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![Chris Power-Smith (left) and Flag Officer Frank O'Beirne with last year’s Commodore’s Cup awarded for his and the crew of Aurelia’s performance offshore in 2016](/media/k2/items/cache/f9152a34f2597c274a72190eb7013c38_L.jpg)
#RSGYC - Nominations are invited for the Royal St George Yacht Club’s Oscar Annual Sailing Awards to recognise RSGYC members for their sailing achievements in 2017. All nominations are encouraged and will assist the Sailing Committee in recognising those RSGYC…
![Howth Yacht Club's Cillian Dickson (left) accepts his prize as leading youth boat at the SB20 Worlds in Hobart](/media/k2/items/cache/2bd871fc2bb0fb8519eed1e47a70c5f1_L.jpg)
Dickson's Howth Yacht Club SB20 Leads Irish Charge in Fifth Place at World Championships
7th January 2018 SB20
Today the fleet at the SB20 World Championship got the hop on the kids of Ireland by going back to school a day early writes Irish crewman Ted Laverty in Hobart. Trickier than a game of poker at a wizard’s…
![A screenshot of M.V. Ziltborg taken this morning while berthed in the frozen icy waters of the Finnish Port of Kokkola located on the Gulf of Bothnia. Temperatures at the port are currently -4° and are to drop further overnight to -6° (feeling like -9°). Last year, the port participated in celebrating the nations independence a century ago with the 'Finland 100' years campaign, which involved the installation of a new crane “Karsten” during the jubilee year.](/media/k2/items/cache/76bb23b0297b0b4bd72ec795efabde09_L.jpg)
Another Corrib Cargoship Concentrates on Boliden Tara Mines Exports to Frozen Finnish Gulf Port
7th January 2018 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping - A Corrib Shipping cargoship loaded concentrates from Boliden Tara Mines facility in Dublin Port late last year, arrived at a Finnish port this first week of 2018 and where the sea is currently frozen over, writes Jehan Ashmore. The…
![Dun Laoghaire Harbour](/media/k2/items/cache/fc30f84c96ba34205e5fc41da29da64a_L.jpg)
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Renews Notices To Mariners Over Fairway Priorities & Sailing
7th January 2018 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
#DLHarbour - Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company has issued its first notices to mariners for 2018, superseding all previous marine notices. Regarding fairway priorities, the harbour fairways and approaches are generally to be kept clear and free. It is prohibited to…
![The Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg](/media/k2/items/cache/b37137a3ec9a3451c3502e9bd7a4eb9e_L.jpg)
#Doonbeg - US President Donald Trump’s sea wall proposal for Doonbeg has hit another stumbling block — this time from a planning activist who’s turned his attentions to the controversial plans. As TheJournal.ie reports, Peter Sweetman has lodged an appeal…
![Princess Cruises 'Grand' class cruiseship, Caribbean Princess arriving on Belfast Lough and seen bound for the city's dedicated cruise berth at Stormont Wharf.](/media/k2/items/cache/492c6e84b5d17c8593a5a6ecb676d103_L.jpg)
#CruiseLiners - The biggest cruise season in Belfast Port took place last year and 2018 is set to be even busier as cruiseships call in several months time, writes Jehan Ashmore. A total of 94 cruise ships according to Belfast Harbour…
![The Ilen finally experiences daylight yesterday afternoon. Many people, not just in Limerick and Baltimore, but from other places too, have been involved in the project, and here are some of them with Gary MacMahon on left](/media/k2/items/cache/105d1ab8ed56db04c3b97fa05129d836_L.jpg)
The historic 1926-built 56ft trading ketch Ilen has been undergoing a painstaking restoration at Oldcourt near Baltimore in Liam Hegarty's boatyard for several years now for the Ilen Boat-building School, which is directed by Gary MacMahon in Limerick writes W…
![180 degree wind shifts are quite common in Hobart](/media/k2/items/cache/cc9d9536933eca33f7c66dec712c7cde_L.jpg)
After a blustery pre-world SB20 championships, in which one of three Irish boats made the top ten, Dublin Bay crew man Ted Laverty previews tomorrow's first race of the World Championships in Hobart. “The visitors I’ve spoken to have been a…
![Dublin Port Company Seeks Marine Pilot For Vacancy Panel](/media/k2/items/cache/1172a0e2071a1afba4fa1005fa27fcc8_L.jpg)
