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Sunday saw the conclusion of the J/24 European Championship organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the International J/24 Class Association, the Italian J/24 Class Association and the support of title sponsor Range Rover. The Race Committee held three…

Sailors and members of the wider community joined Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton for the opening of extensive new facilities at Galway Bay Sailing Club at the weekend. The works include two new lecture rooms, a canteen for trainees, a…

Saturday's National Yacht Club Regatta hosted 55 one design boats across nine classes on a separate course to the cruiser-racers for a day of competitive racing under Race Officer Con Murphy. As Afloat reported earlier, the day started with a 6-10kt…

Polar sailor and mountaineer Paddy Barry and musician and currach oarsman Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich have set off on an overland adventure in a tiny 21-year-old car. As The Sunday Independent reports, the duo are undertaking their own unofficial version of…

The 1720 National Championships podium ended as it started at Baltimore Sailing Club, with Ross McDonald's Atara at the top of the leaderboard. After three days of tough windward-leeward racing, the only difference was the size of the consistent Howth…

The Department of Transport wishes to draw attention to the fact that some European Union member states require the operators of pleasure craft operating within their territorial waters to hold an International Certificate for Operators of Pleasure Craft (ICC). Resolution…

The 2024 and fifth edition of the Drheam Cup/Grand Prix de France au Large from 11 to 21 July will welcome close to 90 participants in a fleet that includes Class 40s, many IRC crews and duos as well as…

Warrenpoint and Kilkeel libraries in Co Down are set to host a special exhibition that will showcase a collection of photographs featuring the iconic Haulbowline Lighthouse, the scenic Carlingford Lough area and the historic Newry Canal in Northern Ireland. ‘Celebrating…

Ireland's Cillian Dickson and his Headcase crew have won five of seven races sailed at the J/24 European Championships, and they are on target to retain their European crown in Porto Cervo, Italy. After yesterday's four races in a Mistral wind,…

To mark National Water Safety Awareness Week in Ireland, this Tuesday (18 June) the RNLI will launch its Float to Live campaign at the Forty Foot swimming spot in Sandycove with a demonstration on how to carry out the technique…

Two wins from two races gave the host club's J109 'Something Else (John and Brian Hall) the overall win in Cruisers Onne IRC division at the National Yacht Club Regatta on Saturday. Over 170 competing yachts in 32 classes competed…

Strong winds disrupted Saturday's programme at the Crosshaven Traditional Sail Festival (from June 14 to 16) in Cork Harbour. The weekend features a 143-year-old, unique wooden boat, the only one of its kind in the world. The vessel Barbaras is on…

Swimmers at Bray’s South Promenade should be aware that bathing water may have increased levels of bacteria in the coming days due to rainfall causing the activation of the Bray Sewage Pumping Station’s storm-water outfalls. The situation is expected to…

Adventurer Ernest Shackleton’s last ship, Quest, has been located off the Canadian coast, representing the “last link" to a “heroic age of Antarctic exploration.” As The Guardian reports, the wreckage of the Quest has been off the coast of Labrador.…

Bristow Group Inc has announced that Bristow Leasing Limited, a U.K. subsidiary, has entered into a new loan facility for 100 million euro to support its Irish Coast Guard contract commitments. As Vertical magazine reports, the export development guarantee term-loan…

The top of the leaderboard stays the same in Baltimore, West Cork, after an exciting day two of the 1720 sportsboat National Championships, except Ross McDonald has extended his winning margin to six points. Under Principal Race Officer Anthony O'Leary,…

Tiarnán O'Donnell won his second World Cup rowing silver medal of the season in the PR2 Men's single as day two of racing ended in Poznan. Limerick's Tiarnán O'Donnell takes home the silverware again after another strong performance in the…

As Afloat previously reported, Irish Ferries has renamed one of its cruise-ferries, James Joyce, as Ireland celebrates this weekend, Bloomsday (16th June), honouring the legacy of the famous writer, reports Jehan Ashmore. Among Joyce's works are the much-celebrated Ulysses novel…

Should each SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race from Wicklow Sailing Club have a nominated “Flagship” to remind us that, with the passing of the years, this remarkable Royal Ocean Racing Club-supported 700-mile Classic now has its own colourful and complex…

Day one of racing at the final Rowing World Cup of the 2024 season has successfully finished up for Rowing Ireland over in Poznan, Poland. Weather conditions held up for the day but with the forecast changing for tomorrow, racing…