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RNLI Participate in Frontline Emergency & Security Services Parade
5th September 2014 RNLI Lifeboats
#rnli – The RNLI will be recognised this weekend during a frontline emergency and security services spectacular in Dublin. Volunteers from the charity which saves lives at sea will take part in a unique parade aimed at raising awareness of…
Howth Yacht Club Announces New Format & Sponsor for Autumn Sailing League
5th September 2014 Howth YC
#hyc – No sooner had Howth Yacht Club successfully staged a new double–handed fixture on the capital's waters this month than the north Dublin Club is back with a further announcement on a new format for the Howth Yacht Club…
Final List of 'All Ireland Sailing' Invitees Published for Howth Competition
5th September 2014 All Irelands
#allirelandsailing – The Irish Sailing Association (ISA) has issued its final list of invitees (see below) for tomorrow's All Ireland sailing championships at Howth Yacht Club together with clarification on how the selection for the competition was conducted. The explanation follows…
Round Britain & Ireland Sailors Liam Coyne & Brian Flahive Are Sailors of the Month
4th September 2014 Sailor of the Month
#rorcsrbi – Liam Coyne of Dun Laoghaire and Brian Flahive of Wicklow are the Afloat.ie "Sailors of the Month" for August 2014, following their stunning and comprehensive success in the 1,802 mile RORC Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race. In…
Lough Derg Lifeboat Called to Boat with Damaged Driveshaft After Hitting Rock
4th September 2014 RNLI Lifeboats
#rnli – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched to assist two people on board a 40ft cruiser, adrift by Crow Island, south of the Scilly Islands on Lough Derg yesterday. On Wednesday afternoon, September 3, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg…
Wind Surf, The Final Cruise Call of the Season, to Dock at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
3rd September 2014 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
#cruiseliners – The Wind Surf – the largest ship in the Windstar Cruises fleet – will dock at Dun Laoghaire Harbour tomorrow, Thursday, 4th September at 8am. As previously reported, her arrival marks the final cruise call of the season…
#rnli –The Autumn Series at Royal Cork Yacht Club is rapidly approaching writes Claire Bateman. Once again the Cork Harbour club is extremely fortunate to have CH Marine sponsoring the series, one of the premier highlights of the sailing season…
Union Hall RNLI – The 45th Lifeboat Station in Ireland is Now Operational
3rd September 2014 RNLI Lifeboats
#rnli – The RNLI's 45th lifeboat station in Ireland has officially been put on service at Union Hall for a trial period of two years. The station boat is now a declared search and rescue asset based at Keelbeg Pier…
Courtmacsherry Completes 31–Mile Tow of Broken Down Fishing Vessel
2nd September 2014 RNLI Lifeboats
#rnli – The Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat completed its tow of the 33 ft–Fishing Vessel 'Michelle' back to the pier in Courtmacsherry after earlier today going to its rescue 31 miles offshore near the Kinsale Head Gas Fields. The four hour…
Cove Sailing Club Expect Over 100 Yachts for Annual Cobh to Blackrock Race
2nd September 2014 Cork Harbour
#cove – Starting at 13:00hrs off Cobh Promenade on Saturday, Cove Sailing Club stages its annual Cobh to Blackrock Race season highlight in Cork Harbour. The Port of Cork and Union Chandlery have once again agreed to sponsor this year's racing…
#dinghycruise – As previewed by Afloat.ie, last Saturday four visiting and five local GP14 dinghies crewed by 21 seafarers and two sea dogs set off from Youghal quay in County Cork at low water on the second annual Y2V Blackwater river…
#maritime – I was giving a talk at Bishopstown Library on the western side of Cork City during Heritage Week on the subject – "Is Ireland's Maritime Heritage Recognised as Part of Ireland's Heritage?" – outlining what had been achieved…
Central Bank Issues Commemorative Coin in honour of Irish Submarine Inventor John Philip Holland
1st September 2014 Marine Science
#submarine – The Central Bank of Ireland launched today a €15 limited edition Silver Proof collector coin to commemorate John Philip Holland [1841 - 1914], the Irish born inventor of the modern submarine. Speaking at the launch at the Marine…
#sb20 – The Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) series two for the SB20s came to a nail-biting conclusion last Thursday on Dublin Bay. With a force 5-6 southerly gusting force 8-9 forecast, the assumption by many was that there would be…
#barge – It is to take up a new berth in Lough Derg next week, but the history of a barge docked at Customs House Quay as a performance theatre is every bit as colourful and exciting as the play…
#isafsantander – The game will be wide open in the Laser and Laser Radial at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championship with large numbers gunning for World Championship glory and a Rio 2016 Olympic place. Ireland takes its place…
#rnli – Volunteer crew of Kinsale RNLI were called out on four separate occasions over a three-day period last week. On Thursday 28 August at 12.44pm, Miss Sally Ann (Baggy) went to the aid of pleasure craft, The Spirit of Kinsale,…
Extended Term Serviced Moorings Open to Boaters in Sallins, Co Kildare
1st September 2014 Inland Waterways
#moorings – Waterways Ireland intends to open the Extended Term Serviced Moorings in Sallins, Co Kildare in October 2014. The moorings in Sallins have been created with a number of services to provide a high standard of facility. The moorings…
Lough Swilly RNLI to Get First €2.4M Shannon Class Lifeboat in Ireland
1st September 2014 RNLI Lifeboats
#rnli – The RNLI has today announced that Lough Swilly lifeboat station in Buncrana, County Donegal is to be the first in Ireland to receive the new Shannon class lifeboat. The €2.4M lifeboat is the first class of lifeboat to…
#j24 – Flor O'Driscoll's Hard on Port from the Royal St.George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire has taken the J24 national title for 2014 after three days of racing at Lough Erne Yacht Club in Co Fermanagh.In the final day of…