Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
RNLI Lifeboat crews on the hallowed turf of Croke Park, unfurling huge flags with a message about water safety in front of 67,000 passionate football supporters seems an unlikely activity, but it was achieved just before the teams they were…
Rian Geraghty-McDonnell Wins Optimist Nationals, Luke Turvey in Junior Champion
21st August 2017 Optimist
Rian Geraghty-McDonnell has won the Irish Optimist National and Open Senior Championship and Luke Turvey the Junior Optimist National and Open Championship at the IODAI championships hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club. With a full series of 10 races…
The IDRA14 Class Association held their National Championships at Galway Bay Sailing Club from Thursday through Saturday. The 1946-founded class of both wooden and fibreglass clinker-built boats is now made up mainly of sailors based in the Dublin Bay clubs,…
Battle of Dun Laoghaire Harbour Fought By INSS Viking Invaders
21st August 2017 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
Out of the mist and rain came waterborne Vikings to battle on Dun Laoghaire's East Pier yesterday afternoon. The Irish National Sailing School (INSS) co-ordinated a free and family–friendly event that featured battles, longboats and a Viking village from 12-5pm. Like…
As the Irish Laser Championships started so did it end with consistent sailing rewarding day one leaders with overall victory at Royal Cork Yacht Club this afternoon. Scroll down for Bob Bateman's prizegiving gallery. A mix of mist and downpours…
Tributes to Flor O'Driscoll Who Retires As J24 President, Lough Erne's McCaldin Wins National Championships at Sligo
20th August 2017 J24
There were weekend tributes to J24 Class supremo Flor O'Driscoll who stood down as Class President to great acclaim and a standing ovation at Saturday evening's dinner not only for his service to the fleet but also his continuing success…
#CoastalRowing: Galley Flash won the senior men’s title at the All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships in Ballyshannon, Donegal. The West Cork crew led for virtually all the race from local rivals Kilmacsimon, with Courtmacsherry always in third. Vartry won the…
Diane II Wins Ruffian 23 Nationals With Straight Win at National Yacht Club
20th August 2017 Ruffian 23
Royal St. George's Diane II skippered by Chris Helme won the 12–boat, six race Ruffian 23 National Championships with five race wins on Dublin Bay. Helme was five nett points clear of the host club's Bandit skippered by Ann Kirwan…
#Canoeing: Liam Jegou finished 17th in the under-23 C1 semi-final at the European Junior and Under-23 Championships in Hohenlimburg, Germany today. The France-based competitor incurred a two-point penalty on the first gate, and while he did not touch or miss…
The 40,000 nautical mile Clipper Round the World Yacht Race started on the Irish Sea this afternoon. The race is the only event which trains non-professional sailors to complete a circumnavigation, and is one of the toughest endurance challenges on…
The scoreline's impressive but it belies the fact that on the water the National Yacht Club's Finn Lynch is not getting things all his own way at Royal Cork Yacht Club's Laser National Championships. A string of wins came to an…
#RNLI - Arranmore RNLI's lifeboat crew responded to their third callout in a week early yesterday (Friday 18 August) to assist a fishing trawler with five people on board which got into difficulty after engine failure. The fishing vessel, which…
Tributes to Ron Hutchieson as He Stands Down as Laser Class Sec After Forty years of Service
19th August 2017 Laser
At the 42nd AGM of the Irish Laser Association, Ron Hutchieson long term Honorary Secretary and servant to both Irish Laser sailing and Irish Sailing as a whole, stood down after nearly 40 years of unparalleled devotion and service writes…
Rian Geraghty–McDonnell Leads Optimist Nationals at Royal Irish Yacht Club
19th August 2017 Optimist
After six races sailed in blustery conditons off Dun Laoghaire, Rian Geraghty–McDonnell leads the 64-boat senior fleet from the National Yacht Club's Leah Rickard by three points. Third, after one discard, at the Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted event is Royal Cork's…
With the overall regatta decided on the penultimate day, the Euro Car Parks Half Ton Classics Cup was presented to Phil Plumtree and the crew of Swuzzlebubble at Kinsale Yacht Club, Ireland on Friday night. A single ‘round the cans’…
No Change to Leaders on Day Two of the Laser Nationals at Royal Cork (Photo Gallery Here)
18th August 2017 Laser
There was no change at the top of the leaderboard at Royal Cork Yacht Club's Laser National Championships after two more races were sailed in Cork Harbour today, bringing the total to five races of the Championships sailed so far.…
How Much in the Sponsorship Pot for all These Irish Offshore Sailing Superstar Hopefuls?
18th August 2017 W M Nixon
There have been several Irish offshore racing sailors who have been making national and world headlines for some years now, but in recent weeks and months the wave of new enthusiasm for the big ticket events has surged to fresh…
#corkharbour – An Irish owned cargoship that operates a UK-Channel Islands service is currently drydocking in Cork Harbour, writes Jehan Ashmore. Huelin Dispatch is undergoing her first 5-year special survey in Cork Dockyard, the ship repair and general engineering facility…
A Viking invasion will take place on Sunday the 20th of August thanks to the Irish National Sailing School in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin. The centre piece of the event will be a re-enacted battle between two of the longboats…
#ClipperRace - Anticipation is building in Liverpool’s Albert Dock with just two days before the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet line up on the River Mersey to start the 2017-18 edition of the 40,000-nautical-mile race around the globe.…
