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#matchrace – Team Ireland with skipper Philip Bendon are the new Match Race Youth European Championship for 2013. Bendon's three man crew on Lake Constance yesterday included cousin James Bendon from Cork, Christopher Tiernan and Bruno Van Dyke. The Irish…
Round Ireland Yacht Race 2014 Start Date & Time is 2pm, Sat, June 28th
30th September 2013 Round Ireland
#rdirl – The 2014 Round Ireland Yacht Race, a highlight of the Irish summer sailing season starts from at 2pm on Saturday, June 28th 2014. A full Round Ireland notice of race has been published here.
Details of the 2014 Round Ireland Yacht Race from Wicklow Sailing Club have been published in good time for next summer's race starting at 2pm on Saturday, June 28th 2014. The closing date for entries is noon on 24th May…
#rcyc – Today was a day that weather wise did not appear to promise a whole lot for the first day of racing in the CH Marine Autumn league in Cork Harbour writes Claire Bateman. It was raining on in…
#fireball – Noel and Ed Butler enhanced their overnight Fireball lead at the Munsters in Lough Ree to take the title with a 5pt margin writes Cormac Bradley. Adding a 1, 3 to their score of 4pts they had the…
#49er – Irish 49er skiff duo Ryan Seaton & Matt McGovern from Belfast have finished outside their target of top 10 in their first world championships on the road to Rio 2016 but have nevertheless posted a credible 14th overall…
#melges – There is lots of news today...the good news first, Prof (Maurice O'Connell) and Suzie had their second child, a bouncing baby girl of 9lbs and 11oz. We had some champagne to welcome Josephine and Prof and Suzie were…
16 Fireballs have assembled in Lough Ree Yacht Club (LRYC) for the penultimate regatta of the season, the Munsters. Four excellent Olympic courses were set by Race Officer John Leech and race wins were shared by Noel Butler & Ed Butler…
#DBSC - Here are the latest results from the Dublin Bay Sailing Club for Saturday 28 September, the last race of the Summer 2013 season. BENETEAU 317 Echo - 1 Attitude (T Milner/J Sugars/M Branigan); 2 Extreme Reality (P McSwiney/E…
#americascup – West Cork Commodore's Cup sailor and 1720 crew and former Mirror world dinghy champion, Revelin Minihane (right), who is also a helmsman with Baltimore RNLI lifeboat, proudly holds the America's Cup aloft during celebrations in San Franciso. As…
#teamracing – The Irish Team Racing Association National Team Racing Championships will be sailed out of the Royal St. George Yacht Club on 9th - 10th November. As the Royal St George Yacht Club celebrates 175 years of existence it is appropriate that…
#optimist – The 2013/14 Irish Optimist Squad has been announced. The objective of the squad s to teach Irish junior sailors to train efficiently in their major sport, expose them to international racing, increase their experience and enjoyment of the sport and…
Risk Outweighs Reward to Salvage Abandoned Yacht as Wolfhound Found Again
26th September 2013 Cruising
#wolfhound – On board the research vessel AULT, a specially outfitted vintage Tom Colvin-designed 42-ft. steel-hulled sailboat transformed into a scientific mobile observation platform, was celebrated solo circumnavigation of the Americas in 2012 record holder Matt Rutherford and marine environmental…
Kinsale Schooner 'Spirit of Oysterhaven' Takes Line Honours in Tall Ships Regatta
26th September 2013 Tall Ships
#tallships – In the first leg of the Lycamobile Meditteranean Tall Ships Regatta, Spirit of Oysterhaven crossed the finish line in Toulon, France in first place in Class C this afternoon. Competing in a fleet of 26 vessels Spirit of…
#kayak – Jim and Maria Kennedy of Atlantic Sea Kayaking have been honoured by the Mexican government with the highest award that can be bestowed on a non Mexican, The Ohtli Award. This special honour is awarded by the Mexican…
#irish49er – Ryan Seaton & Matt McGovern are 12th overall after Day 2 of the 49er World Championships. The Belfast lough pairing were placed 9th, 14th and 5th in the 97 boat fleet. For full results and live tracking see http://49er.org/2013-world-championships/
ORACLE TEAM USA won the 34th America's Cup in a winner-take-all 19th race, defeating challenger Emirates Team New Zealand by 44 seconds in today's clincher. Led by 35-year-old skipper Jimmy Spithill, ORACLE TEAM USA won by the score of 9-8.…
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#americascup – San Francisco is in the process of serving up the greatest sailing spectacle of all time writes Anthony Shanks. Will it be Oracle Team USA (OTUSA) to continue their unbeaten run into eight races or can Emirates team New…
#coastguard – The timetable for completing the modernisation of Her Majesty's Coastguard has been announced. The new national network is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2015, with the National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC) operating from autumn 2014.…
National Yacht Club to Promote Skiff & Foiling Sailing at Special Presentation Evening
25th September 2013 National YC
#foiling– Interested in those skiffs or mad foiling machines? Dublin's National Yacht Club (NYC) is taking a leading role in developing high performance dinghy sailing by organising a presentation evening and debate at its Dun Laoghaire clubhouse on the subject of faster…
