Although some say sailing suffers from being slower than most other sports, photographer Brian Carlin thought he could show the sport off better by making it even slower. Here's the fruits of his work, a ten hour edit from his 2011 footage.

It's a great looking team sailing van, a brilliant advert for Irish sailing and an amazing photo of a TP52, planing like a dinghy in Cork harbour! The French Paprec Recylage Sailing Team have had their entire sailing van decorated with a dramatic Bob Bateman picture from Cork week 2010. The photos…

Bob Bateman's weekend photos from the Irish South Coast Dragon Championships are on the Afloat Gallery HERE

Photo Journalist Shay Fennelly aims to increase awareness of coastal communities and the marine environment with a range of articles on aquaculture and marine wildlife. His work also includes lovely sailing photography and his latest work from this year's Crinniu na mBad captures the uniqueness of the gathering of the boats…

A second batch of photos from a windy WIORA series on the Shannon Estuary have been uploaded to the gallery by photographer Gareth Craig. Click HERE to see the action from the Royal Western Yacht Club.

On the gallery are the latest images from Gareth Craig of Fotosail from the West of Ireland Offshore Racing Association (WIORA) Championships being sailed on the Shannon Estuary. Click HERE to go the gallery.