Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
Optimist Connaught Championships At Foynes Yacht Club Disrupted By Light Winds
11th June 2016 Optimist
Following an onshore briefing at 11am, a fleet of 118 Optimists headed on to the water for Day 1 of the Optimist Connaught Championships 2016 at Foynes Yacht Club. Lack of wind and very poor visibility due to constant heavy…
DMYC has published the prizewinners of the first King of the Bay Challenge run as part of its annual regatta off Dun Laoghaire today. The Gods looked favourably on the bay in the earlier part of the day with sunshine…
Sailing Cup Medal Race For 49er in Weymouth But Other Results 'Not as Planned'
11th June 2016 Olympic
'Results not what we had planned for but valuable time on the water nevertheless' is the ISA conclusion from a mixed bag of results posted by the Olympic Sailing Team in Weymouth this weekend. On the eve of the Rio…
ICRA Leaderboard Changes on Day Two of Howth Cruiser Nationals (Updated After Five Races)
11th June 2016 ICRA
After five races sailed, there are big changes at the top of the leader board in three of the four IRC classes at the Irish Cruiser Racing Association National Championships this evening which means the stage is set for tomorrow's cliff–hanger finale…
Public Information Evening On Galway Bay Marine Test Site Lease Application
11th June 2016 Galway Harbour
#GalwayBay - A public information evening will take place in Spiddal this Tuesday 14 June on the Marine Institute’s application to upgrade the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site. Speakers from the Marine Institute, SmartBay Ireland and the…
Warning Over Dangers Of Striking Overhead Power Lines On Ireland's Inland Waterways
11th June 2016 Inland Waterways
#InlandWaters - Waterways Ireland has warned masters and users of Ireland's inland navigations of the dangers associated with overhead power lines. In particular, sailing vessels, sailing dinghys and workboats with cranes or large air draughts should take extra care around…
#MarineNotice - CGG Services SA is scheduled to carry out an extensive multi-client 3D seismic survey in the Porcupine Basin off the southwest coast of Ireland. The seismic survey, named Ireland 2016 MC3D MSS, is further sub-divided into two areas…
#CruiseWaterford - Noble Caledonia, an operator in the high-end small ship cruise market whose latest addition, Hebridean Sky yesterday called to Dun Laoghaire Harbour, having sailed from the quays of Waterford City, writes Jehan Ashmore. This was the 4,200 tonnes…
ORACLE TEAM USA and Emirates Team New Zealand put on a spectacular show in Chicago during official practice at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series on Friday. The teams sit one-two on the overall leaderboard, but on Friday, neither team…
#BartraghIsland - A Co Mayo island owned by golfer Nick Faldo was at the centre of a recent High Court case over a dispute between previous owners, as The Irish Times reports. Mary Molloy owned Bartragh Island from 1989 till…
Shipping Review: Dublin Hosts Big Conferences, ICG Boss Profits, Countdown of ‘RMS’ & More
11th June 2016 Ports & Shipping
#ShippingReview- In the same week of Cruise Europe 2016 conference held in Dublin, the European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) conference was also in town to include #myportinturku photo exhibition. Irish Continental Group's chief executive made a €4.43 million profit on…
A better day yesterday for Ireland’s Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern brought the 49er skiff duo into the top ten when they posted two sixth places for the day, boosting the Northern Ireland pair to ninth overall. Unfortunately, Ireland’s sailors…
#RNLI - Volunteers with Portaferry RNLI went to the aid of three men on board a 4m dory who had become lost in thick fog close to Ballyhornan on the Co Down coast on Thursday (9 June). At the time…
Flying Fifteen Ignis Caput Discard a First to Keep Ahead in DBSC Series
11th June 2016 Flying Fifteen
Thursday morning 9th June 2016 and thick fog and no wind, will we get racing in Dublin Bay this evening? Jack Roy must have been on his prayer mat as the afternoon cleared and a nice 14 knots appeared for…
If you’d brought a party of strangers to sailing out in a spectator boat to view yesterday’s first day of the three-day Irish Cruiser Racing Association’s National Championship, they could have been forgiven wondering why it all attracts such interest.…
The DMYC say a late surge in entries means nearly 100 boats will race for their King of the Bay Challenge tomorrow, offering the cruisers a semi–coastal race and the dinghies a combination of a pursuit race and a standard…
Tim Goodbody made the perfect debut in the ultra competitive Irish Cruiser Racing Association class one IRC fleet off Howth this afternoon when he took a four point lead in his new J/109 White Mischief. The Royal Irish Skipper leads…
The search is ongoing for a microlight aircraft with two people on board, after it was reported missing last night. UK Coastguard is continuing to co-ordinate the search, which had to be suspended because of fog at 3am today (10th June).…
Belgravia Based Luxury Operator's Newest Addition Makes Dun Laoghaire Debut
10th June 2016 Cruise Liners
#LuxuryMarket - Noble Caledonia's headquarters in London is close to the Irish Embassy in exclusive Belgravia, and the connection with this operator and our country was made when their newest cruiseship addition called for the first time to Dun Laoghaire…
An early arrival for the 704-mile Volvo Round Ireland race arrived under bare poles and engine into Dublin Bay this morning, eight days ahead of the start off Wicklow on Saturday, June 18th. US sailor, Lloyd Thornburg brought his MOD 70…