Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
Ireland's fastest sailor bar none has signed a new deal with sponsor Wind and Wave of Monkstown, Co Dublin. WIndsurfer John Kenny holds the Irish speed record, hitting 40.44 knots along a thin strip of water on January 31 of…
There seems no end to the rise and rise of Laser's SB3, which continues to fit into clever packages and generate smart marketing strategies. The boat has usurped its older, fatter sister, the 1720, taking over the Liffey Challenge with…
Alright, this one's not technically Afloat, per se, but award for paint job of the year goes to landscaper Peter Donegan and his 33-foot lake cruiser. 'Pour L'amour de Jeux' (For the love of the game) arrived in the Phoenix…
As legal challenges crystallised over Ireland's Olympic Star nomination, it's business as usual for the majority of those involved in the Olympic sailing process. Solicitors' letters arrived at the ISA's offices towards the end of last week, making formal legal…
Debutante 1720 helmsman Martin Byrne, sailing Key Events, eased home to overall victory following the dismasting of his nearest rival in blustery conditions on Dublin Bay for the final round of the Royal Alfred's Superleague on Saturday. In Tralee Bay…
A £500,000 plan geared towards the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and the formation of the next Olympic sailing team will be top of the agenda at the Irish Sailing Association's Olympic forum next week. Hosted by Richard Burrows, chairman of…
PLANS to introduce a week long regatta on Dublin Bay to be known as Dun Laoghaire Week - hinge on the readiness of Dun Laoghaire's 500 berth marina promised for the 1997/98 sailing season. The co ordinated plan to host…
A team of twenty RNLI lifeboat men and women will take part in an emergency exercise this weekend in Fermanagh and Donegal bringing in disaster experience from Africa, floods created by power stations and helicopter drops in the hills. The…
Foxy lady is a welcome arrivalYou can't buy a SeaRay 250 SLX here yet but Simon Everett says she will be this season's headturner.
50 Feet of Sheer ClassAfloat's 2006 test programme was completed with our correspondent Graham Smith taking Beneteau's Oceanis 50 for a spin around Dublin Bay.
N for Najad and Nice...Very Nice!Afloat's regular boat tester Graham Smith certainly enjoyed putting the new Najad 332 through its paces in a brisk breeze and flat seas off Howth.
On the Heels of the Handsome one Afloat's Graham Smith tried out the new Hanse 370 to find out why it proved so popular at the recent Irish Boat Show
She's got Bite Robert Bateman is smitten by the Cobra 8.6m RIB.
Room to Roam The new Bayliner 300SB offers more headroom and more space.
Sydney Harbour skiff sailor David Cummins' ability to mount a successful 49er campaign for Sydney 2000 will depend - in part - on his ability to locate a crew partner from the hundreds of sailors gathered in Crosshaven for Heineken…
In a week of highs and lows for Irish youth sailing, there was much encouragement in the lead being regained at the Mirror World Championships in Canada whereas at home the National Optimist team's last chance for a top world…
The National Yacht Club's Roger Bannon broke Derek Joyce's winning grip on the Mermaid national title at the national championships off Wexford Harbour yesterday. A change in conditions brought a change in race leaders at the half-way stage of the…
A second in Class One at the Admiral's Cup off the English south coast and a pre world championship win in Canada have put Dun Laoghaire crews in commanding weekend positions on both sides of the Atlantic. The Royal Irish…
East Antrim's Colin Lough (15) heads Ireland's five-boat team into next week's Optimist single-handed world championships at Carrickfergus Sailing Club. The Northern Ireland club and adjoining marina complex are on target to set a new world record when they welcome…
