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#dbsc – Last night's Tuesday night race in the Fireball DBSC Series was characterized by the fact that four of the five boats racing were subject to an evening of snakes and ladders, while race winners, Noel Butler and Glen…
17 scr,Deilginis,Deilginis Group2,Oona,P Courtney3,Leila,R Cooper17 Hcap1,Deilginis,Deilginis Group2,Leila,R Cooper3,Oona,P CourtneyPuppeteer Scr1,Harlequin,Clarke/Egan2,Trick or Treat,A Pearson3,Gold Dust,Walls/BrownePuppeteer Hcap1,Trick or Treat,A Pearson2,Gannet,T Chillingworth3,Harlequin,Clarke/EganSquib Scr1,Selik,F O'Kelly2,Puffin,Emer Harte3,Fantome,R MacDonellSquib HPH1,Puffin,Emer Harte2,Selik,F O'Kelly3,Fantome,R MacDonell
BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen), 2. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 3. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty) BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 2. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen), 3. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty) CRUISERS 2 - 1. Cor Baby (Keith Kiernan et al), 2. Borraine…
#kayak – A kayaker has been located safe and well after he capsized in the Gulf of Corryvreckan. Belfast Coastguard was contacted by a local fishing vessel just after 3.30pm this afternoon, reporting that they had spotted the kayak upside down…
MN76: Erne Navigation Upper Lough Erne Temp Closure of Derryvore Jetty
25th June 2013 Inland Waterways
MARINE NOTICE No. 76 of 2013 ERNE NAVIGATION UPPER LOUGH ERNE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF PUBLIC JETTY Derryvore Trial Bay Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters and owners that the mooring jetty at the above location has been temporarily closed to…
The International Dragon fleet's weeklong festival of sailing in Weymouth got off to a great, if slightly delayed, start today with the South Coast Championship. Originally scheduled to be sailed over two days, strong winds on Sunday had forced the…
#optimist – The Irish Optimist European Sailing team flew to Hungary yesterday to compete at the Optimist European Championships on Lake Balaton from the 30th June to 6th July.
Class Two Biggest Sovereign's Cup Fleet as Kinsale Publishes IRC Bands
25th June 2013 Sovereign's Cup
#sovscup – On the eve of racing in the 2013 Sovereign's Cup, Kinsale Yacht Club released IRC class bands for tomorrow's handicap cruiser divisions. Based on these bands, it is expected that ten boats will come to the starting area in…
#ruffian – Race officer Henry Leonard ran three Irish Ruffian 23 Championship races on last Friday as the forecast was for a lot of wind on Saturday and Sunday. Full results downloadable below as a PDF document. Trevor Kirkpatrick from…
Early Lead for Sebastien Josse in Route Des Prince Race to Plymouth
24th June 2013 Route des Princes
#rdp13 – Sebastien Josse's MOD70 Groupe Edmond De Rothschild took an early lead this morning in Dublin Bay shortly after the start of the third offshore leg to Plymouth in the Routes Des Princes. Racing under full mainsail and gennaker…
#KiWoOnline – Last week's Weymouth Sail for Gold Gold winners Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern are lying 21st overall at Kiel Week in Germany this morning in a fleet of 51. The Northern Irish 49er pairing have finished the qualifying…
Second Inter–Counties Sailing Championships to Set Sail at Grand Canal Dock
24th June 2013 Inland Waterways
#inland – Sailing will be centre stage when teams from around Ireland battle it out in the Grand Canal Dock, Dublin over two days for the second edition of the Inter-Counties Sailing Championship to see which county has the best…
MN73:Shannon Navigation Lough Ree Hexagon Shoal & MN74: Shannon Navigation-Athlone-Waterways Ireland Triathlone
24th June 2013 Inland Waterways
MARINE NOTICE No. 73 of 2013 Shannnon Navigation Lough Ree (South) Hexagon Shoal Buoy – Reported Out of Position Marine Notice No 72 refers. The buoy has been re-located to its correct position. Marine Notice No 72 is now withdrawn. Charles…
#rdp13 – There is further disappointment this morning as the much hoped for challenge to the Round Ireland speed sailing record has been scrapped. Last night, Route des Princes organisers admitted the weather window to beat the long standing 44-hour Round…
Donald McClaren sailing Sigmatic won the UK Sigma 33 British Championships on the home waters of the Northern Clyde at the weekend (June 21-23) with Dublin Bay's Tim Goodbody fourth overall in the 18–boat fleet at Helensburgh, Scotland. Ten races…
Route Des Prince Course Change, Round Ireland Record Challenge Aborted
23rd June 2013 Route des Princes
With no inshore racing possible in Dun Laoghaire on Sunday for the Routes des Princes fleet due to very high winds on Dublin Bay, the focus for the multihull fleet returns to offshore racing as Leg 3, to Plymouth is…
#rnli – Lifeboat crew with Red Bay RNLI have successfully recovered a calf after it fell down a cliff face yesterday afternoon. The alarm was raised at 1.45pm when a local farmer contacted Belfast Coastguard requesting assistance after one of…
#gp14 – Strong winds and rough seas led to the cancellation of the second day's racing of this weekend's GP 14 Leinster Championship at Skerries Sailing Club writes Gerry Byrne. But a win and two seconds in Saturday's three races were sufficient…
#RDP13 – In a further set back for the Route Des Princes stop over in Dun Laoghaire, too much wind on Dublin Bay today has led to the cancellation of the second and final day of inshore racing off Dun Laoghaire's East pier.…
#squib – Hosted by the ever welcoming Howth Yacht Club on 22-23rd. June, this event was held in some of the heaviest wind conditions experienced for Irish Squib Championship Events, with wind from the west varying in strength from 18 knots…