#Jobs - Dublin Port Company invites applications from Marine Pilots for inclusion on a panel from which future permanent and temporary vacancies in the Dublin Pilotage Service will be filled. The panel will be active for a period of two…
![Irish Sailing Publishes 2018 & 2019 Tide Times](/media/k2/items/cache/07f6af187b4bf668a0ec03fa31b9d171_L.jpg)
#Tides - Irish Sailing has published the latest tide times for 2018 and 2019 for mariners in Dublin Bay (North Wall), Galway, Belfast and Cork Harbour (Cobh). All times and related tidal variations (adjusted for Irish Summer Time) are estimates…
![Clubhouse Events Calendar At National YC Till June 2018](/media/k2/items/cache/2a906e63f355a89289fb4cde6be5a8d6_L.jpg)
#NYC - The National Yacht Club’s clubhouse dining events calendar for 2018 begins next Tuesday 9 January with the first ladies’ lunch, with guest speaker and clubhouse restaurant head chef Cormac Healy. That’s followed later in the month by the…
![Dublin Bay Sailing Club 2018 Season Dates](/media/k2/items/cache/541767a0b8d263a2ea80de437b9494ee_L.jpg)
#DBSC - Dublin Bay Sailing Club has posted the dates for its 2018 sailing season, which kicks off in late spring. The first Tuesday races of the year will begin on 24 April, running till 28 August. Thursday racing starts…
![Artist Pete Hogan says he seems to have become a virtual sailor, thanks to the internet](/media/k2/items/cache/e8d6b3df46cada136627fc9fcf6204ae_L.jpg)
How many times have you heard it said ‘Sailing is not a spectator sport’. Well, it is now, says Round–the-World Sailor Pete Hogan, all thanks to the internet. Below, Hogan, who built a 30' gaff rigged ketch, called Molly B, and…
![The Hook Head event will include ‘A Fire in the Head' spoken word evening, celebrating the turning of the Celtic year](/media/k2/items/cache/94aa65925fe4ca67cfb6eeff68e92276_L.jpg)
Hook Head Lighthouse is to celebrate Ireland’s ‘Fire Goddess,’ reports Tom MacSweeney, by staging the first Imbolc Festival to be celebrated at the 800-year-old lighthouse. Imbolc is a Gaelic traditional festival marking the beginning of spring, it is also the…
The National Yacht Club of Dun Laoghaire – founded in 1870 – has long been one of Ireland’s leading sailing clubs in sporting competition inshore and offshore, while at the same time retaining a friendly, hospitable and “can-do” attitude to…
![Planning Permission Sought For Bus Depot In Dun Laoghaire Harbour](/media/k2/items/cache/0d63803174f78f3be54b8266e14afc61_L.jpg)
Planning Permission Sought For Bus Depot In Dun Laoghaire Harbour
5th January 2018 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
#DunLaoghaire - Planning permission is being sought to park as many as 20 buses overnight for up to seven years at the former Stena HSS vehicle compound in Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Details of the application on Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County…
![The Clipper Race fleet battles for position leaving Hobart on Friday morning](/media/k2/items/cache/fb9c6aa9056816aafcd6257bfb7ab777_L.jpg)
#ClipperRace - Some divisive early navigational choices and tight racing means the leaderboard made for gripping viewing in the first hours of Race 6: The Wondrous Whitsundays Race. PSP Logistics and Garmin both gybed towards Tasmania to stay closer to…
![Humpback whale off west Cork](/media/k2/items/cache/e5c670e0755a0ddbbe9b32c472746821_L.jpg)
Lecture: ‘Whales & Dolphins in Ireland-Current Knowledge & New Discoveries’
5th January 2018 Coastal Notes
#Lecture - The Friends of Glenua first 2018 lecture entilted ‘Whales & Dolphins in Ireland’ Current Knowledge & New Discoveries is to be presented by Dr. Simon Berrow, next Thursday 11 January. As usual the lecture programme is held in the Poolbeg Yacht &…
![Artist’s impression of the planned regeneration of Heartbreak Pier in Cobh. A new phase of investment will see the creation of a contemporary walkway structure to provide a viewing point for visitors.](/media/k2/items/cache/01d79b736a94eee1991ae8078f21e4c7_L.jpg)
#CorkHarbour - An historic pier in Cork Harbour, where an estimated 1 million Irish emigrants bade farewell to loved ones as they left for America and Canada is about to be saved in a major €500,000 restoration project. According to…
![Action at the SB20 Pre Worlds in Hobart](/media/k2/items/cache/57750557a282e3dbd0c24acd136937a7_L.jpg)
Michael O'Connor from the Royal St. George YC made it into the top ten of the SB20 Pre–World Championships Regatta that concluded yesterday. Ger Dempsey of the Royal Irish Yacht Club was 23 with Howth Yacht Club's Cillian Dickson 25th. …