Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
![Enda O'Coineen was dismasted 180 nautical miles south east of Dunedin in New Zealand on New Year’s Day](/media/k2/items/cache/cfb3b66d740f1fa2942fbf3f141fc702_L.jpg)
#VendéeGlobe - Just days after admitting his “dream is shattered” after his dismasting off New Zealand at the halfway mark of the Vendée Globe, Irish skipper Enda O’Coineen is already preparing for a return to the water. And as the…
![Camac, a Dublin Port pilot cutter launch with a containership underway in Dublin Bay](/media/k2/items/cache/e7286bf91176b701e0074d43f22140c3_L.jpg)
Shipping Review: Marine Transport Strategy, Prepare for Brexit & Dredged Europort
14th January 2017 Dredging
#ShippingReview - Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene from among the following stories of recent weeks. ‘Safe and sustainable’ marine transport and ‘delivery of emergency management services’ have been made a high level goal in the Department of Transport’s Statement…
![Alex Thomson – who spent five years of his childhood in Crosshaven – at full speed in Hugo Boss. He is expected to finish the Vendee Globe next Wednesday night/Thursday morning in Les Sables d’Olonne, and is challenging Banque Populaire VIII for the lead despite losing the starboard foil – seen activated in this photo – at an early stage of the race.](/media/k2/items/cache/ab519492dc189d48d5ba7d8e003f3ed0_L.jpg)
Enda O’Coineen may have exited the Vendee Globe in dramatic fashion on New Year’s Day when, as he drolly put it, Kilcullen Voyager stopped stone dead as she zapped into the back of a Southern Ocean wave, but his enormous…
![Racing at Howth Yacht Club's Autumn League](/media/k2/items/cache/296d738c795a567b962936e569244aa0_L.jpg)
#HYC - Howth Yacht Club is recruiting for the role of Sailing Development Officer. The successful applicant will help create and implement a programme that will increase participation in sailing and other marine activities, devise marketing initiatives to promote/fund the…
![Alex Thomson who has pulled back 85 crucial miles](/media/k2/items/cache/b993ae4993ab0daff28a4c7ef703af9a_L.jpg)
Friday the 13th might be unlucky for some, but not for British skipper Alex Thomson who has pulled back 85 crucial miles on Vendée Globe leader Armel Le Cléac'h in the last 24 hours. Thomson revealed yesterday that in order…
![The UK Coastal Marina of the Year for 2017 (over 250 berths) is Largs Yacht Haven in Scotland](/media/k2/items/cache/2bd7dfa706cf15453b462abcff6def0b_L.jpg)
Largs Yacht Haven in Scotland has won the UK Coastal Marina of the Year award at the London Boat Show. The Yacht Harbour Association (THYA), a group association within membership organisation of British Marine, announced the winners of its prestigious…
![Howard Pridding, Brienc Morin and Jonathan Fielding at the London Boat Show](/media/k2/items/cache/b5053be2b7c3165566331a6915cb5a0a_L.jpg)
An agreement has been made between the UK’s South West and Northern French marine businesses in a bid to boost maritime tourism amid the uncertainties surrounding Brexit. British Marine South West (BMSW), which represents 200 marine members in the region,…
![After the launch of newbuild Arklow Castle yesterday in the Netherlands. The third 'C' class cargoship revives a name of a predecessor which notably operated a rare 'container' only service for ASL](/media/k2/items/cache/3e15f6178dd9f1ff5a3b927ea1ef0d63_L.jpg)
Launch of Third ‘C’ Class Cargoship Arklow Castle Revives Old Name
13th January 2017 Arklow Shipping
#CastleLaunch- Arklow Castle was launched in the Netherlands yesterday to form the third ‘C’ class newbuild of a 10-ship order from the Co. Wicklow based operator, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 5,054dwt cargoship Arklow Castle (yard No. 426) slid into the…
![Regina was built in 2011 and saw a significant refit last year](/media/k2/items/cache/b41bb695f4ad28a99c573f17f845dbcc_L.jpg)
#JamesBond - A luxury sailing yacht seen in the James Bond film Skyfall could be yours — for a cool €9 million. Forbes has more on the sale of the 183ft schooner Regina, which took Daniel Craig’s James Bond and…
![A still from the video showing the child swept off their feet by the wave at Portstewart’s promenade](/media/k2/items/cache/2ac94e5ee9ac7614c07ad19a691a578c_L.jpg)
#WaterSafety - The Irish Coast Guard has once again warned the public to stay back and say safe in coastal areas during severe weather after video emerged of a young child swept off their feet by a surprise wave. Independet.ie…
![With 92% of the race complete, Alex is heading towards the Azores](/media/k2/items/cache/c4b3ca0b62317f941835ee2877a42adf_L.jpg)
Second Placed Thomson Refuses to Give Up Fight for Vendee Globe Honours
13th January 2017 Vendee Globe
