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Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) starts its 47th Season of dinghy frostbite racing in Dun Laoghaire Harbour this Sunday with a warning signal at 01.57 hrs. The series is open to monohull centre board dinghies and attracts entries from…
In just one week (7 November), some of the biggest names in sailing will be celebrated in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico at the inaugural World Sailing Awards evening. The World Sailing Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of the world's leading sailors…
Risk of Tropical Storm on Northerly Route Prompts Mini Transat Course Change
31st October 2017 Solo Sailing
As the tension builds for Ireland's Tom Dolan, the Mini Transat fleet have had a late change of course ahead of tomorrow's Transatlantic start from Gran Canaria. Midway between the Bahamas and the Azores, a tropical wave is taking shape…
Humble Works for Humble People: The History of Fishery Piers & of Galway & North Clare
31st October 2017 Book Review
This beautifully illustrated book explores the history of the fishery piers and harbours of Galway and North Clare. A testament to these structures as feats of engineering, it is also a riveting account of the human aspect that shadowed their…
#DailytoFrance - A new sailings schedule from Irish Ferries will be introduced following the arrival in mid-2018 of its new 55,000 tonnes cruise ferry W. B. Yeats currently being built in Flensburg, Germany. Highlights of the plan will see a…
2019 is set to be an exciting year in the Irish cruise calendar as Celebrity Cruises confirms that Dublin Port will become a regular fixture. With five turnarounds in the port, Celebrity Refection will call Dublin home from May to…
Launch Finally Takes Place As Arklow Newbuild Makes Contact On the Winschoterdiep
31st October 2017 Arklow Shipping
#ports&shipping - After a delay of a week, Arklow Venus which was constructed by Dutch yard Royal Bodewes was finally given the customary amidships launch yesterday, writes Jehan Ashmore. The morning launch took place at 10.00 with the newbuild slidding…
Dubarry is Volvo Ocean Race Boot Supplier of Team Brunel & Team Scallywag
31st October 2017 Marine Clothing
Dubarry of Ireland is the official supplier to Team Brunel and Team Scallywag in the 2017–18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, providing high performance offshore footwear to the crews. The Irish sailing boots have been developed over a number…
Irish Rail's Freight Increases Again in 2016 Including Sea-Connected Operations
31st October 2017 Ports & Shipping
#Railfreight - It was another year of increases to rail freight traffic on Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail (IÉ) during 2016 according to MultiModal, with the number of freight trains operated being up 6% and tonnes carried up by 8%…
#Coastguard - Irish Coast Guard management faced a protest march at the weekend over Kilkee’s lack of a full rescue service — and one restricted further since the death last year of coastguard volunteer Caitriona Lucas, as The Irish Times…
Australian sailing clothing specialist, Zhik’s innovative new ‘modular’ ocean racing gear, Isotak X has been nominated for a DAME Award at METS 2017, the important Marine world trade fair in Holland next month. The all new Zhik Isotak X ocean range…
420 Dinghies at National Yacht Club Benefit From Training Through the Wind Range
31st October 2017 420
The Open 420 Training weekend hosted by the National Yacht Club over the weekend provided the sailors with the maximum range of sailing conditions possible for 420 sailing, from 3-30 knots. Saturday started with winds of 15–knots and gusts up…
At 2.34pm, Monday October 30, Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat launched following a request from Valentia Coast Guard to assist two people and a dog on boat a vessel reported to be on fire. The wind was south-westerly, F1 and with…
Ireland has always played a role in the affairs of World Sailing, formerly ISAF, formerly IYRU. The peak of Irish representation was in the years from 1998 to 2004, when Dubliner Ken Ryan served as Vice President. Today, the representation…
Royal Cork's CH Marine Chandlery Autumn League Prizegiving Photo Gallery
30th October 2017 CH Marine Chandlery
Last night's Royal Cork Yacht Club prizegiving for the ten–race CH Marine Autumn League Series was officiated by RCYC Rear Admiral Keelboats Kieran O'Connell with Martin O'Donovan of CH Marine in attendance. Scroll down the page for a gallery of prizewinners…
#ClegganBay - The Irish Times writes on Saturday’s (28 October) memorial service for lives lost in the Cleggan Bay Disaster 90 years ago. Forty-five men, many of them from Connemara, died after a sudden and severe storm hit a small fleet…
#MarineInstitute - Applications close at 3pm today (Monday 30 October) for new appointments to the board of the Marine Institute. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine invites applications from qualified candidates for four vacancies on the board. Candidates must…
Afloat.ie reader Gerald Heffernan is seeking advice on buying a house boat to live on over the summer with the option of renting it out also. He asks 'Where is a good spot to park moor it and what sorry of…
Dun Laoghaire RNLI Lifeboat Rescues Two Cut–off by Tide at Sandymount
29th October 2017 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
Two people cut-off by the rising tide at Sandymount were rescued by the RNLI Inshore lifeboat from Dun Laoghaire this evening. The alarm was raised at 4.30pm when the two people found themselves surrounded by water with two more hours…
Lecture: Adventures in Antarctica & Launch of a Autobiography 'So Far, So Good' by Paddy Barry
29th October 2017 Coastal Notes
#Lecture - Friends of Glenua are to have a lecture 'Adventures in Antarctica' and launch of an autobiography 'So Far, So Good' by Paddy Barry this Thursday 2 November at 20:00. The venue will be in the Poolbeg Yacht & Boat…
