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On Sunday, one of the newly-launched hot favourites for the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s (RORC) 50th Rolex Fastnet Race in July, Ino Noir, had its boat christening ceremony at RORC, Cowes. The liquid crimson 45ft monohull will catch the eye…

The Cruising Association (CA) has launched an updated online portal and web pages for orca information and reporting, resulting from a year-long effort to gather and analyse data on orca interactions. The updates to the portal and web pages reflect…

Less than three months after being selected for the "Cap sur Elles" initiative - which provides support for a pair of young female sailors to take part in the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre double-handed race to Martinique –…

The 50th-anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event, the Rolex Fastnet Race, will set sail in just under two months’ time on Saturday, 22nd July, from Cowes to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in northern France via Ireland's Fastnet Rock. The…

Following the Mid-Year Meeting of the World Sailing Council, the World Sailing Board has met to consider the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in response to guidance for International Federations from the International Olympic Committee. All Council…

The fish-eating Osprey, which became extinct here 150 years ago, are to be reintroduced to Ireland this summer. Minister of State Malcolm Noonan said that the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is “ready to move forward” by reintroducing the…

As those who sail will know, sailing is a pastime from which deep and long-lasting friendships are often formed. One such example of this can be found at Malahide Yacht Club, where a friendship between a group of kids who…

A man in his 40s has died in hospital after an incident involving a jet ski in Carlingford Lough on Monday evening (22 May), as RTÉ News reports. The man and a woman were recovered from the water following reports…

First staged in 1904, Howth YC’s annual Lambay Race claims to be unique in offering keelboats of all types a taste of the offshore racing experience while remaining within safe coastal limits. It could be argued that the race round…

One of Australia's leading yacht racing clubs – and the organisers of the world Famous Sydney Hobart race – will adopt IRC as its single rating rule for the 2023/24 season due to the divergence between IRC and ORC that…

Shirley Gilmore emerged the ILCA 6 Radial winner in last night's single DBSC Dinghy race on Scotsman's Bay, to the east of Dun Laoghaire Harbour. After last Tuesday's cancellation, May 23rd's light but sunny conditions produced a fine turnout of dinghies…

Inshore fishermen say that new EU regulations on spurdog make the re-opened fishery less worthwhile. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has published regulations for the commercial fishery of spurdog in north-western waters, noting that it had been a prohibited…

With the youth sailing nationals out of the way, the season is launched for the club's junior and youth sailors, writes National Yacht Club Head Coach Thomas Chaix. If the NYC flagship event - the 133 boats Optimist Leinsters - has been…

Following a successful outing for Irish Cape 31 interests at the Vice Admiral's Cup on the Solent last weekend, there is confirmation this week that the 2023 Irish National Championships will be raced at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR) this…

Supporting the accelerated growth of the fixed offshore renewable energy (ORE) sector is a key component of the Port of Cork Masterplan 2050, which was launched on Friday (19 May) by Transport Minister Eamon Ryan and Finance Minister Michael McGrath.…

Bangor RNLI lifeboat came to the aid of two people on Sunday after their 8m yacht broke down in Ballyholme Bay on Belfast Lough. The volunteer crew were requested to launch their inshore lifeboat by Belfast Coastguard at 1.21 pm…

Royal Cork's Nigel Young from Cork Harbour and the National Yacht Club's Will Byrne from Dun Laoghaire were part of the winning crew of Black Seal that successfully defended its Club Swan 36 class title at the Sardinia Challenge in Villasimius…

An exhibition this autumn marking the golden jubilee Commander Bill King’s solo sail around the world is one of a number of events planned by Galway Bay Sailing Club (GBSC) commodore Johnny Shorten to pay tribute to an “unsung hero”. It…

This coming weekend’s annual Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival makes its welcome post-pandemic return from Friday, May 26th until Sunday, May 28th, with the well-proven formula of events afloat tailor-made for the local and visiting classic and traditional craft being neatly…

As Royal Cork Yacht Club prepares to stage the Quarter Ton Cup in July, it's clear the form boat is Sam Laidlaw’s BLT which has been winning all around them on the Solent. Laidlaw’s BLT won the Class for the third regatta…