Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
After an epic ten race series, Ireland's Annalise Murphy goes into Monday's medal race with no guarantee of a medal but the confidence in knowing she has sailed the most consistent series of her career. Where many have fallen, including…
Seaton & McGovern In Top Five At Half–Way Stage of 49er Regatta, Brewster & Tidey Drop to 12th in 49erfx
14th August 2016 Half Tonners
Ballyholme's Ryan Seaton and Matthew McGovern are fourth overall at the halfway stage of the Men's Skiff 49er competition and Dun Laoghaire's Andrea Brewster and Saskia Tidey are 12th in the women's 49erfx after a demanding four race schedule yesterday. Erik Heil and Thomas…
In the final race of the Laser Radial qualification series, prior to Monday's medal race, Annalise Murphy finished seventh to complete the preliminaries in the bronze medal position. It is an excellent performance in difficult conditions by the National Yacht…
Annalise Second In Radial, Seaton & McGovern Second in 49er as Results Roll in For Irish Sailors in Rio
13th August 2016 Olympic
It's a sensational Saturday for Irish sailing after a stunning sixth scored in race nine, Annalise Murphy moves back up to second in the overall rankings in the Laser Radial Fleet. Annalise recovered well from the teens in a 12–knot race…
BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 2. Extreme Reality (L Balfe), 3. Legally Blonde (C.Drohan/P.Egan) BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 2. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 3. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson) CRUISERS 0 ECHO…
Day 2 of the Irish Fireball Nationals was in stark contrast to Day 1 at Howth Yacht Club writes Cormac Bradley. The breeze that saw the fleet afloat gradually faded as the day wore on and the last race of the…
Annalise Murphy Aims For Monday's Medal Race Final With Last Qualifying Races Today
13th August 2016 Olympic
An extremely well–sailed qualifying series by Annalise Murphy will conclude this evening ahead of Monday's Medal Race climax. The Laser Radials are scheduled for one race on the Pão de Açucar (Sugarloaf Mountain) course and one on Niterói, so it will…
#Rowing: Sanita Puspure ended her Olympic programme in Rio de Janeiro with a win. The Ireland single sculler won the C Final, placing 13th overall. She had been very disappointed not to at least make the B Final, but she…
Lloyd Thornburg & Crew of Phaedo3 Presented With Round Ireland Perpetual Trophy
13th August 2016 Offshore
Last night, National Yacht Club Commodore Larry Power presented American yachtsman Llyod Thornburg and the crew of Phaedo 3, with the Cork Dry Gin Round Ireland Record Perpetual trophy for August's record breaking run. A dinner to celebrate the new Round Ireland…
#Ferry2Cruise – A cruiseship with an unconventional background called into Dublin Port this morning, Ocean Majesty, which in another guise was a car ferry built fifty years ago to serve Spanish island services, writes Jehan Ashmore. The veteran vessel, an…
#Jellyfish - Organisers of tomorrow's Ironman triathlon in Dublin Bay are currently monitoring the appearance of Lion's Mane jellyfish in the waters of the swimming course. According to The Irish Times, the Ironman event is scheduled to begin early on…
#Missing - The search resumed this morning for a fisherman missing in Lough Corrib near Oughterard in Co Galway. As RTÉ News reports, emergency services were joined by local fisherman to begin the search after a fishing boat was found…
Ballyholme's Liam Glynn Leads Laser Radial Youth European Championship in Tallinn (VIDEO)
13th August 2016 Laser
Ballyholme Yacht Club's Liam Glynn leads the Laser Radial Youth European Championship 2016 in Tallinn, Estonia this morning. The former Topper World Champion has a five point margin from Germany's Nico Steenbuck on 23 points. The event concludes tomorrow with four…
One of Annalise Murphy's main rivals for a medal on Monday has fallen ill. Evi Van Acker, who won a bronze medal in the Laser Radial class of the 2012 London Olympics Sailing Competition, reported 'feeling unwell' after racing on…
With yesterday’s fourth day of sailing for the Women’s Laser Radials at the Rio Olympics bedevilled by light breezes after unusually strong winds earlier in the week, pressure is intensified on Annalise Murphy, who has electrified everyone at home with…
Both of Ireland's Olympic skiff crews are in the top five overall after an explosive start to their Olympic regattas in Rio this afternoon. Northern Ireland's Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern scored a second in race two today and in…
420 National Dinghy Title Goes to Elmes/O'Sullivan in Record Fleet at Howth Yacht Club
12th August 2016 420
There was plenty of wind over the past three days as the 2016 420 Nationals took place at Howth Yacht Club. Steady wind on the first two days ensured that Race Officer Derek Bothwell was able to keep on schedule…
Racing further out to sea in a westerly 9–12 knot breeze on Rio's Pia course, Annalise Murphy scored 12th in race eight and is in bronze medal position going into the final two qualifying races tomorrow. Race eight completed a tough…
Annalise Murphy has finished 18th in race seven and dropped to third in the overall standings. The race, her worst result of the regatta so far, was a struggle in eight to 12 knots but the Dubliner will be boosted by a…
Royal Cork's Harry Durcan and Harry Whittaker have won the UK 29er National Championship in Torbay. After six days racing and 19 races in all, it all came down to the final race which they secured with a bullet giving…
