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#VOR - Simeon Tienpont’s Team AkzoNobel has completed the podium for Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race with a third-place finish into Itajaí, Brazil in the early hours of this morning, Thursday 5 April. It’s the third consecutive leg…
#NewsUpdate - A delivery of the first imported animal feed in response to the deepening - and now nationwide - fodder crisis has arrived in Rosslare Harbour. The feed reports RTE News, which has been imported from Britain, will then…
There are several new additions to the SB20 fleet on the east coast this year with at least two of the sportsboats arriving into Greystones Sailing Club for the first time. This positive news for the class, centred around Dublin…
It will be J Boats every which way at Howth this weekend with events of national standing for both the J/24s and Howth YC’s training flotilla of J/80s writes W M Nixon. Once again the J/80s are being utilised to…
European Sea Ports Organisation Supports EU Position on IMO CO2 Negotiations
4th April 2018 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping - Next week the International Maritime Organization (MEPC 72)1 is expected to adopt its Initial GHG Strategy for shipping. The discussions aim to include in the Initial Strategy a CO2 emissions reduction target for the sector as well as…
#FerryNews - Passengers may face delays and disruption this summer as Scottish operator, CalMac struggles to keep ageing ferries running. As The National reports, the operator is preparing for what it believes will be its busiest tourist season on record.…
The Volvo Irish Sailing Youth Pathway National Championships start tomorrow at the Royal St. George Yacht Club and National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay. As previously reported by Afloat.ie, this is Ireland’s biggest youth sailing regatta…
#ClipperRace - After a long wait, the stronger winds and big surfs for which the Pacific Ocean is renowned have finally arrived for the Clipper Race fleet on Day 12 of Race 9: Race to the Emerald City. The 11…
#FerryNews- Visitors numbers to the Isle of Man have sharply declined and this should act as a wake-up call to tourism chiefs, a Manx member of parliament is claiming. Chris Robertshaw, Member of the House of Keys (MHK) on Manx Radio said…
Figaro Class’s Concarneau 350 Race Will Test Ireland’s Joan Mulloy & Tom Dolan
4th April 2018 Tom Dolan
The elite Figaro Class’s 350-miles Solo Concarneau for the trophee Guy Cotton in the Bay of Biscay tomorrow (Thursday) will test Ireland’s Tom Dolan and Joan Mulloy on an intricate course writes W M Nixon. The route take two fleets…
#Topper - The Irish Topper Class Association is appealing for parents of class members to join its committee for 2018-19. “Every year, as sailors move on to other classes, so do most of the parents who have served on the…
#IrishHarbours - According to Galway Bay fm, €225,000 has been ringfenced for harbour projects in the county. €112,000 will be spent on slipway and pier infrastructure at Crumpan Pier, Carna. A further €112,000 will go towards slipway and pier extension…
#MarineNotice - Marine Notice No 13 of 2018 advises that the No 3 Green Perch at the entrance to Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre in West Cork has been removed due to damage. The No 3 Green Perch has been replaced by…
New Report Says Ireland ‘Tops League Table’ For Fishing Quotas Against Scientific Advice
4th April 2018 Fishing
#Fishing - A new study points at Ireland has one of Europe’s worst offenders for overfishing, as The Irish Times reports. The study from the New Economics Foundation was based on the outcomes of EU fisheries negotiations, evaluating total allowable…
Sailors in the UK are enjoying spring racing and looking forward to the summer season, including the varied selection of International Rating Certificate (IRC) Championships that includes sailing events in the Irish Sea that attract interest from the Irish Cruiser…
Brendan Lyden is Afloat.ie 'Sailor of the Month (Inshore)' for March
4th April 2018 Sailor of the Month
The annual Irish University Sailing Association Intervarsity Team Racing Championship is the first major event to signal the new season, and 2018’s – at Kilrush on the weekend of March 9th to 11th – was vintage stuff. There were 28…
Enda O'Coineen is Afloat.ie 'Sailor of the Month' (Offshore) for March
4th April 2018 Sailor of the Month
“Inspirational” is the word that has leapt out of every set of reports and comments about Enda O’Coineen’s achievement in getting the IMOCA 60 Souffle du Nord/Team Ireland to Les Sables-d’Olonne on Sunday. Although his lone voyage from New Zealand…
Hugo Duplessis was a complete one-off, and his death at the age of 94 brings to an end a lifelong involvement with boats and cruising. Yet everything about him was in a sort of amiable contradiction. As he’d a decidedly…
Damage To Dun Laoghaire’s West Pier Could Indicate Undermining Of Roundheads
3rd April 2018 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
#DLHarbour - Concerns have been raised over apparent damage to the East and West Piers in Dun Laoghaire Harbour that may be worse than previously estimated. Visibly damaged stonework lies at the waterline of the West Pier roundhead some four…
#VOR - Bouwe Bekking has used his veteran nous to fight through all the challenges posed by a difficult Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race and lead Team Brunel to a narrow win over Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng Race Team…
