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18th February 2013

Latest Boats for Sale to Get You Afloat this Season

#boatsforsale – Is 2013 the season to get into boating? If so the Afloat Boats for sale site has a great selection of new and used yachts, dinghies, motor cruisers, RIBs and speedboats for sale on the Irish market. Here's just a few listings to get the saltwater flowing in your veins...

A Beneteau First 25 is an ideal starter boat for the family. She comes with a lifting keel, 2012 10HP outboard, 4 wheel road trailer, 5 berths and an excellent suit of sails.

A full displacement hull makes this well built pilothouse Sul Lee Fisher 23 a strong and steady boat with a big reputation for sea worthiness.

An early sixties wooden classic speedboat is one of the most interesting boats to appear on the site for a while. It's a Broom Javelin Mk 3. All original, including two tone seating upholstery and in perfect order.

Finally, a Bavaria 33 Cruiser was built in 2007 and was launched and commissioned in August 2008. She has had light use from new. Her inventory includes lazybag, furling genoa, sprayhood, full cockpit enclosure, Colour chart plotter, 6 berths, hot water, fridge and more!

A 2010 Quicksilver 640 pilothouse with a Mariner 4 Stroke 100hp outboard engine with a five year warranty. The boat comes with a Road trailer.

More boats on the left or click to go to the boats for sale site.

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16th September 2012

Quarter Tonner 'Supernova' is on the Market for €13,750

#boatsforsale – Looking for a great performer for club racing or a chance to join the growing Quarter Ton Fleet in time for the European Championships in Ireland 2013?

€13,750 gets you the professionally refitted Quarter Tonner Supernova that has an impressive list of victories including the 'Boat of the Week' title at the 2011 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Week. The boat is also a frequent top performer in Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) leagues. The boat has been dry sailed over the last five years and wintered indoors.

It's not the first competitive quarter tonner to come on the market in recent times either. Last year Kinsale's Ian Travers sold his similarly well priced top performing 'Bandit' after posting it on the Afloat Boats for Sale site.

All the details on the full Supernova Quarter Tonner advert are on the Afloat's Boat for sales website

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13th June 2012

Price Drop for Beneteau First 32 for Sale in Cork, Now Priced Under €20K

#boatsforsale– Crosshaven boatyard has just reduced the price of a 1982 Beneteau First 32 on its books from €25,900 to €19,900 which broker Hugh Mockler says reflects 'excellent value'. Full details of the yacht are on the boats for sale site. The yard also says the boat has been well looked after. She comes with a 28HP Volvo diesel engine. Loads of sails including furling genoa and pretty much ready to go afloat. Full advert here.

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29th May 2012

1995 Maxi 1000 Sailing Cruiser Reduced by €3,000

#BOATSFORSALE – The 1995 Maxi 1000 for sale through Crosshaven Boatyard in County Cork has been reduced from €72,500 to €69,500 She is in excellent condition accordinhg to the broker and can be viewed out of the water in Crosshaven. Full advert here.

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23rd May 2012

Valiant 40 Offshore Sailing Cruiser Reduced by €20,000

#BOATS FOR SALE – In excellent condition, ready for more offshore sailing and now with a big reduction in price this Valiant 40 "Swiftsure" has been reduced by €20,000 down to €97,900. Brokers Crosshaven Boatyard say she is very competitively priced against other Valiant 40's. Full details on Swiftsure are carried on Afloat's Boats for Sale site.

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3rd May 2012

Westerly 33 Sailing Cruiser is Reluctantly for Sale

#BOATS FOR SALE – Sadly for sale but for someone else to enjoy the owner of a Westerly 33 is finding the sailing cruiser too much of a commitment these days and is downsizing so the boat is for sale on Afloat.ie. The Northern Ireland based boat is on the market for £33,000.

The owner has had 'Goosewing' for about fourteen years now and cruised her extensively around the west of Scotland, Isle of Man and coast of Ireland.

In her previous ownership she did the ARC from Tenerife to Caribbean then back to the Med right to Turkey, Greece, Croatia, Italy and back to UK via the Canal de Midi.

She is well fitted out for blue water cruising with extra fuel and water tanks plus many other mods.

The Westerly 33 is one of the most spacious boats ever produced. she has proven sea keeping qualities which makes the Westerly 33 one of the most sought

after comfortable long distance cruisers.

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21st April 2012

Family Boating Fun in this Aquador 28 Motorboat for Sale at €99,0000

#BOATS FOR SALE – A 2005 version of an Aquador 28 sports cruiser is on the market through Fitzgerald Marine of Kinsale in Co. Cork. This Finnish made boat is a popular model in Ireland thanks to the pionneering efforts of distributors MGM Boats who showed off the boats suitability of the robust hull to rough Irish waters when they first imported the Scandinavian craft more than a decade ago.

The Fitzgerald marine boat at €99,000 is less than half the price of a new boat. The 28 is the largest hard top boat in the Aquador range and a bigger example of the 26 Hard Top. Aquador always make a big play about the feeling of space below deck and while this is true it is the practicality of the all weather hard top, the proven hull and wide walk-around decks that makes the Aquador 28 so safe for family use and thus so appealing for Irish boaters. Full advert here.

