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Stephen Lysaght’s Reavra Too is setting the pace in the cruiser/spinnaker IRC and ECHO fleets of the Kinsale March League
Two races into the March cruiser league at Kinsale and heading for the conclusion of the Frank Godsell series this Sunday, Stephen Lysaght’s Reavra Too is setting the pace in the cruiser/spinnaker IRC and ECHO fleets, while Alan Mulcahy’s Apache…
Drone view of current Leg 3 leaders Team Malizia on Day 23 (Thursday 23 March)
The IMOCA teams have the end of the hardest part of the longest leg in the history of The Ocean Race in sight. On Friday afternoon UTC (24 March), the most iconic of landmarks to offshore sailors — Cape Horn…
Brian Fitzgerald of Simply Blue Group (left) and Kinsale Yacht Club's Anthony Scannell with some of the prizes on offer at June's Sovereign’s Cup that was launched on Friday at the West Cork club
Sixty per cent of the entries have already been received for June's Simply Blue Group Sovereign’s Cup at Kinsale Yacht Club on the south coast of Ireland. The 15th edition of the biennial regatta will run from 21st to 24th June…
RYA Northern Ireland's First Ever Hall of Fame night at the Crowne Plaza in Belfast, had numerous speakers, including RYA CEO Sara Sutcliffe MBE, RYA Chair Chris Preston, RYA Northern Ireland’s Chief Operating Officer Greg Yarnall and RYA Northern Ireland’s Chair Susan McKnight. The Hall of Fame inductees were Irish Olympian and Race Officer Bill O’Hara OBE, Fireball sailor and former RYANI chair Maeve Bell OBE, GP14 sailor Curly Morris OBE and sailing historian James Nixon
Four sailors have been inducted into RYA Northern Ireland’s Hall of Fame at a special gathering in Belfast. Sailors, club members, and sports representatives from right across NI joined together in Belfast for its first-ever Hall of Fame and the launch of…
Alex Thomson during the 2020/2021 Vendée Globe
Welsh Solo offshore Alex Thomson, who has ties to Cork Harbour in Ireland, has bought Banque Populaire’s IMOCA 60 following the team’s withdrawal from the next Vendée Globe in 2024 due to the controversial circumstances over dropping female skipper Clarisse Crémer.…
Irish Sailor Tom Dolan is setting out to break the single-handed Round Ireland speed sailing record
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan plans to return to his native Ireland from France in May when he will seek to break the singlehanded record for sailing 698 nautical miles around Ireland. The skipper of Smurfit Kappa –Kingspan is aiming…
In 2024, Double-Handed Champion James Harayda will take on his first 'Everest of Ocean Racing', the solo 2024 Vendée Globe
Royal Ocean Racing Club member, and aspiring Vendee Globe Sailor, James Harayda is just 25 years old and already a two-time British Double Handed National Champion, racing with teammate Dee Caffari on Sun Fast 3300 Gentoo. In 2022, racing in…
Kirsten Neuschäfer leads the Golden Globe Race and is first in the doldrums; it’s warm and dry, but lacking wind for her taste
Only three sailors are racing for the finish in the solo round-the-world Golden Globe Race, and it’s getting really close! Who will be the first to cross the finish line in Les Sables d’Olonne? Who will win this incredibly disputed…
Ian Herbert-Jones approaches Cape Horn in extreme conditions with a broken windvane, after days of ‘biblical’ conditions
Way before the start of the Golden Globe Race in Les Sables d’Olonne, the last stretch to Cape Horn was always a concern for Ian Herbert-Jones (GBR). It became more of a worry for him in the South Atlantic when…
Rounding Cape Horn is said to be the nautical equivalent of reaching Mount Everest's summit. It's also considered part of the fastest route to sailing around the world. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Chairman of the independent Cape Horn Hall of Fame Selection Committee, says: “This year, we are looking for Cape Horners past and present who have made a significant contribution to the sport of sailing, either solo or leading a crew around the world’s most infamous Cape.”
True to its tradition of hosting world-famous sailors, Les Sables d'Olonne, the global capital of single-handed ocean racing, is now home to the International Association of Cape Horners Cape Horn Hall of Fame. The International Association of Cape Horners (IACH)…
Biotherm skipper Paul Meilhat and Anthony Marchand on deck during a sail change in the Southern Ocean on Wednesday 22 March
For 50 years of The Ocean Race, sailors have considered the Southern Ocean leg — the racing that takes place between Cape Town and Cape Horn, deep in the southern latitudes — as the biggest milestone in the event. Rounding…
Schull Community College Team 1 captained by Rory Harrap, with Lille Kingston, Daniel Copithorne, Fionn Keogh, Rocio Garcia Coello and Lara Goerner were Munster Schools Team Racing Championships winners
Schull Community College Team 1 were the victor at the Munster Schools Team Racing event hosted by the Fastnet Marina Outdoor Education Centre (FMOEC) at Schull in West Cork on Saturday, the 18th of March. The team Captain was Rory…
The ILCA 7 solo campaigner for Paris 2024, Finn Lynch, is among the beneficiaries of an Olympic Federation Ireland grant
Paris 2024 Irish Olympic sailors are among athletes across sixteen sports who were awarded a total amount of €115,000 to support their performance through an Olympic Federation of Ireland athlete's fund ILCA 7 solo campaigner Finn Lynch, who just finished…
Circumnavigator Conor O’Brien in a relaxed mood at Saoirse’s helm as she proves unexpectedly fast running south in the Portuguese Trades, June 1923
The Irish Cruising Club (ICC) gathers in County Sligo for its annual dinner this weekend, at which Commodore Dave Beattie will launch a new edition of Conor O'Brien's 'Across Three Oceans' to mark the centenary of the circumnavigation. As Afloat…
The former Maxi 72s approach Capri's famous Faraglioni rocks during the 2022 IMA Maxi Europeans
Pre-registration for the International Maxi Association’s second Maxi European Championship ended last Wednesday, with the entry list already exceeding the 25 participating in 2022,  writes James Boyd. For a second year the IMA Maxi European Championship will be part of Tre…
Marine Institute's Research Facility in Furnace, Newport, Co Mayo
The Marine Institute's Research Facility in Furnace, Newport, Co Mayo, will open its doors to primary school students this month, and hold an Open Day for all on Sunday, 2nd April 2023, from 11 am to 4 pm. Pupils from…
With less than a week to go until the reduced early bird entry fee for July's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta expires, you could be in with a chance to win a Dubarry holdall and backpack set in the regatta's latest…
The German-flagged Tall Ship Alex Von Humboldt II has arrived on Dublin Bay
As if to signal the start of summertime this Sunday, a magnificent three-masted Tall Ship arrived on Dublin Bay this morning, and with her spring arrival, the promise - perhaps - of a bumper 2023 Irish boating season ahead. The German-flagged…
Onboard Team Holcim-PRB, Sam Goodchild is checking on the computer as the fleet passes the most remote point on Earth on Tuesday 21 March
The Ocean Race fleet passed Point Nemo just after 1730 UTC on Tuesday (21 March), leaving the most remote and isolated place on the ocean in their wake. It likely didn’t feel as isolated as it usually would. All four…
European Fisheries Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius (left) with Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue at Monday’s Agricultural and Fisheries Council in Brussels
Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue welcomed the conclusion on Monday (20 March) of prolonged negotiations between the European Union and Norway, resulting in a bilateral fisheries agreement for 2023. And for Ireland, the outcome is an 89 per cent increase in…
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