Irish Sailing and Yacht Club News. Regattas, Race Reports & Results
Thursday 11 July 2024 will see the welcome return of Plymouth Race Week. There will be three great events happening simultaneously during the four-day regatta taking place over three racecourses in Plymouth Sound National Marine Park on the south-west coast…
Container Giant Maersk to Send Almost all Ships via Suez Canal as Schedule Shows
28th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
Container shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has diverted 26 of its own vessels around the Cape of Good Hope in the last 10 days or so, while only 5 more were scheduled to start the same journey according to detailed breakdown…
This year is expected to be the warmest 12 months on record for Ireland, Met Éireann’s provisional state of the Irish climate report says. Temperatures in 2023 beat the previous warmest year of 2022, and for the first time, Ireland’s…
Six county outdoor recreation officers are to be appointed as part of a €2 million package of measures to support the development of “County Outdoor Recreation Plans”, Minister for Rural Affairs Heather Humphreys has said. Funding of €1.28 million over…
Clipper Race "One of the Most Remarkable Challenges" for a "Rank Amateur" - Connemara Participant
28th December 2023 Clipper Race
Spare a thought for the Clipper Race participants who spent Christmas Day at sea and hope to make it to Newcastle, Australia for New Year’s Day. “Rewarding, but really, really tough” is how Connemara sailor Paddy Moran (34), on board…
The year in figures August was the busiest month in 2023. The 44 Coast Guard Units were mobilised on 1,278 separate occasions. Coast Guard Helicopters conducted 796 missions. Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats were tasked on 850 occasion Community inshore…
Cahalane's Alive Finishes Sydney-Hobart Race as Overall Leader After Line Honours Slow-Moving Drama
28th December 2023 Sydney to Hobart
Early morning in summer with the sunshine gradually strengthening on the Hobart in Tasmania waterfront, and the Derwent Estuary off it, should be a time for gently wakening into the new day. But Thursday, December 28th 2023 has had bouts…
Chances of a Second Tasmanian Win are 'Alive' in Sydney Hobart Race
28th December 2023 Sydney to Hobart
Duncan Hine and his international crew (including Irish-born Adrienne Cahalane) aboard Tasmanian entry, Alive, have kept the Reichel/Pugh 66s chances of winning a second Sydney Hobart well and truly alive, having crossed the finish line at 3.19.04 hours in Hobart…
The Final Mile Decides 2023 Sydney Hobart Line Honours in Favour of LawConnect
27th December 2023 Sydney to Hobart
In what has been an epic race from start to finish, Christian Beck’s LawConnect has lost her bridesmaid tag of the last three years to claim line honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race…
Sydney Hobart Race 2023 Has Been Reluctant To Provide Idyllic Sailing
27th December 2023 Sydney to Hobart
With the warmth of the new Thursday morning beginning to make its presence felt in Tasmania, the chances are increasing of a favourable breeze to bring the Super-Maxi Andoo Comanche (John Winning) to the line honours victory in this often…
Harland & Wolff Backed Rival to Isles of Scilly Ferry Firm Steps in to 'Save Christmas' Supplies
27th December 2023 Ferry
Off England’s southwest coast is where a ferry war between operators, one running and the other hoping to run passenger and freight services between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been heating up in the run-up to Christmas. The…
Manx Politician Says Ferry Operators’ Board 'Should be Thoroughly Ashamed of Themselves'
27th December 2023 Ferry
A Member of the House Keys (MHK) has joined several other politicians in voicing concerns regarding Isle of Man Steam Packet officers that were served with notice of termination on Friday evening (22 Dec), describing it as 'abhorrent behaviour'. Seafarers’…
Photographer's Depiction of Inis Meáin Across a Half Century Due To Be Broadcast on TG4
27th December 2023 Island News
A photographer’s depiction of the passage of time on an Irish offshore island is captured in a television documentary due to be broadcast on TG4 on Thursday (Dec 28) Fifty years ago, photographer Chris Rodmell “captured the soul” of the…
Christmas Tree in A Currach - Life on Inis Treabhair Depicted in New Book
27th December 2023 Currachs
The tough realities of Irish island life are depicted in a new memoir of the Connemara island of Inis Treabhair. The last years of an Irish-speaking community are recorded by Micheál Ó Conghaile in his book, An Island Christmas. The…
Caro Back In Reckoning In Sydney Hobart Race As Track To East Is Rewarded
27th December 2023 Sydney to Hobart
Max Klink's "Super TP52", the Botin 52 Caro with Gordon Maguire (ex-Howth) and Cian Guilfoyle (Dun Laoghaire) on the strength, and racing for New Zeland where she was built - even though her sail number says Cayman Islands, while her…
Skipper of J/99 Rum Rebellion Gives Details of Sydney Hobart Two Handed Race Retirement
27th December 2023 Sydney to Hobart
The J/99 Rum Rebellion (Shane Connelly and Tony Sutton), which retired from the Sydney Hobart Race overnight, has returned to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. More details on the boat’s retirement have become available. Skipper Shane Connelly has reported…
Sydney Hobart Line Honours Race is Set to Provide a Thrilling Finale
27th December 2023 Sydney to Hobart
The race for line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is poised to provide two thrilling finales in one as the leading boats continue their charge towards Tasmania. Up front in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s race…
Sorry Status of Salmon in Upper River Lee Is ‘Environmental Catastrophe’
27th December 2023 Your Say
Writing to Afloat.ie, reader Joan Twomey bemoans the lack of attention on the sorry status of salmon on the upper River Lee It is heartening to read about so much EU and Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) collaboration regarding Greenland salmon…
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured convictions against two men for an illegal netting incident in which three Atlantic salmon died. The case was heard at Ennis District Court on Friday 27 October. Tom Corry and Flan Considine, both from…
MSO Seeks Applications for Authorisation to Act as Recognised Security Organisations (Ports)
26th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
The Marine Survey Office (MSO) of the Department of Transport is seeking applications from interested parties who wish to act as Recognised Security Organisations - RSO (Ports) for the period from January 2024 to 31 December 2028. The authorisation will…