Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
Belfast Coastguard Rescue Team responded yesterday (8th February) to reports of a car which had left the road near Newtownards Sailing Club, just a few miles outside the town on the loughshore road to Portaferry There were three people inside.…
Marine Institute’s Bursary Scholarship Programme Now Open for Student Applications
9th February 2021 Marine Science
The Marine Institute is inviting marine science undergraduates to apply for a number of work experience placements as part of the 2021 Summer Bursary Scholarship Programme. This year the programme will offer a number of eight- to 12-week placements for…
Fishing crews wishing to access UK waters must complete an application form made available online by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine. The application covers access to the UK EEZ (12-200 nautical miles only) and/or the 0-6 nautical mile…
Cork Harbour Where Wind Energy Can be As big as Pharma, Report Claims
9th February 2021 Cork Harbour
Cork Harbour could see wind energy that would be as transformative as the biopharmaceutical industry, placing the region among the vanguard of Europe's transition to sustainable economies. That is one of the conclusions of a major new report by a…
RS Dinghy 2021 Fixtures to Start in April in Resurgent Greystones Harbour
9th February 2021 RS Sailing
Hoping to kick things off in late April at Greystones in County Wicklow, the RS Ireland dinghy class has set out its 2021 racing calendar. The class has seen a resurgence of RS numbers in the garden county harbour, with…
Big Waves in Lanzarote Lead to Annalise Murphy's First Ever 'Back Flip' in a Laser Dinghy
9th February 2021 Annalise Murphy
A massive breaking wave capsized Ireland's Olympic silver medalist sailor Annalise Murphy yesterday during training in Lanzarote. As Ireland's only sailor so far nominated for Tokyo, Murphy continues to train with some of her rivals in the Canary Island's this…
What Irish Boaters Need to Know About Buying Vessels From & Cruising In Great Britain
9th February 2021 Boat Sales
Some Irish boat-buyers may be able to purchase new or second-hand vessels from the UK free of VAT. But for most yacht-shoppers, Brexit has pushed the cost of buying much higher — just as it’s done for the used car…
With the arrival of Jeremie Beyou this weekend at the Vendee Globe in Les Sables d'Olonne, the IMOCA Class can now confirm the winner and the top-10 of the 2018-21 IMOCA Globe Series Championship*. The German skipper Boris Herrmann, who…
Alex Thomson and his crew today arrived back to their home base of Gosport, England having sailed close to 8,000nm from Cape Town onboard the HUGO BOSS boat. After departing from Cape Town last month - following his retirement from…
Waterways Ireland notifies towpath users that sections of the towpath on the Lough Owel feeder of the Royal Canal from Mullingar Harbour to Fish Farm at Cullion will be closed periodically from today, Monday 8 February, until Friday 19 February…
Top Canoe Coach Completes Seven Kayaking Marathons in Seven Days for Charity
8th February 2021 Canoeing
Canoeing Ireland’s national talent development coach has completed seven kayaking marathons in just seven days in a charity fundraiser, as RTÉ News reports. Jon Simmons, who is also head junior club coach at Salmon Leap Canoe Club in Leixlip, took…
In the UK numerous ports, port groups and ports and logistics consortia appear to have applied for freeport status by last Friday’s deadline set for England by the UK government. This according to LloydsLoadingList, was to enable applicants seek to…
Afloat Update on Newbuild RV Tom Crean's Technological Marine Science Capability
8th February 2021 Marine Science
As Afloat first highlighted the Marine Institute's name of RV Tom Crean chosen for the new €25m research vessel due for delivery in Autumn 2022, is to feature a suite of the latest state of the art technology equipment, writes…
Belfast Lough Zero Emission Ferry Programme Ramped Up by Artemis Technologies
8th February 2021 Belfast Lough
Staff numbers at Artemis Technologies, which is leading a Belfast Lough-based consortium to decarbonise maritime, are expected to almost treble to 70 by the end of 2021 and rise to 100 by this time next year. It is part of…
Dublin Bay America's Cup Fans Will Byrne & Cian Mollen to Host 36th AC Insight Talk
8th February 2021 America's Cup
Dublin Bay based America's Cup fans Will Byrne and Cian Mollen are hosting a National Yacht Club America's Cup Insight talk on Tuesday, February 9th night at 7.30 pm. As well as the road to the current 36th Cup, the…
Call by Irish 'Europort' to Cut Welsh Ports in a Bid to Boost 'Brexit' Trade
8th February 2021 Ferry
The head of Rosslare Europort, said Wales should focus on having one ferry port in Pembrokeshire instead of two to run alongside the main Holyhead port, it has been claimed. As BBC News reports, Glenn Carr, general manager at Rosslare Europort…
Royal Cork X34 Alpaca Joins the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Fleet
8th February 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
Royal Cork Yacht Club's Alpaca, Paul and Deirdre Tingle's X-34 yacht is the latest entry into June's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Offshore Race. The Cork Harbour entry brings to 42 the number of boats now entered for the 320-mile National…
The Marine Institute is celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11th February 2021, by highlighting the many brilliant women who play transformative and ambitious roles in understanding, exploring, protecting and sustainably managing the wealth of…
Royal St. George Yacht Club Laser Dinghy Fleet Going From Strength to Strength
8th February 2021 DBSC
The Royal St. George Yacht Club Laser dinghy fleet hit the headlines at the weekend as the class also prepares to release a new video to promote solo sailing at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. 2020 was a record season for the…
The Irish Coast Guard rescued two swimmers after they ran into difficulty while swimming at the Forty Foot bathing place on Dublin Bay yesterday. The incident occurred earlier today as the swimmers required help in the choppy sea. The Dun…
