Ireland's sailing, boating & maritime magazine

Howth Yacht Club's Paul McMahon took fourth overall at last week's RS Aero 7 European Championships on Lake Garda in Italy. The former number one ranked full rig Irish Laser sailor was in the mix for the final overall podium…

The Olympic Nacra 17 catamaran class have issued a statement following a safety incident that occurred in training just before this week's Sailing World Cup in Enoshima, Japan. The statement (below) was issued by Irish sailor Marcus Spillane who is President…

After a full lap of the course, racing was very tight for the Water Wags on Monday 26th August for the Single-Handed race as they rounded the leeward mark in Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Our photo above shows No.3 Pansy (Delany)…

Sixty boats turned out tonight for the last Tuesday race of the 2019 Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) season. DBSC Results for 27/08/2019 below: Race 1 Cruiser 3 Tuesday Echo: 1. Maranda, 2. Dubious, 3. Papytoo Combined Cruisers: 1. Powder…

A UK forest-products specialist which has operations including services to Irish Ports have ordered a third newbuild of the same design from a Dutch shipyard, writes Jehan Ashmore. Scotline Marine Holdings Ltd confirmed the order from Royal Bodewes Shipyard of…

#Rowing: Ireland brought its tally of boats qualified for the next round to eight this morning at the World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria. The women's four of Tara Hanlon, Eimear Lambe, Aifric Keogh and Emily Hegarty slotted into the…

Marhall King and Ian Wilson's Soak Racing is the Corinthian UK National Champion at Royal Torbay writes Louay Habib Michael Goldfarb's Warcanoe from Seattle (USA) was the top team out of all the 35 international teams competing. Calascione & Ripard's…

Were it not for a 'DSQ' in race three, Dublin Bay helmsman Jonathan O'Dowd of the Royal St. George Yacht Club may well have been further up the podium when racing was cut short at the J80 UK National Championships…

Louth-based marine technology firm Xocean is following its recent funding boost with plans to expand into North America and eventually Asia, according to business news site Fora. The company specialises in innovative robotics, particularly unmanned vehicles, and IoT technology to…

Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club recently played hosts to the Mirror Fleet for their 2019 National Championships. Three fabulous days of close racing were held in varied conditions with the event going down to the wire on the last day.…

Great Island Sailing Club (GISC) ran a dinghy race around Spike Island in Cork Harbour on Sunday. It had an entry of 13 boats that included two Rankins, 10 GISC boats and a visiting boat from Monkstown Bay SC. It…

Larne RNLI’s volunteer crew were kept busy with two callouts in quick succession on yesterday’s Bank Holiday (Monday 26 August), while the Portaferry lifeboat had an early-hours launch to aid a yacht run around in Strangford Lough. Larne’s inshore lifeboat…

Over 250 people with physical, sensory, intellectual and learning disabilities took part each day in a “splashingly” good weekend at the third annual Watersports Inclusion Games in Kinsale writes Treasa Cox This year’s participants tried out more sports than ever…

Conditions couldn’t have been more glorious for a bank holiday weekend of ISORA races in Pwllheli writes Vicky Cox. The last two races of the Global Displays three-race Welsh Coastal series. The first race of the weekend, the Global Displays…

Race 14 of the ISORA Offshore Series 2019 took place from Dun Laoghaire on Saturday, 24th August 2019 writes Peter Ryan.  As Afloat previously reported, the race was a Coastal Day Race with a 10.00 start. The race was part…

WOW! What an amazing weekend for our fantastic clients. Inshore, offshore and one-design - well done, congratulations and Thank you for your brilliant sailing writes Maurice O'Connell of North Sails Ireland. Where to start? Here goes... Beneteau 31.7 Nationals Following…

A group searching for a woman missing near the Cliffs of Moher has contacted Afloat.ie in an appeal for her whereabouts. Pauline Walsh was last seen on Tuesday 6 August in the Hag’s Head area in Co Clare, and since…

With all eyes on the pre-Olympics and the Rugby World Cup in Japan, Quest Howth has recently proven a big hit in the Land of the Rising Sun. While the focus in recent days may have been on the Olympic…

After so much promise with sun-filled races towards Greystones on Saturday, as a local observer has wrily remarked, Sunday was more Factor 6 than Force 6…….Perhaps in other places, local coastal anomalies and neighbourhood weakness in tidal streams made events…

According to EchoLive questions regarding plans for the long-awaited redevelopment of Marino Point, the former Irish Fertiliser Industries (IFI) site, near Cobh, will be taken by Port of Cork staff at two events in September. Two public information evenings are due…