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Busy RCYC Dinghy & Yacht Racing Scene Helps Shorten Winter in Cork Harbour
26th November 2017 Royal Cork YC
There was a competitive air to today's Royal Cork Yacht Club racing in light westerly breezes at Cork Harbour writes Bob Bateman. Topper and Laser dinghies enjoyed short course racing as part of the final round of RCYC's winter frostbite series…
The Junior Laying Up Supper celebrated a fantastic year afloat for Royal Cork youth sailing on Saturday. Afloat.ie's photo gallery is below.
#Rowing: Damian Browne set a remarkable time of 1:16.2 for 500 metres at the Provinces Indoor Rowing championships at the University of Limerick on Saturday. The big Galway man, who will row the Atlantic starting in December, finished second in…
‘Humble Works for Humble People’ Charts History of Galway Bay’s Fishery Piers
26th November 2017 Book Review
#Books - Humble Works for Humble People is the title of a new history of the fishery piers of Galway Bay around coastal Galway and North Clare by Dr Noel Wilkins, a retired professor at NUI Galway. The book charts…
#Fishing - "The marine equivalent of fracking" is how one Irish MEP has described the practice of ‘pulse fishing’ recently greenly by the European Parliament’s fisheries committee. As TheJournal.ie reports, pulse fishing is a largely untested method of fishing that…
#Shipping - Britain’s potential loss of access to the EU single market has already seen two of the world’s top shipping insurers choose Ireland as a new base of operations, as The Irish Times reports. Standard Club and North P&I…
#MarineWildlife - Twitter user Derek Byrne was bemused by the sight of a large seal being chased from the door of a fishmonger’s as he drove through Wicklow town on Wednesday afternoon. But for the townsfolk, Sammy the Seal has…
Scallywag Wins Photo Finish Over Annalise’s Boat In Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2
26th November 2017 Ocean Race
#VOR - The closest finish of this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race thus far took place at the back of the fleet, where just metres separated sixth from seventh place on the race into Cape Town. On the approach,…
#Canoeing: Jenny Egan was honoured for her stellar season with a surprise party in Lucan last night. The Ireland canoeist won five medals in 2017 – she took a bronze medal at the canoe marathon World Championships and also had…
Thrilling Finish To Emotionally Charged Leg 3 In Store For Clipper Race Fleet
25th November 2017 Clipper Race
#ClipperRace - After 25 days and almost 4,800 nautical miles of racing across the Southern Ocean, the finish positions for Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race from Cape Town to Fremantle will come down to the final few nail-biting…
Missed Viking Marine’s Black Friday Specials? See What Else Is In Store
25th November 2017 Viking Marine
As Afloat.ie readers will be aware from its banner ad campaign, Viking Marine’s Black Friday sale yesterday included 20% off all clothing, 15% off Barton blocks and Marinepool lifejackets, and as much as 50% off bodyboards. Even though you might…
America’s Cup For Ireland? Enda O’Coineen Makes ‘Challenge’ During NZ Visit
25th November 2017 Vendee Globe
Is Ireland about to mount a challenge for the America’s Cup? No so fast — the photo above is just Enda O’Coineen posing with the Auld Mug as it sits prude of place in the clubhouse the Royal New Zealand…
Black Friday Special Offers Continue All Weekend At CH Marine
25th November 2017 CH Marine Chandlery
CH Marine’s Black Friday discounts continue till Monday 27 November, with up to 15% off many top clothing and footwear brands - use code VIP15 at the checkout (excludes Guy Cotten. Baltic and Crewsaver). Keeping your boat dry in winter…
Marina pontoon installation work has been installed at Cape Clear Island's North Harbour where pontoons to the value of €200,000 are now in place at the West Cork island harbour. As our pictures below show the new facility is a…
Ocean Yacht Racing Goes Mainstream. Is Irish Sailing Ready? And Willing?
25th November 2017 W M Nixon
With three major yet very different marathon sailing events crossing the Atlantic this month, it’s clear that the once decidedly quirky and often eccentric devotees of offshore and ocean racing are becoming mainstream. This is further reinforced by the confirmation…
#VOR - MAPFRE has won Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race into Cape Town, South Africa and will take the overall lead on the points table. The Spanish-flagged entry crossed the line in Cape Town this afternoon (Friday 24…
Waterways Ireland Archive Exhibition in Mullingar Celebrates 200 Years of the Royal Canal
24th November 2017 Inland Waterways
#RoyalCanal - A forthcoming exhibition in Mullingar Library will celebrate 200 years of the Royal Canal through images and drawings from the Waterways Ireland archive. Featuring a selection of images from the archive and from the Ruth Delany and Ian Bath…
Driver Three Times Over Legal Alcohol Limit In Buncrana Pier Tragedy, Inquest Hears
24th November 2017 News Update
#Buncrana - An inquest into the Buncrana slipway tragedy of March 2016 has found that the driver of the car that slipped into Lough Swilly was more than three times over the drink-driving limit. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, five…
#Missing - Emergency responders recovered a body a last night (Thursday 23 November) in the search for a missing fisherman off Galway. The body was found on the shore in Oranmore Bay, some five nautical miles east of where a…
Every cruiser-racing enthusiast dreams of a perfect boat which doesn’t have the inevitable whiff of diesel about her, has minimal maintenance, enjoys the benefit of a genuinely lifting keel, and yet with keel down, she sails like a real zippy…