See all our motorboats for sale on the Afloat Boats for Sale site

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17th April 2012

Quarter Share Offered in Sailing Cruiser on the Med

#BOATS FOR SALE – Under the heading 'Boat (still) For Sale' the owner of the Beneteau Oceanis 411 'La Chacharoona' 'has had a few nibbles from his advert on the Afloat boats for sale site but alas so far no bites.

'Plan B' for the owner is to offer a quarter share in the vessel because he has 'less time than originally planned to visit her'. The hope is cruising sailors fed up with Irish weather will see this as a wonderful opportunity to buy in to Med cruising. She is based in MDL Marina's new facility in Sant Carles de la Rapita on the east coast, where berthing and maintenance fees compare favourably with Irish rates.

All the details and photos of La Chacharoona are here.

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26th March 2012

New Jeanneau Sail and Power Boats Offered in Stock Clearance Sale

#BOATS FOR SALE – Irish yacht brokers MGM Boats are having a pre-season stock clearance sale of Jeanneau power and sail boats. Prices on a range of new boats have been generously discounted with prices quoted including Irish VAT, delivery and commissioning. For example a 32–foot Sun Fast 3200 sailing boat was priced at €147,000 but is now on sale at €89,000 with 'no hidden extras'.

The brokerage firm headquartered in Dun Laoghaire has been active over the winter period at key international boat shows and attended the Dubai Show in the United Arab Emirates last weekend. More here.

Six of the discounted craft now on offer in the Spring stock clearance sale are shown below. The boats are also advertised in the Spring issue of Afloat and a PDF of the current advertisement is available to download below.

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17th March 2012

Irish Yachts Go On Sale in Middle East

#BOATS FOR SALE – Irish yachts and boats are on sale in Dubai this weekend thanks to the efforts of one Irish dealer seeking new markets for new and pre-owned Irish pleasure craft in Europe and around the world.

Enterprising broker Gerry Salmon of MGM Boats is in the Middle East this St. Patrick's weekend attending the Dubai International Boat Show. The Dun Laoghaire firm who specialise in international yacht brokerage have spent the winter months working hard to sell clients boats at foreign boat shows.

This morning His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, visited the exhibition at the Dubai Marine Sports Club. MGM are the sole Irish exhinitor. The show features over 20 superyachts of the world, 33 regional launches and 9 global premieres from some of the most prestigious names in the boating industry. MGM are Irish agents for the prestigious UK Sunseeker brand.

Not content to limit themselves to a depressed Irish market the go ahead firm headquartered in Dun Laoghaire harbour attended established shows in Southampton, London, Paris and Dusseldorf as well as Helsinki. This month the yacht broker moved its stand from the Stockholm Boat Show to United Arab Emirates and the 20th Dubai event.

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MGM's Gerry Salmon in St.Patrick's day mode at the Dubai Show today

Reporting from the show yesterday the firm's managing director Gerry Salmon said he has 'plenty of product on display and he has found good sales opportunity on the international stage'. 20% of the Dubai show-goers are UK ex-pats. 430 yachts and boats valued at Dh960m (€200m)

The Irish firm has a proven track record in the brokerage industry over the past 30 years. It offers a professional and efficient service to all of our buyers and sellers. They have established bases in the UK, Ireland and in the Mediterranean through Broker affiliates.

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Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta

From the Baily lighthouse to Dalkey island, the bay accommodates six separate courses for 21 different classes racing every two years for the Dun Laoghaire Regatta.

In assembling its record-breaking armada, Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta (VDLR) became, at its second staging, not only the country's biggest sailing event, with 3,500 sailors competing, but also one of Ireland's largest participant sporting events.

One of the reasons for this, ironically, is that competitors across Europe have become jaded by well-worn venue claims attempting to replicate Cowes and Cork Week.'Never mind the quality, feel the width' has been a criticism of modern-day regattas where organisers mistakenly focus on being the biggest to be the best. Dun Laoghaire, with its local fleet of 300 boats, never set out to be the biggest. Its priority focussed instead on quality racing even after it got off to a spectacularly wrong start when the event was becalmed for four days at its first attempt.

The idea to rekindle a combined Dublin bay event resurfaced after an absence of almost 40 years, mostly because of the persistence of a passionate race officer Brian Craig who believed that Dun Laoghaire could become the Cowes of the Irish Sea if the town and the local clubs worked together. Although fickle winds conspired against him in 2005, the support of all four Dun Laoghaire waterfront yacht clubs since then (made up of Dun Laoghaire Motor YC, National YC, Royal Irish YC and Royal St GYC), in association with the two racing clubs of Dublin Bay SC and Royal Alfred YC, gave him the momentum to carry on.

There is no doubt that sailors have also responded with their support from all four coasts. Running for four days, the regatta is (after the large mini-marathons) the single most significant participant sports event in the country, requiring the services of 280 volunteers on and off the water, as well as top international race officers and an international jury, to resolve racing disputes representing five countries. A flotilla of 25 boats regularly races from the Royal Dee near Liverpool to Dublin for the Lyver Trophy to coincide with the event. The race also doubles as a RORC qualifying race for the Fastnet.

