Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
Sir Ben Ainslie Selects Royal Irish Yacht Club's Saskia Tidey for Inaugural GB Women’s America’s Cup Squad
5th February 2024 America's Cup
Royal Irish Yacht Club's Saskia Tidey has been named as a member of the Pathway squad in the race to win the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup and retain the Youth America’s Cup for Britain. In a busy year for…
National Yacht Club's Mark Lyttle Moves Up to Fourth at ILCA 7 Great Grand Masters, Australia
5th February 2024 Laser
In the ILCA 7 Great Grand Masters 35 boat fleet,1996 Olympian Mark Lyttle of Dun Laoghaire lies fifth in Adelaide, Australia after six races sailed. The 1996 Atlanta Olympian, who won the Grand Master title in 2018 on home waters,…
Ferry Fares at CalMac Could Rise up to 40 % for Visitors to Islands Under Scottish Government Review
5th February 2024 Ferry
Ferry operator, Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) owned by the Scottish Government, could face an increase in fares for visitors to west coast islands as part of a major government review amid rising demand and costs. According to newly-published proposals, suggest that…
Ports Welcome European Parliament's Support for Restoring the 90 Day Temporary Storage Period
5th February 2024 Ports & Shipping
The European Parliament is currently discussing the Commission's proposal for a new EU Regulation on the Union Customs Code. While supporting the aims of the customs reform to significantly improve the efficiency of the customs procedures in the EU, the…
Ballycotton RNLI, a team of volunteer lifeboat crew, rescued three fishermen on board a 12-metre boat that was disabled 23 miles southeast of Ballycotton lighthouse on the County Cork coast. The rescue happened during the early hours of Sunday morning.…
Entries are now open for RYA Northern Ireland’s Team Racing Programme, following on from a successful coach development weekend last month. This RYANI programme, which is the first of its kind for Northern Ireland, aims to provide more double-handed pathway…
Workshop for Aquaculture Industry on Sanitary Surveys for Shellfish Harvesting Areas
5th February 2024 Aquaculture
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and Marine Institute will host a workshop for industry this week on the requirements relating to sanitary surveys for shellfish harvesting areas and Ireland’s implementation of the relevant legislation.…
Peel Ports Logistics Agrees Vessel Agency Deal in Liverpool for Renewable Energy Operator Drax
5th February 2024 Ports & Shipping
Peel Ports Logistics has signed a deal to become renewable energy specialist Drax’s new shipping agency service provider for vessels arriving to Liverpool importing biomass. The leading shipping and freight forwarder will support the arrival of all Drax’s ships from…
A fleet of up to 25 brave DBSC 'Spring Chicken' entrants braved strong westerly winds for the first race of the six-race series on Sunday (February 4). The blustery 25-knot westerly winds presented quite the challenge for the first race…
Royal St. George's Sean Craig Drops to Fifth in ILCA 6 Grand Masters World Championship
5th February 2024 Laser
Royal St. George's Sean Craig of Dun Laoghaire Harbour has lost the overall lead in the ILCA 6 World Championships Grand Masters Fleet in Adelaide, Australia. The Irish champion took an early lead in Sunday's opening two races, scoring two…
Shannon Navigation: Boyle Harbour Jetty Access Closure for Planned Maintenance Works
4th February 2024 Inland Waterways
Waterways Ireland advises all masters of vessels on and users of the Shannon Navigation that the westernmost section of the public jetty access at the Boyle Harbour public amenity in Boyle, Co Roscommon will be closed from Monday 5 to…
DMYC Dinghy Frostbite Series Cancelled for Third Week in a Row at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
4th February 2024 DMYC
Dun Laoghaire's Viking Marine-sponsored DMYC Dinghy Frostbite Series has been cancelled for a third week in a row due to strong winds on Dublin Bay. "Winds were forecast at 17/18 knots but gusting to 32 knots from a SSW direction",…
Extreme marine events such as marine heat waves are increasingly threatening to degrade ocean ecosystems and seafood security with potential devastating consequences to aquatic related businesses. In order to prepare for such events, the Marine Institute, with colleagues in the…
Archaeologists in Newfoundland are planning a survey of a wrecked ship which has recently washed up on the coast and may be up to 200 years old. As the BBC reports, the 24 metre-long shipwreck was found by a boy…
A north Dublin seafood business has benefited from a €160,000 expansion, with grant-aid from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR). Howth-based award-winning company Kish Fish has increased its production targets significantly as part of the project. Almost €70,000 was grant aided…
Travers and O'Riordan Take the Squib Lead at Kinsale Yacht Club Frostbite Series
4th February 2024 Kinsale
After three races sailed at Kinsale Yacht Club's Custom Rigging Frostbite Series, Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan sailing Outlaw are overall Squib keelboat division leaders on five points, two points clear of Harvey Tucker and Harvey Matthews in Fagan. KYC Club mates Colm Dunne and…
Dun Laoghaire Harbour: The Most Natural Artificial Creation In Ireland
4th February 2024 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
At sea level, the majestic granite construction of Dun Laoghaire Harbour blends so well with the many of the older buildings on the town's waterfront and its coastal surroundings that, after 200 years and more of its existence, many folk…
Royal St. George's Sean Craig Leads at ILCA 6 Masters World Championship, Australia
4th February 2024 Laser
Irish Masters ILCA/Laser champion Sean Craig of the Royal St. George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire Harbour shot straight to the top of the ILCA 6 Masters World Championship with two fourth places scored in breezy conditions in the opening races…
Cinnamon Girl's Sydney Hobart Race Exploits To Feature in ICRA Conference 2024
4th February 2024 ICRA
Kinsale's Cian McCarthy and Sam Hunt who competed in the Sunfast 3300 Cinnamon Girl in December's Sydney Hobart will be keynote speakers at next weekend's (Saturday, February 10th) ICRA conference at the Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire Harbour.…
Having been forced to slow for two days Ultim Challenge leader Charles Caudrelier has built some meaningful speed towards the east again and is heading towards Cape Horn at a little over 20 knots this morning with some 1200 nautical…