victoria’s Antiques White Sails Autumn/Winter Series incorporates the Hegarty Trophy…
Almost 90 junior and youth Royal St. George sailors came together on Friday evening in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay to celebrate a season of sailing successes. Despite the formal dress and elegant surroundings of the RStGYC dining room,…
Reigning World 29er Champion, Clementine Van Steenberge (National Yacht Club) who, at last week's 2023 EuroCup Final in Italy, was joined by Royal St. George's Jessica Riordan, showed their promise as a new team achieving 7th place overall and top…
Shannon Navigation: Limerick Railway Bridge Jetty Relocated for Winter Period
29th October 2023 Inland Waterways
Waterways Ireland advises masters of vessels on and users of the Shannon Navigation that the waiting jetty at the Railway Bridge in Limerick has been relocated to George’s Quay. The jetty will be reinstated to its original location in March…
Baltimore RNLI Provides Second Medical Evacuation in Two Days from Cape Clear Island
29th October 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
A resident of Cape Clear Island off the coast of West Cork was evacuated for medical assistance following an accident on Sunday. Baltimore RNLI's volunteer lifeboat crew received a call at 12.39 pm and launched their all-weather lifeboat to provide…
Strong, gusty winds and choppy seas made for a spectacular start to the 16th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre for three of the four-race fleets today. While the ULTIM, Ocean Fifty and Class 40 races set…
Day One (start): Just coming up to 4pm on Sunday, 29th October 2023, Ireland's leading solo sailor, the French-based Tom Dolan, embarked on his latest adventure to round Ireland in under four days and break the 2020 doublehanded record according to the bid…