Sailors from the Ribble, Mersey, the Menai Straits, Anglesey, Cardigan Bay and the Isle of Man have to travel three times the distance to the Solent as they do to Dublin Bay. This, claims Craig, is one of the major selling points of the Irish event and explains the range of entries from marinas as far away as Yorkshire's Whitby YC and the Isle of Wight.

No other regatta in the Irish Sea area can claim to have such a reach. Dublin Bay Weeks such as this petered out in the 1960s, and it has taken almost four decades for the waterfront clubs to come together to produce a spectacle on and off the water to rival Cowes."The fact that we are getting such numbers means it is inevitable that it is compared with Cowes," said Craig. However, there the comparison ends."We're doing our own thing here. Dun Laoghaire is unique, and we are making an extraordinary effort to welcome visitors from abroad," he added. The busiest shipping lane in the country – across the bay to Dublin port – closes temporarily to facilitate the regatta and the placing of six separate courses each day.

A fleet total of this size represents something of an unknown quantity on the bay as it is more than double the size of any other regatta ever held there.

Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta FAQs

What is Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is Ireland's biggest sailing event. It is held every second Summer at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay.

When is Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is held every two years, typically in the first weekend of July.

Where is Dun Laoghaire Regatta held?

As its name suggests, the event is based at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Racing is held on Dublin Bay over as many as six different courses with a coastal route that extends out into the Irish Sea. Ashore, the festivities are held across the town but mostly in the four organising yacht clubs.

How big is Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is the largest sailing regatta in Ireland and on the Irish Sea and the second largest in the British Isles. It has a fleet of 500 competing boats and up to 3,000 sailors. Scotland's biggest regatta on the Clyde is less than half the size of the Dun Laoghaire event. After the Dublin city marathon, the regatta is one of the most significant single participant sporting events in the country in terms of Irish sporting events.

How old is Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

The modern Dublin Bay Regatta began in 2005, but it owes its roots to earlier combined Dublin Bay Regattas of the 1960s.

How many boats compete at Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

Up to 500 boats regularly compete.

How many yacht clubs are represented at Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

Up to 70 different yacht clubs are represented.

Where do the yachts come from to compete at Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

The Channel Islands, Isle of Man, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland countrywide, and Dublin clubs.

How many boats are visiting boats at Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

Nearly half the sailors, over 1,000, travel to participate from outside of Dun Laoghaire and from overseas to race and socialise in Dun Laoghaire.

What type of yachts race in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

21 different classes are competing at Dun Laoghaire Regatta. As well as four IRC Divisions from 50-footers down to 20-foot day boats and White Sails, there are also extensive one-design keelboat and dinghy fleets to include all the fleets that regularly race on the Bay such as Beneteau 31.7s, Ruffian 23s, Sigma 33s as well as Flying Fifteens, Laser SB20s plus some visiting fleets such as the RS Elites from Belfast Lough to name by one.

What famous sailors race in Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

Some sailing household names are regular competitors at the biennial Dun Laoghaire event including Dun Laoghaire Olympic silver medalist, Annalise Murphy. International sailing stars are competing too such as Mike McIntyre, a British Olympic Gold medalist and a raft of World and European class champions.

How much does it cost to enter Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

There are different entry fees for different size boats. A 40-foot yacht will pay up to €550, but a 14-foot dinghy such as Laser will pay €95. Full entry fee details are contained in the Regatta Notice of Race document.

Where can spectators view Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

Spectators can see the boats racing on six courses from any vantage point on the southern shore of Dublin Bay. As well as from the Harbour walls itself, it is also possible to see the boats from Sandycove, Dalkey and Killiney, especially when the boats compete over inshore coastal courses or have in-harbour finishes.

How does Dun Laoghaire regatta compare to international regattas?

Very favourably. It is often compared to Cowes, Britain's biggest regatta on the Isle of Wight that has 1,000 entries. However, sailors based in the north of England have to travel three times the distance to get to Cowes as they do to Dun Laoghaire.

Why is Dun Laoghaire Regatta so unique?

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is unique because of its compact site offering four different yacht clubs within the harbour and the race tracks' proximity, just a five-minute sail from shore. International sailors also speak of its international travel connections and being so close to Dublin city. The regatta also prides itself on balancing excellent competition with good fun ashore.

Who organises Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

The Organising Authority (OA) of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta is Dublin Bay Regattas Ltd, a not-for-profit company, beneficially owned by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC), National Yacht Club (NYC), Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) and Royal St George Yacht Club (RSGYC).

What does Dun Laoghaire Regatta contribute to the local economy?

The Irish Marine Federation launched a case study on the 2009 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta's socio-economic significance. Over four days, the study (carried out by Irish Sea Marine Leisure Knowledge Network) found the event was worth nearly €3million to the local economy over the four days of the event. Typically the Royal Marine Hotel and Haddington Hotel and other local providers are fully booked for the event.