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Quick thinking led to the rescue of two children and three adults in Kinsale harbour at the weekend. On the 21/06/09 at 5:17pm, a 'classic' 20 foot motor boat sank with five were on board. Afloat.ie reader Virginia Good has…
Sailors in Bray took advantage of the long evenings to sail the second edition of the Bray Sailing Club Midsummer Twilight Regatta from Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th June. With boats finishing the last race on Saturday just as the…
LAMBAY REGATTA (RACE) 20/06/2009. Class 0 IRC – 1 Rosie, R. Dickson, HYC, 2 Tiger Hughes/Harris, HYC, 3 Crazy Horse, Chambers/Reilly, HYC. Class 0 ECHO – 1 Rosie, R. Dickson, HYC, 2 Tiger, Hughes/Harris, HYC. 3 Crazy Horse, Chambers/Reilly, HYC.…
We're going to be spoiled for choice over the next seven days: sailing all around the country, both competitive and leisure; two waterskiing tournaments, an invitation to Discover Carrick-on-Shannon with lots of free activities for all the family; Cork is…
Erne system / Enniskillen / Castleisland area – users are advised that part of the forum jetty will be reserved for activities associated with the LoughFest on Saturday 20th and Sunda 21st June 2009. Other public jetties in the vicinity…
Following consultations with Sligo Yacht Club and the Irish Fireball Class Association, Fireball International has awarded the 2011 Worlds and International Week to the Rosses Point club and the Irish Fireball Class Association.
Irish clubs did very well today in the 1,000 metre races at Marlow Regatta in England. Commercial won the senior and intermediate one eights and the elite four, while Neptune and St Michael’s took the elite titles in the quadruple…
Two Irish crews reached finals at Henley Women’s Regatta today. Neptune’s elite lightweight pair of Elaine Fitzgerald and Claire Ludlow lost to Mortlake, Alpha and Anglian by three lengths, while Portora’s schools’ eight went down to English opponents by half…
Four Irish crews made it through to tomorrow’s semi-finals of elite events at Henley Women’s Regatta by winning their heats today. In eights events, the senior crews from Galway and Trinity made theirexits, but Portora’s junior crew won.
Conor O'Gallagher's 'Flying Machine' made the best of the blustery northwesterly winds in the Beneteau 31.7 class on Dublin this afternoon. Condititons were expected to decrease but instead increased reaching 20 knots for a time. O'Gallagher won both on ECHO…
Ireland took a bronze medal on their World Cup debut in Adaptive Events at Munich today. Emer Patten, Shane Ryan, Kevin Du Toit, Sarah Caffrey and cox Laura Purdy battled well to take third in the Legs,Trunk and Arms mixed…
A fleet of 50 cruisers sailed in the 'Summer Madness' festival at Royal Cork last night. The large gathering included a white sail fleet competing in the Union Chandlery /Masts and Rigging league. The fleet raced for the added bonus…
Change to the lineup for the Dublin Match Racing Open
19th June 2009 News From the Afloat.ie Archive
An accident involving injury to ligaments in her arm has forced Mary O’Loughlin to suspend sailing through to August including the Dublin Match Racing Open. Her place will be taken by Alex Barry. Alex is another graduate of the Irish…
With under three weeks to go 450 entries have been received so far for the biggest sailing event of the season, Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta . The four day event on Dublin bay from July 9–12 continues to flex its…
Inis Cealtra, a 22m long, 5.6m beam multi-purpose work boat has arrived on Ireland’s inland waterways to begin life as a Waterways Ireland work boat. Entering the Shannon from the sea, en-route from the boatyard in Killybegs to its new…
If activity is your adrenalin rush then Loughfest has much to offer, from Wakeboarding to Water-skiing, including Water-ski displays from the Tampa Bay Show Skiers plus much more. On June 20th and 21st the first of many events to take…
This summer, Belfast has been chosen to be the finish port for the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge, an international event that links Europe, the Caribbean, North America and Canada. The Event, which will be one of the most memorable and…
With over 100 years of history behind them the Wags are backs as a key part of the heritage section in VDLR 2009 . Although the Water Wag Club was founded in Shankill in 1887 it prospered in Dun Laoghaire…
The Howth 17 footers are 111 years old this year, and the oldest one-design keelboat class in the world continues to race from its original home port. One of the nine boats that Dublin Bay Sailing Club commissioned in the…
There are 14 IDRAs entered in this years VDLR. First raced in 1947 from Dun Laoghaire, the IDRA 14, now equipped with a trapeze and spinnaker, remains one of the most popular two-person adult dinghy classes racing in Dublin Bay,…
