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Sligo Bay RNLI’s volunteer crew were requested to launch by Malin Head Coast Guard shortly after 4pm on Sunday (17 September) to assist a lone sailor aboard a 38ft yacht eight miles out at sea. The inshore lifeboat Sheila and…

A young student from Ireland has died after a kayaking incident near Washington DC, as RTÉ News reports. TCD English Studies undergraduate Ella Mills had only recently relocated to New York as an exchange student at Columbia University. She was…

An injured crew member from the 53ft French Yacht TRIANA, racing around the world in the McIntyre Ocean Globe, was successfully rescued yesterday after a dramatic long-range helicopter mission. The alarm was raised early on the morning of 18th when…

Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue highlighted priorities for Ireland at the EU Fisheries Council on Monday, September 14, ahead of 2024 Fishing Opportunity negotiations. McConalogue set out Ireland’s priorities during the exchange of views ahead of the upcoming EU-UK, EU-Norway and…

Dundalk is where a team of divers from the Isle of Man visited the Co. Louth port town so to bring the bell of the steam ship flagship, S.S. Dundalk back to a grateful town. As EnergyFM reports, divers of Discover…

The Boyne Yacht Club at Mornington towards the entrance to Drogheda Port on the history-laden River Boyne came into being in 1954, when sailing was beginning its expansion thanks in part to the increasing availability of “Build-Her-Yourself” designs such as…

Irish Melges 15 sailors got some high and low-speed lessons in boat handling and sail trim in Dun Laoghaire Harbour last weekend. With top US sailor Eddie Cox from Melges USA flying in, tips and tricks were raining down all weekend. Saturday…

The last IODAI Regional Championship of the year saw a massive fleet of 172 Optimist sailors descend on the midlands club of Lough Ree last weekend to compete in the Connaught Championships. After a busy summer, it was fitting to…

A local Limerick sailing team has emerged victorious in the 43rd annual Gortmore Bell Race, held on September 9th on Lough Derg. The race is considered the longest inland sailing race in Ireland and attracted 18 entries from various sailing…

Inland Fisheries Ireland’s West/North West team were the winners of 2023’s Annual Inter Agency Sea Angling Challenge. Now in its 22nd year, the 2023 event took place in Clew Bay, Co Mayo on Friday 8 September with competitors representing IFI,…

Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe will join Dublin Port Company chief executive Barry O’Connell to officially open the resorted Victorian-era red-brick Substation at Dublin Port Centre this Friday 22 September. The former electrical substation…

The Portuguese Rescue Coordination Center is working with the McIntyre Ocean Globe crisis management team to coordinate a long-range helicopter medivac of injured sailor Stéphane Raguenes on board the French yacht TRIANA. The yacht is one of 14 entrants that…

Afloat.ie regret to record the death at the age of 83 of Mick Hunt of Howth and Connacht, who was best known for his restorations and sailing of traditional craft, but was equally adept at bringing new life to old…

The Irish Coast Guard (IRCG), a Division of the Department of Transport, has vacancies for Watch Officers at its three Marine Rescue Coordination Centres in Dublin, Valentia, Co. Kerry and Malin Head, Co. Donegal. The IRCG provides a nationwide maritime…

Lough Ree RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew helped six people on board two cruisers that ran aground on the lake. On Saturday morning, September 16th, the Lough Ree RNLI crew rescued two people on board a 40ft cruiser that had stranded…

David and Richard Marshall headed the Wednesday night dinghy league series at Cove Sailing Club in Cork Harbour in their Rankin R30. Second was Owen O’Connell in Rankin R61, and third was Maurice and Frances Kidney in their R12. Rankins…

Two months after launching, Arklow Rambler the third of seven Eco-Traders cargoships was towed from a Dutch inland shipbuilder and is this afternoon bound for the open sea, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 104.93m length overall (LOA) dry-cargo ship built by…

The world’s first methanol-enabled container vessel, Laura Mærsk was named by the EU Commission President at a ceremony held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The name for the Maersk Line's containership was revealed in the Port of Copenhagen on Thursday during a…

On Saturday evening, the Arranmore RNLI crew successfully rescued three people and their dog who were stranded on Maghera Beach due to the rising tide.  The stranded walkers, two men, a woman, and their dog, were cut off by the…

French shipbuilder, Piriou with production facilities in Europe, Africa and Asia, has been chosen to construct new vessels to serve ferry operator, the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group. As BBC News writes, the operator which links Penzance to the islands…