Afloat, Ireland's only dedicated watersports magazine, hits the shelves on Tuesday 14th December with a bumper 100-page Annual. Packed with all the latest news and reviews from across the sailing, motorsports and watersports worlds, Afloat's 2011 Annual also reviews a year of crests and troughs across the industry. Among the leading stories in the 2011 Annual are:
Santa for Sailors
The perfect gifts for the sailors in your lifePort of Cork
When the Clipper Race came to town, it marked a new era for the second largest natural harbour in the world
2010 - A Roller Coaster
Graham Smith looks back on a year of headline events
Dublin Bay Review
The best yet? Dublin Bay behaved and the sun shone for the DBSC season
2011 Season Preview
Fifteen major sailing events are scheduled for next season - eight in the capital's waters, four on the western seaboard and two on the south coast.
Lifeboats Ireland Profile
With the demand for call-outs on a frequent basis, the Lifeboat service
requires the most up-to-date fleet writes Jehan Ashmore.
Round Ireland Review
30 years on and Markham Nolan reviews June's fifteenth circuit of IrelandFrozen Voyage
After a voyage to Norway, Dag Pike explains he is hooked on winter cruising because it gets you away from the crowds.
Plus...
All our regulars, Island Nation with Tom MacSweeney, Inland Waterways, Soundings, News, Competitions and more
