Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
The authentic hand sewn Sebago deckshoe brand dating back to 1946 has been entertaining the crowds at Cowes this week. The Cowes comeback has been dominated by the 'Sebago Shoeboat' cruising the Medina with gifts for home coming sailors. Sebago's…
On Sunday Virbac-Paprec 3 will be lining up for the start of the 44th Rolex Fastnet Race. Jean-Pierre Dick will be assisted by Guillaume Le Brec as he takes on the 608-mile challenge that runs from Cowes to Plymouth via…
There are a dozen boats among a fleet of 350 for Sunday's Fastnet race that are either Irish or of Irish interest. Afloat's July 26th story on the Irish in the Fastnet story gave details on some of these boats…
Aisling Smith was the Irish team's best performer at the Junior Wildwater Canoeing World Championships in the Czech Republic, the Evening Herald reports. http://www.herald.ie/sport/other-sports/perry-primed-to-defend-crown-2841738.html Smith finished ninth in the women's K1 classic race at the event in Opava at the…
This year's Surf2heal programme in Tramore has been hailed as a huge success, Waterford Today reports. http://www.waterford-today.ie/waterford-sport/13528-high-five-for-surf-2-heal-13528.html The annual nationwide surfing camp for children with autism pairs each child with four volunteers to help them have fun with the surf…
The annual Liffey Descent canoe race has been pushed back by a month - due to a lack of water. http://www.afloat.ie/watersport/canoeing/ The Irish Canoe Union (ICU) announced that due to significantly low water levels in the ESB reservoirs that provide…
Ireland's largest cruiser hire company is set to move into waterways north of the border next year. http://www.afloat.ie/inland/inland-waterways/ Carrickcraft – which for 30 years has provided cruising holidays on the Shannon and the Erne - has plans to operate a…
After two more windy races at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta, the Olympic Test Event, Ireland's Annalise Murphy is up to fourtth overall on 79 points after the series of 10 fleet races were completed yesterday but significantly the…
Three time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie insists he is slowly building up a picture of what London 2012 will be like after another dominating day at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta writes Ben Baker in Weymouth. The 34-year-old has…
Over the weekend of 20 and 21 August, Royal Ulster Yacht Club in Bangor will be hosting two sailing competitions, the RS Elite Irish Championships and the Laser SB3 Northern Area Championships writes Betty Armstrong. These events, which are sponsored…
The 2005 Solitaire du Figaro champion crossed the finish line Dún Laoghaire not only to win the second leg but take the overall lead in the four-stage sailing race. Nicolas Lunven, the 2009 champion was second with Adrien Hardy, who…
Mike Golding has joined forces with Belgo-Canadian Bruno Dubois to co-skipper in the 2011 Transat Jacques Vabre, the first race of his Gamesa sponsored campaign leading towards the 2012 Vendée Globe. Dubois, who also partnered Mike in the 2007 Transat…
Crossing the Dún Laoghaire finish line this morning at 09:14:16 French solo sailor Jérémie Beyou won the second leg of 42nd edition of famous sailing race Solitaire du Figaro. It took BPI skipper, who was crowned overall winner back in…
Derry-Londonderry has arrived in Madeira at the end of the first stage of the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race which began in Southampton on 31 July. The team crossed the line outside of Quinta Do Lorde Marina at…
Lighter winds brought trouble for Annalise Murphy in Weymouth today as her scores of 16 and 18 in the Laser Radial dropped her three places from second to fifth overall in the Olympic Test event. Still the Dun Laoghaire 21-Year…
Australian Victory in Clipper as Gold Coast Australia Arrives in Madeira
9th August 2011 Clipper Race
Gold Coast Australia, one of two Australian teams competing in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race, has secured victory in the first race from Southampton to Madeira, crossing the finish line at 1237 local time (1137GMT). For the…
Louise McKenna's Fireball dinghy Goodness Gracious was first home in tonight's Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) race. The DMYC sailor beat Elevation (N.Colin/M.Casey) across the Scotsmans Bay line. Third was Licence to Thrill (Louis Smyth). Results for 9 AUGUST 2011are…
The ETA in Dún Laoghaire for the La Solitaire du Figaro yacht race is tomorrow morning. The first arrivals of the 46 competitors of La Solitaire du Figaro yacht race and accompanying French Naval Patrol Ship (PSP Cormoran) and the…
A new start in the Celtic Sea? It's sounds incredible, but that is the La Solitaire du Figaro race! Efforts invested in the past 48 hours could come down to very little for the 46 skippers participating on the second…
With just over a year to go to the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games, the British Paralympic Association (BPA) today announced the selection of the first athletes who will compete for Great Britain at London 2012. The athletes are…
