Tall Ship Sailing News in Ireland. Events from Around the Country
#CELTIC MIST - The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group's (IWDG) new research vessel is finally set for its official launch three weeks from this coming Sunday. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, Celtic Mist - the yacht formerly sailed by late…
#TALL SHIPS RACES - 'First Mate' Keith Duffy joined Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar and new Lord Mayor of Dublin Naoise Ó Muirí on the first day of this year's Tall Ships Races to announce details of the spectacular line-up…
Danish Tall Ship Sails into Dublin as Preview to August's Tall Ships Race Finale
15th June 2012 Tall Ships
#tallships–The Tall Ship, Georg Stage, a 180-foot (57m) full-rigged Danish sail training vessel will arrive into Dublin Port tomorrow until Monday, 19th June and will give Dublin a preview of the ships that will be visiting for The Tall Ships…
#TALL SHIPS - Celtic Mist - the yacht once owned by the late former Taoiseach Charles Haughey - will soon take to the waves in its new guise as a research vessel as its refit nears completion, today's Sunday Independent…
#TALL SHIPS – Lord Mayor of Dublin, Andrew Montague started the countdown to August's Tall Ships Races arrival into Dublin today. Eighteen vessels are on the entry list for the 2012 Tall Ships Races which are set to conclude in…
#TALL SHIPS – The Tall Ships Races 2012 Dublin is organised by Sail Training International in partnership with Dublin Tall Ships Event 2012 Limited and the key lead agencies are Dublin City Council and Dublin Port Company. The Dates for…
#TALL SHIPS - Sail Training Ireland for Youth Development (STIYD) has announced a golden opportunity for the general public to sail on a tall ship. Hot on the heels of the Tall Ships Races visit to Dublin this August, a…
Dublin is set to welcome The Tall Ships Race 2012 with magnificent vessels lining the city quays of the River Liffey from 23rd – 26th August. As final host port, Dublin can expect to see up to 1 million visitors,…
The Dublin Tall Ships Liaison Team is looking for 150 volunteers to help out at the Dublin Tall Ships event this August. Organisers are recruiting Volunteer Ship Liaison Officers to ensure smooth sailing of the final leg of the event. …
#TALL SHIPS – The new Sail Training Tall Ship "SS Alexander Von Humboldt II" is set to visit Cork harbour this weekend. When launched last September the ship was the first square rigger built in Germany since 1958. Its launch was…
#TALL SHIPS – Dublin organisers will fund a minimum of twenty-five trainees to sail aboard the Tall Ships when Dublin is the final host port for The Tall Ships Races 2012 later this Summer. Magnificent Tall Ships lining the city…
#TALL SHIPS – A new Tall Ships race across the Irish Sea from Dublin to Liverpool will start in August immediately after the Tall Ships Race finishes on on Dublin Bay. The City of Liverpool, Sail Training International and Dublin…
#TALL SHIPS - The organisers of the Tall Ships Races visit to Dublin are inviting young people to get involved by becoming 'trainees' aboard the fleet as they race from Spain to Ireland this summer. The 18 ships (as of…
#TALL SHIPS - The flagship vessel for an Asgard-type sail training programme in Cork has been locked up in a boatyard since 2007, the Irish Examiner reports. The Omar B was supposed to be the focus of a Youthreach project…
#TALL SHIPS - The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) has secured three-quarters of the funding it required to refit its research vessel Celtic Mist. According to The Irish Times, the Clare Local Development Company has approved the allocation of…
#TALL SHIPS – The port city of Aalborg, Denmark, will host Sail Training International's annual Tall Ship conference in November 2013. The agreement was signed today by Aalborg Mayor Henning G Jensen and Sail Training International's President and Chairman Nigel…