Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
#FerrytoMed – Former Cork-Swansea ferry Julia of the Fastnet Line that closed in 2011, is to enter service in July on a Mediterranean service between France and Corsica, writes Jehan Ashmore. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Julia (1982/22,161gt) which…
#NewMaritimeHub - A newly opened ‘Maritime Knowledge Hub’ to drive growth in the UK maritime sector has been opened in Birkenhead, Liverpool City Region. The hub, based near Cammell Laird shipyard is celebrating the formal completion of its recent fit-out…
Is Turkish–Built Alen Yachts Shuttle The Future of Marine Passenger Craft?
28th June 2016 Boat Sales
Would this boat be at home as a fast passenger ferry, a crew transporter to oil rigs, an offshore wind farm service vessel or even a wildlife safari boat? At 31–knots max and a 25–knot cruising speed the Turkish built…
#TrailBerthing - The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company has announced its fast craft Manannan will conduct a berthing trial at Holyhead in north Wales. The trial according to BBC News, will not affect passenger services and is to be…
#RNLI - Courtmacsherry RNLI's all-weather lifeboat was called out at 12.20pm yesterday afternoon (Monday 27 June) to aid a 40ft pleasure cruiser in difficulties just off the Seven Heads in West Cork. The cruiser, with two people onboard, was on…
Enterprise Ireland Clients to Reduce Exposure to UK Following Brexit
28th June 2016 Ports & Shipping
#IrishUKTrade - Enterprise Ireland are to seek its clients to be less reliant on the UK markets. The Irish Times writes the reduction will cut the proportion of their exports that go to Britain by about seven percentage points over…
The Irish J109 fleet has been boosted again this year by early season inshore and offshore Irish cruiser–racer success. This month, Royal Irish YC skipper John Maybury's J109 Joker II successfully defended her IRC One ICRA national title in a…
After three races sailed, Royal St. George's Tom Higgins is best of a five boat Irish team at this week's 2016 Optimist World Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal. A massive fleet of 255–boats are competing. Provisional results put Higgins (who is interviewed…
At Royal Ulster Yacht Club over 80 boats gathered off Bangor on Saturday to take part in the 150th Anniversary Sail Past. It was the latest event in June's RUYC Sesquicentennial celebrations. Previously, as Afloat.ie reported, the club welcomed HRH…
#Fishing - 'Money for old rope' is the pitch for a new initiative that aims to recycle old fishing nets that often end up littering the seas, as the Irish Examiner reports. A number of Irish companies have been invited…
One of the world's most famous Tall Ships, which has had a starring role in dozens of box office seafaring films and TV series, is on its way to Galway to take part in this week-ends big SeaFest maritime festival.…
A synopsis of Junes' Sailing TV Show. Scroll down for the show below. Privateer versus professional, two approaches to the Games Four time Finn World Champion Giles Scott has four boats, three training partners as well as one of the…
Flying Fifteen Southern Title Goes to Craig & Green at Waterford Harbour SC
27th June 2016 Flying Fifteen
As usual Dunmore East didn’t disappoint at the weekend with great Flying Fifteen racing in this picturesque village as well as fantastic hospitality. The winds held steady and a full programme of races was completed with Sean Craig & Alan…
Four Fireballs contested the RIYC regatta on Saturday. While the number was low the competition was excellent and no other dinghy class had more boats, surely an indication of the extent to which all dinghy classes are struggling to compete…
The winner of its 2016 Waterways Ireland Schools Competition is Bernard Sweeney from St. Patrick's Boys NS in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim. The runner-up prize goes to Orla Connolly from Runnamoat National School in Co. Roscommon. The Young Journalist Schools Competition…
Northern Ireland solo offshore sailor Andrew Baker was among the Artemis Offshore Academy making an emotional procession out of Cowes Yacht Haven, the pontoons sinking beneath the weight of friends and family cheering them on their way to Paimpol. Starting Leg…
Irish crew were aboard one of the joint winners of today's RORC IRC championships on the Solent. This year's IRC National Championship, the 14th since the Royal Ocean Racing Club launched its handicap rule in 2000, had the unusual distinction…
#Rowing: NUIG's senior eight led in the intermediate crews from UCD and UCC in the division one men's final at Cork Regatta today. Cork took fourth - the fastest junior eight. The UCC/Skibbereen composite crew were far and away the…
#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is seeking submissions from interested parties in relation to a proposal to introduce a byelaw prohibiting trolling on Glen Lough (River Lackagh) in the North Western River Basin District. The proposal currently under consideration…
#RNLI - Crosshaven RNLI has announced that Ian Venner, a helm with the crew, has been appointed to the RNLI Council for Ireland as one of its 15 members. Venner has been a member of the lifeboat crew and a…