With this year’s edition of The Vendée Globe approaching its final days, British sailor Alex Thomson is in second place, 160 nautical miles behind French rival Armel Le Cléac’h. Alex has claimed back 54 miles overnight in difficult conditions for…
![Crosshaven Boatyard visible beyond the Royal Cork Yacht Club](/media/k2/items/cache/5a9fd93d85123a0db0a1ecbf4c658361_L.jpg)
#CorkHarbour - Doyle Shipping Group will concentrate its core stevedoring business in Dublin, Cork and elsewhere in Ireland as it prepares to offer Crosshaven Boatyard for sale as a going concern this year. That’s according to yard manager Matt Foley,…
![Vendee Globe debutante Enda O'Coineen created a great Irish following in the solo Round the world race. The Irish entry was dismasted off New Zealand](/media/k2/items/cache/782241b7977106d6f384286ceac2626b_L.jpg)
Ireland's contribution to world offshore sailing has been great, but, is in need of constant support and ambition writes Northern Ireland Offshore sailor Andrew 'Hammy' Baker. Here the solo sailor oultines the sailors and the events in the 2017 Irish…
![Howth Yacht Club Commodore Joe McPeake (left), Ewan MacMahon and HYC's Ross McDonald](/media/k2/items/cache/1d1214985bb81637f5c5430a324b6bc1_L.jpg)
Talented Howth Yacht Club sailor Ewan McMahon received his club's top award at an Achievers Ceremong in the North Dublin Club last weekend. McMahon (17) won silver at the KBC Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Dun Laoghaire, in a…
![Jonathan Nicholson Rear Commodore Dublin Bay Sailing Club and Adrienne Jermyne, the new Class Captain of Cruisers 2](/media/k2/items/cache/5e75a46691ef340554699a38a7e24967_L.jpg)
The Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Cruisers 2 Class held their AGM in the Royal Irish Yacht Club last night. A good attendance of 26 members unanimously elected Adrienne Jermyne as Class Captain for the 2017 season. A sailor since…
![[L-R: At the London Boat Show today - Howard Pridding, Chief Executive Officer at British Marine; Peter Earp, Owner of English Braids/Marlow Ropes; Mark Garnier MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade; Richard Edge, Sales Director for Marlow Ropes; David Pougher, President of British Marine]](/media/k2/items/cache/2f7fff129b9dd678b9ada1edf2abe80a_L.jpg)
British Marine Point Toward 'Successful Working Relationship Between Government & Industry'
12th January 2017 Marine Trade
British Marine, the membership organisation for the UK leisure, superyacht and small commercial marine industry, welcomed Mark Garnier MP to the London Boat Show today to continue the successful working relationship between government and industry. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of…
!['Emergency Challenge' competition at the BT Young Scientist event today](/media/k2/items/cache/f4372a4301d7bf86c907423bdb94bc77_L.jpg)
The Irish Coast Guard is well represented at this week's BT Young Scientist Exhibition where 60,000 visitors are expected to attend. The six Coast Guard stations in attendance at the RDS, Dublin are distributing wristbands, pencils and competition flyers as well as staging…
![At the launch of BBC HD: Travis Peterson (VP Product Global Eagle Entertainment), Zina Neophytou (VP Out of Home BBC Worldwide) and Graham Douglas (Media & Communications Manager Carnival UK)](/media/k2/items/cache/5637ce24b3366f52cd2b54a1ab8ba61a_L.jpg)
#TVCruiseChannel - BBC Worldwide has announced the launch of a global entertainment channel, BBC HD, the company’s first channel produced exclusively for cruiseships and the wider maritime market. It will go live through Global Eagle Entertainment’s (GEE) MTN TV network,…
![File Photo: Stena Horizon which this afternoon docked in Rosslare. In the shadow of the ferry is alongside the 'bunker' tanker Mersey Spirit (see today's report). Also seen is the arrival of timber trader cargoship Ayress. The Irish Rail operated port has waived fees for cruiseships visiting from this year's season and up to 2019.](/media/k2/items/cache/8b06d61036b763edf622293567a1d9a9_L.jpg)
#Dredging - In recent weeks at Rosslare Europort a dredging programme was conducted within the harbour to remove spoil offshore, writes Jehan Ashmore. Dredging operations were carried out by Sospan Dau and assistance from tug Trojan. The resultant spoil was…
![On Saturday the public can board the slick 6,000 gross tonnage 'Aquitaine' class French Navy FREMM frigate Provence during a call to the capital.](/media/k2/items/cache/68f3bd8850dcd3eb0a89a5d03eec0af0_L.jpg)
#StealthShip - Presenting ‘stealth’ characteristics is frigate Provence of the French Navy which is to make a courtesy call to Dublin tomorrow and will be open at the weekend, writes Jehan Ashmore. On Saturday the public are invited to board…