Afloat.ie Team
Afloat.ie is Ireland's dedicated marine journalism team.
Have you got a story for our reporters? Email us here.
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…
#loveboating – Poor old Tim O'Brien appears so down in the dumps about his River Shannon Motor Cruiser that he's outlined ten reasons why he 'hates his boat' in today's Irish Times here. Tim imagined a life of ease, messing…
#29er – Day two of the 29er worlds in Pwllheli in North Wales got off in almost identical conditions to day one. 15 knots South West constant, gusting mid 20's, moderate seas and with the sun shining bright by 11:30, this…
#ircwales – Plas Heli in North Wales hosts the IRC Welsh National Championships from 21st to 23rd August with competitors entered from all corners of the Irish Sea catchment area including Irish stars Jump Juice from Royal Cork Yacht Club…
#isora – The light and variable winds forecasted for Cardigan Bay also caused problems for the Race Committee for the Pwllheli rendition of the ISORA Night Race writes Stephen Tudor The course was confirmed at 1730hrs on Friday and this took…
Team Volvo Steph Bridge and her 15–year–old son Guy have successfully kitesurfed the 60–mile circumference around the Isle of Wight both making it round in less the 4 hours beating the current record. Guy Bridge is now the youngest person…
#lifesaving – Ireland's top Lifeguards have won 18 medals in Wales at the European Lifesaving Championships. Ireland have never won so many medals at and International event before. Medal Winners were:Bernard Cahill from Clare won Gold in the Surf Swim…
#wakeboard – Irish wakeboarder David O'Caoimh, (21) from Dublin, delivered an incredible performance at the European and African Championships held this weekend in The Netherlands, to take the Gold Medal. David took the highest score through each qualifying heat to…
#rnli – The crew of Bundoran RNLI lifeboat were called out on Sunday evening (9 August 2015) to a body boarder in difficulty at Rossnowlagh Beach. Following a 999 call to Malin Head Coast Guard, the crew were paged just…
#vor – The 70ft Green Dragon that represented Ireland in the 2009 Volvo Ocean race leaves Ireland for good today when she departs Galway at lunch–time. It's new Austrian owner is moving the yacht to the Mediterranean to be berted in…
#howth17 – An eminent sailing scribe once suggested that the Howth Yacht Club's historical keelboat class defied physics by proving that friction actually creates energy and Saturday's Howth 17 National Championships compounded that observation once again. The cancellation of the…
#youthsailing – The sole Irish 29er sailed by skiff debutantes Harry and Johnny Durcan of Royal Cork lie 52nd in a fleet of over 190 at the 2015 Zhik 29er World Championship in Pwllheli, North Wales. The conditions improved after…
#cowesweek – The second day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week delivered perfect conditions, with bright sun and decent winds. A west-south westerly breeze built gradually through the day to give gusts approaching 20 knots by early afternoon. With 30-degree…
#flyingfifteen – It's for days like this that we sail Flying Fifteen's, a sunny afternoon with a nice building breeze. The tide was coming in but we were tucked well into Seapoint so it didn't have a big effect, the same…