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#laser – The National Yacht Club's Evie Byrne and Hugh Perrette finished as top Irish sailors at the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships in Medemblik, Holland today.Byrne was the top ranked Irish girl placing 25th in the Gold Fleet (full…
What an incredible photo of the meteor shower last night at the Beacon in Baltimore taken by Michael Stephen last...
Posted by Best Photo's Of Baltimore Ireland on Thursday, 13 August 2015
#meteorbaltimore – The Beacon in Baltimore was just one place last night to see the ongoing Perseid meteor shower, which will be visible in the Irish night sky until tonight.Wednesday night saw the highest level of activity for the shower,…
#sb20 – The Dun Laoghaire SB20 sportsboat fleet have announced a number of new additions to the class. Coming just weeks after the addition of Chris Chapman and Yachtsman.ie (IRL 3443) to the Dun Laoghaire fleet, former SB20 regular Chris…
#420 – A Royal Cork and Malahide Yacht Club combination of Peter McCann and Cara McDowell top Irish hopes in the gold fleet of the 420 Junior Europeans in Bourgas, Bulgaria. The duo are 19th and two places ahead of Douglas Elmes and Colin O…
16 Irish Compete at Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships, NYC's Evie Byrne in Gold Fleet
14th August 2015 Laser
#laser4.7youth – Ireland have five girls and 11 boys competing in the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships in Medemblik, Holland where over 30 countries and 400 sailors are participating. After 10 races sailled and two discarded in the under 16 Worlds division,…
#national18 – After a week of racing in varying conditions with wind from 5 to 25 knots and with eleven of the new Phil Morrison Ultra Design boats sailing Chris Bateman has published this youtube video of the Cock o'The…
#29erworlds – Another late night with sailors coming off the water at 1945pm with 3 races held in the Gold fleet. Harry and Johnny Durcan from Royal Cork lie second in the silver fleet. Full results here. The morning breeze…
#fastnet – Irish Team – on the "Kilcullen Yoyager" compete for the first time in the Rolex Fastnet Race, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Sunday 16th August On Sunday 16th August Ireland will be represented for the first time in the…
Kitesurf Round Dalkey Island Speed Record Bid Scrubbed Due to Lack of Wind
13th August 2015 Kitesurfing
#dalkeyislandrecord – A Royal St. George backed bid to break the 25–minute Round Dalkey Island Speed Record by kitesruf this morning has been called off due to lack of wind. Jade O'Connor was attempting to beat the existing record set…
Dublin Kitesurfer To Make Round Dalkey Island Speed Record Bid This Morning
13th August 2015 Kitesurfing
#rounddalkeyisland – Plucky Irish kitesurfer Jade O'Connor will make an attempt to break the 25–minute Round Dalkey Island speed record on Dublin Bay this morning. O'Connor, who produced a medal winning finish at the ISAF World Cup in Palma in…
#cowesweek – Cowes Week today was a beautifully warm day with a stable east-north-easterly air flow over the Solent area that mostly averaged 9-11 knots, with a few stronger gusts, making for excellent racing conditions. The day saw the first…
#fastnet – A record-sized fleet, at present standing at 372 boats (up from 335 in 2013), is entered in this 90th anniversary Fastnet Race. On Sunday this will be split between seven starts, setting off west down the Solent from…
Afloat.ie, the Irish sailing, boating and maritime website, has reached a high water mark this summer, informing and entertaining a larger boating audience than ever before. Based on analytics, Afloat.ie readership was up ten per cent on the same period…
Despite best efforts, no racing was held in Pwllheli, Wales yesterday. As Afloat reported previously, two Irish boats are competing, the Durcan twins from Royal Cork and Blathnaid O'Connell and Heather Sword. What little breeze was forecasted never settled to anything…
#420 – Howth Yacht Club's Douglas Elmes and Colin O'Sullivan lead Irish hopes after two days racing at the 420 Junior European Championships. The pair lie 14th in a 90–boat fleet. Next best Irish is Royal Cork pairing Peter McCann and Cara McDowell in…
Off to Rio for @AqueceRio_en Olympic test event! With less then a year to go until Rio 2016, I can't wait to get out for the practice run!
— Annalise Murphy (@Annalise_Murphy) August 10, 2015
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is set to welcome Irish crews among 339 sailors from 52 nations for the important Aquece Rio regatta – International Sailing Regatta 2015, the Olympic test event, from 15-22 August 2015. Representing Ireland in the Providence…
#fireball – If the upcoming Pwllheli GUL World Championships for the Fireball Class are a light weather event, four of the five Fireballs who took to the water in tonight's DBSC race had a good work out writes Cormac Bradley.…
#dbsc – Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 11 AUGUST 2015 CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Asterix (Boushel/Meredith/Counihan) Ensign - 1. INSS 2 (A Rumball) FIREBALL - 1. Clandog Millionaire (J & C Clancy), 2. No Name (S Oram),3. No…
Royal Cork Set To Race Again At New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup
11th August 2015 New York Invitational Cup
#royalcork – Just one month remains before the start of the fourth edition of the Rolex New York Yacht Club (NYYC) Invitational Cup. Taking place from September 12 to 19 at Harbour Court, the New York Yacht Club's summer home…
#bantryblueway – Munster's first ever Blueway has been launched in Bantry today. The Bantry Blueway will take paddlers on a 2km, 6km or 9km water trail in the picturesque Bantry Harbour in West Cork and encompasses up to seven different…