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#TradeNews - Yacht sales are on the upswing in Britain, with one superyacht broker reporting five deals in a single week for a total of a whopping £32 million (€39.9 million), according to Mail Online. While mega-rich elites in the…

#Rockall - Motor Boat & Yachting reports on a potential new record round-trip offshore sailing from Portland in Dorset to Rockall in a remarkable 53-hour non-stop run on a single tank of fuel. Maryslim, a 72ft wave piercer, set out…

#safetyonthewater – The Irish Maritime Administration (IMA), the Government's new wing to deal with maritime affairs, is inviting submissions from all interested parties on the new Maritime Safety Strategy, Sea Change – Building a New Maritime Safety  Culture, which is…

#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) was successful in a court case brought against two men accused of illegal fishing and impeding authorised officers of IFI on the River Boyne in 2013.  At Navan District Court on 28 May, David…

#Etchells – Malahide trio David, Richard and Samantha Burrows have had a mid–fleet start to their Etchells World Championships bid in New York yesterday. The sole Irish contenders placed 66 and 26 in the first two races in the 95–boat…

#49er –  In a certain boost to their debut season Andrea Brewster and Saskia Tidey will race in tomorrow's medal race at Kiel week regatta after five blustery qualifying races – that included a race win.  Scoring a 10th today and…

#dbsc – CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Grasshopper II (K & J Glynn), 2. Cacciatore (M Ni Cheallachain), 3. Saki (McCormack/Ryan/Ryan) Ensign - 1. INSC1 (K Rumball), 2. INSC2 (A Rumball), 3. RIYC 1 (Tim Goodbody) FIREBALL - 1. Goodness…

#roundireland – Afloat's Round Ireland Race 2014 free to enter competition offers a great prize of a McWilliam Sailing Bag to the person who is closest to predicting the elapsed time of the winning yacht. Last year, Inis Mor won…

#Afloatmag – A packed 64–page Summer edition of Afloat hits the newsstand this week, full of all the top Irish boating stories. Here's some of the highlights: EditorialIf there has been a maritime awakening, can Ireland expect its own Tall…

#commodorescup – With the entry list now closed, nine teams have confirmed their participation in the Commodores' Cup, taking place out of Cowes over Saturday 19th July until Saturday 26th July. This year the Royal Ocean Racing Club's biennial flagship…

#RoundIreland - Dragon's Den star Bobby Kerr and Wicklow farmer David Ryan will have to see some stiff competition in the Round Ireland Yacht Race in the form of former race winners, a Volvo Ocean Race navigator and a local…

#Heritage - Some 119 years after she first plied her trade as a cargo boat on Ireland's inland waterways, heritage boat number 4E has been pressed back into service to make a special delivery to Enniskillen. Some weeks ago, in…

  #hyc – Howth Yacht Club's new Sportsboat initiative attracted J24s, J80s and the visiting 1720 European championships for its first outing last weekend.  Well known cJ24 skipper  Flor O’Driscoll and the crew of his J24 Hard On Port were…

#rnli – The RNLI Annual Presentation of Awards took place on Saturday (21 June) in the Ballroom of Farmleigh House in Phoenix Park. It was a special occasion as it also marked the 190th anniversary of the charity that saves…

#rtir – Anyone who did this year's Lambay Race will have no problem picturing what the Round the Island race was like. Lots of white sailing in uber light breeze, loads of tide and loads of sunshine writes Ric Morris…

#RSsailing – Normally you have to drive for a couple of days with an overnight ferry and a long slow tunnel through a montagne to get sailing conditions like those enjoyed by the RS fleets at Strangford Lough, this weekend.…

#rorc – The Royal Ocean Racing Club's (RORC) Season's Points Championship reaches the half way stage with a double-header of RORC racing starting this weekend. The 704-mile Round Ireland Race, starting and finishing in Wicklow, commences on Saturday 28th June while…

#DalkeyIslandFerry – The Dalkey Island passenger ferry boat service from Coliemore Harbour, Co. Dublin, was finally launched into service and coincidentally on the opening of the 5th Dalkey Book Festival last Thursday, writes Jehan Ashmore. There had been no ferry…

#EmerAficanArrival -Only days after L.E. Samuel Beckett's completion of a first patrol and major exercise, the vessel she directly replaced the Emer arrived off the Nigerian capital of Lagos today, writes Jehan Ashmore. As previously reported, she departed Cork Harbour…

#LuxuryFeadship - A luxury motoryacht the Katrion (2003/401grt) is berthed at Cork City Marina, the 10-guest, 38.6m Feadship built vessel is advertised for sale for just shy of €13m, writes Jehan Ashmore. The Cayman Islands flagged Feadship, a Dutch yard…