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Arctic Voyager Jarlath Cunnane Wants To Put The Record Straight On Shackleton Achievement
13th December 2023 Cruising
Arctic circumnavigator Jarlath Cunnane of Mayo has a bee in his bonnet about the Ernest Shackleton story. While most of his voyaging has been in the high Arctic, he also has extensive experience in Antarctica. And he feels that the…
Revised Edition of Northabout Published by Jarlath Cunnane
12th December 2023 Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club
Polar circumnavigator, sailor and boat builder Jarlath Cunnane is marking the publication of a revised edition of his book, Northabout, in Dublin’s Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club next week. Cunnane and crew became the first small yacht to complete the…
Two Irish Oyster Yachts 'Tír na nÓg' and 'Rí-Rá' Make Successful TransAtlantic 'ARC' Voyage
10th December 2023 Cruising
Two Irish yachts, Tír na nÓg and Rí-Rá, have successfully completed the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) from Las Palmas to St Lucia. The boats, an Oyster 565 and an Oyster 675 respectively, are safely berthed in the Caribbean port after…
A light southerly breeze and bright sunshine accompanied the 156 yachts in the 38th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers as they departed Gran Canaria bound for Saint Lucia, 2700 nautical miles away. Leading the ARC 2023 fleets were Pierre de Saint-Vincent’s…
Irish Crew on ARC Yacht Tír na Nóg Ready for Transatlantic Crossing on Sunday
18th November 2023 Cruising
Robert Rendell's Oyster 565 'Tir Na nOg' from Howth Yacht Club is among over 250 international yachts that have gathered in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria this month for their transatlantic adventure to the Caribbean with the annual ARC rally.…
Alex Blackwell, the noted voyager of Clew Bay, has a thing about moorings and anchoring. In fact, he and his wife Daria, in between intervals of oceanic cruising and making a direct administrative input with both the Ocean Cruising Club…
The ‘ARC season’ began today when 95 yachts departed Las Palmas de Gran Canaria bound for Cape Verde on leg 1 of the ARC+ transatlantic cruising rally. This is a record-breaking fleet for the event, proving the growing popularity of…
Seamus O’Connor of Bantry is October Sailor of the Month For Cruising & Services to Cruising
1st November 2023 Sailor of the Month
By October, the last of the remarkably varied international fleet of boats that had attended the Irish Cruising Club’s Conor O’Brien & Saoirse Centenary Rally in Madeira had returned to their often very distant home ports. Thus it was felt…
Howth's Robert Rendell Enters Oyster 565 'Tir Na nOg' in ARC Transatlantic Adventure
20th October 2023 Cruising
Robert Rendell's Oyster 565 'Tir Na nOg' from Howth Yacht Club is among over 250 international yachts gathering in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to prepare for their transatlantic adventure to the Caribbean with the annual ARC rally. November marks…
East Down Yacht Club Leisure 17s Continue Their 50 Years of Sailing Celebrations
24th September 2023 Northern Ireland Waters
In early September, five boats from the Leisure 17 class at East Down Yacht Club in Northern Ireland, along with a Leisure 20, a Drascombe Long Boat, and a Golden Hind 26, embarked on a 15-mile journey from Strangford Lough…
The 39ft Danish-built ketch Teddy is a familiar sight in the heart of the Connacht coast, snugly berthed along the tidal quayside at Clifden in Connemara. And when she’s not there, we can usually be sure that owner-skipper Nick Kats…
The Seafarers’ Charity is the subject of a fundraising voyage by Mark Miller, who is on an around Britain and Ireland Harbour Master Sailing Challenge. Over the last three and a half years, Mark’s voyage has taken him around England,…
Carlingford Marina Launches 'Cruising Week' to Coincide with Moneley Oyster Pearl Regatta
23rd June 2023 Irish Marinas
Carlingford Marina in County Lough has put together a 'jam-packed' schedule of events that will take place in the week leading up to this year’s Moneley Oyster Pearl Regatta. This will be the first year of the Carlingford Cruising Week,…
Cruising Association Launches Updated 'Orca Information and Reporting' Portal
24th May 2023 Cruising
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…
Len Sheil – “Skipper” to his many friends for as long as anyone can remember – was the very embodiment of Dun Laoghaire sailing with a cruising emphasis, as his father Commander Richard Sheil RNR, was Harbour Master of the…
David Beattie of the Irish Cruising Club is “Sailor of the Month (Cruising)” For March 2023
1st April 2023 Sailor of the Month
David Beattie enthusiastically follows many maritime interests. But it was a special blessing for the Irish Cruising Club, that he should become their Commodore as the Pandemic began to tighten its grip, for he has been willing to serve as…