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#olympicsailing – The eyes of the sailing world will be back on Annalise Murphy when she returns to Weymouth next week with the world's Olympic medallists returning to the venue of the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition for the next round…
#squib – With weather and wind conditions that ranged from light and shifty to strong and gusty, the Rodgers & Browne Irish Squib Northerns took place last weekend (30/31st May) at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club. After very…
Dun Laoghaire Lifeboat Crew Honoured for 'Difficult Rescue' of Kitesurfer
1st June 2015 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
#lifeboat – A brave Dun Laoghaire inshore lifeboat trio have been honoured with an RNLI award for a difficult rescue off Sandymount last year. Helmsman Rory Bolton along with Dan O'Sullivan and Damien Payne have received 'special recognition' and a framed…
#disabledsailing – The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is to campaign for Disabled Sailing's inclusion in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and has appointed VERO Communications to advise and support its campaign. The decision to press the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)…
#oceantocity – Cork harbour waters featured a flotilla of over 180 Irish and international boats taking part in the Ocean to City, An Rás Mór on Saturday. A record number of boats competed in the race which saw competitors row 28km…
#flyingfifteen – Betty sailed by Dave Gorman & Chris Doorly won the two races at the weekend where 17 Flying Fifteen fleet turned out in the DBSC Saturday series. Tom & Eamon Galvin also had a great day getting two…
#survey – Today, a multi-national team of European, Canadian, and American ocean mapping experts launch the first trans-Atlantic mapping survey under the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance.The survey is one of the first projects to be launched by the Alliance, formed…
#rathlin – The Rathlin Sound Maritime Festival was celebrating its most successful run in the Festival's history, until high winds affected the crossings on the Rathlin Sound, according to Causeway Coast and Glens Tourism Officer, Caroline Carey. It was estimated…
#sb20 – Strong and gusty north westerlies on Dublin Bay have led to the cancellation of the SB20 DBSC racing today. The Dublin Bay buoy located next to the SB20 race track showed an average wind speed of 23–kts and gusts of…
#dbsc – Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 30 MAY 2015 BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1. Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M Branigan), 2. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power) BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Levante(M.Leahy/J.Power), 3.…
#saildlr – Annalise Murphy will take Ireland's only Laser Radial spot for this summer's Test Event in Rio following a successful trial event at the Eurosaf event in Medemblik this week in which she won silver in the medal race…
#saildlr – 'Nice to be back at the front!' declared Annalise Murphy after taking two race wins this afternoon to add to her tally of four at Delta Lloyd regatta this week. The Irish Laser Radial Olympian is in second place…
#superyachtdrop – Time to check your insurance policy! This 131ft superyacht was being hoisted on a container vessel in the port of Colon in Panama on Tuesday. However, this routine procedure went wrong when the lifting straps around the superyacht broke,…
#inland – The Clodha Wheelyboat, a wheelchair accessible flat deck boat, was today launched by Minister of State for Natural Resources, Joe McHugh TD, at Rooskey Lough, Co Donegal. The Clodha is the first boat of its kind in the…
#flyingfifteen – On a great evening for sailing on Dublin Bay with an incoming tide and winds from the west varying from 10–knots to gusts of 25 the Flying Fifteen fleet turned out in good numbers again with 13 boats…
#ringsakiddy – The Port of Cork has welcomed the decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for the Ringaskiddy Port Redevelopment project in the lower harbour. The development, which will ultimately amount to an investment of around €100…
#isora – It's always 'darkest before the dawn' the song goes on this onboard video from last weekend's 'frustrating but enjoyable' ISORA offshore weekend. An exhuasting overnight race from Holyhead to the Isle of Man in fickle conditions bore out the…
#The National Yacht Club's Annalise Murphy continued her assault on an 82–Laser Radial fleet in a bitterly cold edition of the Delta Lloyd regatta in Holland yesterday. The Newstalk sponsored solo sailor scored a second race win and a third…
#dbsc – Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 28 MAY 2015 BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Levana (Jean Mitton), 2. Prospect (Chris Johnston),3. After You Too (Michael Blaney) BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 2. Prospect (ChrisJohnston), 3. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty)…
#multihull – Competitors from all the cat clubs came to Ballyholme Yacht Club last weekend to have some great racing over short course format with multiple starts. Saturday dawned with little and fickle winds but when the SW building breeze settled…
