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#MARITIME LECTURE - This 'Thursday's Night Talk' organised by the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) is entitled 'Round Ireland 2011 Over Two Months'. Tomorrow's talk starts at 8pm and is to be presented by Gary Owens. None members are…
#MARINE JOBS – Cowes Yacht Haven in the UK is seeking a Marketing Administrator with knowledge of the marine and event management industries to fill a new role. The post is part time with flexible hours based at our Cowes…
#BOAT NAMES - The Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatUS) has released its 22nd annual list of the top ten boat names in America, which makes for some amusing reading. “A boat name reflects the life and loves…
# MARINE – Speaking at the Atlantic Conference at Malahide on Tuesday, Matthew King representing the EU's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs, outlined the Commission's plans and indicative timetable for the Atlantic Forum to inform the EU Strategy for the Atlantic…
#NEWS UPDATE - The body of the last missing crewmember of the stricken Tit Bonhomme was recovered in Glandore Bay in West Cork on Friday, The Irish Times reports. The remains of 23-year-old Egyptian national Saied Ali Edlin were discovered…
#JOBS – Howth Yacht Club is seeking sailing instructors and Waterways Ireland is looking for contract staff to work the Royal Canal this Summer. Howth Yacht Club is recruiting a sailing instructor team for summer sailing courses. Optimist, Laser, Feva…
#LECTURE – This month's lecture organised by the Maritime Institute of Ireland (M.I.I.) is about 'Building Dun Laoghaire Harbour' and is to be presented by Colin Scudds. The lecture next Thursday (16th February) starts at 8pm and as usual takes…
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#BOAT JUMBLE – Three Irish boat jumble sales including a new venue in Cork kick the 2012 boating season off in March and April. The jumbles commence on Sunday March 25th at the Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire. They continue…
#TITANIC - Every seat has been snapped up for a special black-tie dinner in Galway next month that will recreate one of the last meals served on the Titanic. Two menus recovered from the ship have provided the inspiration for…
#BOATS FOR SALE – A 'highly spec'd and well maintained' 2007 Elan 340 has just come on the market. According to the broker Crosshaven Boatyard in Cork 'the yacht has the unique advantage of earning an income for her new…
#NEWS UPDATE - RTÉ News reports that a body found in Glandore Harbour today is that of Tit Bonhomme skipper Michael Hayes. The body of the 52-year-old from Helvick Head in Co Waterford, who went missing more than three weeks…
#BOATS FOR SALE – A 1995 Nauticat 32 that the broker says is 'a really good example of this quality pilot-house cruising yacht', a 1984 Jeanneau Arcadia 29 designed by Tony Castro, a 2005 Beneteau First 36.7 with a rig…
#MARITIME LECTURES – This weeks 'Thursday' Night Talk organised by the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) is indeed about the very strange tale of the "Ouzel Galley". Not many folk are aware that Dublin had its own maritime mystery…
#MARITIME EXHIBITION – The Loughshinny & Rush Historical Society is to host a maritime exhibition of artefacts next Thursday (9th February) at the Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Many items trawled in the locality of the fishing harbour will…
#DALKEY ISLAND PROSPECT – Environment Minister Phil Hogan has rejected a call by Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and others for a public inquiry into Providence Resources foreshore licence application to survey and drill for oil and gas in Dublin Bay, the…
