Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
A former Dublin Bay Sailing Club racing buoy, donated to Mullaghmore Sailing Club in County Sligo several years ago, has turned up beside a rural road in landlocked County Laois. A large yellow racing buoy originally used by Dublin Bay…
Council tender covers seabed investigations for harbour dredging and ground investigations for the proposed National Watersports Campus Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is seeking contractors to carry out seabed and ground investigations at Dún Laoghaire Harbour as part of preparations for…
Philip Mayne Will Tell All About Saving Dublin’s Tugboat Rosbeg To DBOGA
8th October 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
There are few, if any, sailors in Ireland with the breadth and depth of experience accumulated by Philip Mayne of Lough Ree. A cradle sailor with the Shannon One Designs, he was Class Chairman of the SODs in 2022 when…
Irish Olympic rower Aifric Keogh has had her school club, Coláiste Iognáid Rowing Club, in Galway, name a boat after her. “For Coláiste Iognáid Rowing Club, Aifric’s achievements are a source of enormous pride. Her journey from the club’s boathouse…
From around the country, representatives of Irish Port companies have expressed frustration at the rate of progress concerning planning decisions for future developments. As RTE News reports, a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, chief executives from facilities…
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has reminded the fishing industry of the prohibition on trawling by vessels over 18 metres in length within six nautical miles of the Irish coast, which came into effect on 1 October. While described as…
A relatively small fleet of 31 Flying Fifteens has assembled in Palma de Mallorca for the 2026 European Championship, but the entry list is packed with former world, European and national champions, including a seven-boat Irish contingent. Racing began on…
World Sailing is to launch a global consultation with offshore sailors and yacht owners over the growing influence of technology on racing, confirming a move towards wider consultation highlighted by Afloat. World Sailing is to seek the views of offshore…
Pat Lawless of Dingle and Limerick had the top speed of the Golden Globe round the world fleet going into Wednesday night, with his Saga 36 Silvermines Hydro showing 7.1 knots in the brisk easterly by comparison with the 5.9…
Britain’s James Coxon has taken the lead in the Para Inclusive One Person Multihull competition at the World Sailing Inclusion Championships in Portimão, Portugal, after adding two race wins on Wednesday. The former British Laser squad sailor, who later set…
Irish sailors are on both sides of the battle for the 2026 52 Super Series title as a record 16-boat TP52 fleet gathers in Valencia for the season's final regatta. Harm Müller-Spreer's Platoon Aviation, with Oisín McClelland and Grattan Roberts…
Ireland-Grenada Internship Supports Research on Seaweed and Coastal Pollution in Caribbean
7th October 2026 Marine Science
The Marine Institute has successfully piloted an international internship programme with the School of Arts and Sciences at St George’s University in Grenada, in the West Indies, through the Our Shared Ocean capacity strengthening programme. This year the initiative has…
Review of Wild Irish Salmon Management Initiated by Minister Timmy Dooley
7th October 2026 Marine Wildlife
A review of management of wild Irish salmon has been initiated by Minister of State for the Marine and Climate Timmy Dooley. Following a review of Ireland's salmon management framework by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), the Department of Climate, Energy…
Carrybridge RNLI volunteers assisted three people in two separate incidents within 90 minutes on Saturday, 3rd of October, including a grounding near Naan Island and a person who fell into the water close to the lifeboat station. The first call…
Tributes have been paid to former Royal Irish Yacht Club Commodore Henry Leonard, who died on 25 September after a sailing life spanning more than half a century on Dublin Bay. Leonard, who was Commodore of the Dun Laoghaire club…
Kinsale Harbour Expected to Welcome at Least Six Cruise Ships Next year
7th October 2026 Cruise Liners
One of County Cork's premier tourist towns is set again to benefit from even more cruise ship visits during next year’s season, with at least six now confirmed, an increase of two for this year. Four cruise ships operating at…
Ferry passenger and freight operator, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Group, has reported a profit of £12.3m for the year ending 31 December 2025. The figure is an increase of £6.9m compared to the previous year, reports ManxRadio. The…
World Sailing's offshore rules could be heading for further scrutiny as increasingly sophisticated autopilots, sensors and computer-controlled systems raise questions over where electronic assistance ends and human endeavour begins. The rapidly expanding role of technology aboard offshore racing yachts is…
Fourteen Water Wags completed a nine-race end-of-season regatta on Lough Boderg, continuing a Shannon sailing tradition stretching back to 1903. Guy Kilroy's Swift emerged as the overall winner after a weekend that ranged from Saturday's light airs in the lake's…
Golden Globe Race 2026: Damien Guillou May Lead Into Lighter Winds
7th October 2026 Golden Globe Race
Although Damien Guillou of France continues to build on his commanding lead in the Golden Globe Race 2026, with the gap to second-placed Pat Lawless of Ireland now extended to 249 miles, it may well be that his Rustler 36…
