Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
Looking for a SCUBAPRO Aladin square Dive wrist watch? One's just been added to Afloat's marketplace at a discounted price. Seller Jeremy Leighton is offering a brand new, unused watch that's still in original packaging. He says this Aladin 2 dive…
#Rowing: The final schedule for the Ireland trials this weekend at the National Rowing Centre has been released. The adult events are now sited primarily on the Sunday, with just the men’s under-23 heavyweight double sculls being added to the…
O'Sullivan's Marine in Tralee County Kerry has a range of discounted inflatable tenders for sale. The WavEco 2.30M solid transom has an air floor and has a special offer price of €450 down from €525. The WEC230 AM/3 has a…
#ThirdOPV90 - According to NavalTechnology.com, the Naval Service has reportedly floated out the third and final OPV90 / Samuel Beckett-class newbuild LÉ William Butler Yeats (P63). A total of two Samuel Beckett-class OPVs were ordered by Ireland's Department of Defence…
#FrenchNavy– PSP Flamant (P676) a French Navy fisheries and coastguard patrol vessel docked in Dublin Port in advance of celebrating tomorrow's St. Patrick’s Day, writes Jehan Ashmore. The OPV54 or 'Cormoran' bird class Flamant flying the 'tricolor' (adopted during the…
County Mayo participants at this weekend's Earth Hour initiative will pledge to keep the oceans clean and plastic free especially in the coastal town of Westport. There’s more to Westport on the West coast of Ireland than tourism. There’s also…
#ProjectEcoShip- Scottish Western Isles operator, Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) is on track to meet its own greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. CalMac's target to cut CO2 emissions by two per cent equates to some 1,800 tonnes, which is equivalent to the…
Top Travel Guide Lists Waterside Spots Among Best Things To See In Ireland
16th March 2016 Aquatic Tourism
#Tourism - A number of waterside destinations feature in a new Lonely Planet list of the top 21 things to do in Ireland - just in time for the St Patrick's Festival. TheJournal.ie has the lowdown on the tourism and…
#RNLI - Portrush RNLI had a busy 24 hours earlier this week with two early morning callouts on consecutive days. The volunteer lifeboat crew was alerted at 4.45am on Monday (14 March) to reports of a fishing vessel that had…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) in London says a 'correction is needed' over information contained in an article following an ORC presentation at the ICRA Conference in Limerick, a week ago. Michael Boyd, the Commodore of RORC, says the…
#GalwayBaySwim - A documentary celebrating 10 years of the Galway Bay Swim had a special screening in the City of the Tribes this week to mark the launch of the 11th charity swim this July. As Galway Bay FM reports,…
#BelfastLough - Belfast Harbour has announced the completion of its latest waterside apartments - but you may have to look close to see them, as they were created for some very special residents. Indeed, as you can see from the…
Sailing is, definitely, a ‘sport for life’ but “you have to find a bit of time for it and, if you have a family, don’t let it hog your whole life and try to take your family with you.” Good…
#Surfing - Sign-ups are still welcome for a charity tandem surfing competition in Portrush this coming weekend, as the Coleraine Times reports. Waveriders will be lining up two-by-two on the East Strand this Sunday 20 March for the charity event…
Waterways Ireland reminds masters and owners of vessels that the winter mooring period finishes on the Shannon Navigation which includes the Shannon–Erne Waterway on Thurs 31 March.
Marine Institute Promoting Ireland as 'Centre for Innovation in the Sea' at Oceanology
15th March 2016 Marine Science
The Galway based Marine Institute and some of Ireland’s most innovative marine technology organisations are in London this week at one of the leading global ocean technology events, Oceanology International, at ExCel London (March 15-17). They are promoting Ireland as…
Latest in a number of Adidas Sailing footwear and clothing contracts signed in the past few months is an agreement between Adidas Sailing and the RYA British Youth Sailing Programme for 2016, to supply official, branded RYA British Youth Sailing onshore clothing.Announced last…
#RNLI - Lough Ree RNLI’s third annual Lap Of Lough Ree charity cycle took place on Sunday 6 March, with 88 cyclists setting off in cold, dry weather at 10am. The cycle started and finished at The Bounty, Buccaneers Rugby…
#RNLI - Kilkeel RNLI's volunteer lifeboat crew launched at 9.20am yesterday morning (Monday 14 March) to go the aid of a fishing vessel rapidly taking in water about 25 miles southeast of Kilkeel, Co Down. The vessel was in a…
#Pollution - A Kerry-based pig farming company has been convicted in relation to a river pollution incident last summer arising from its premises in Castleisland. Pollution of a River Maine tributary stream had been noted by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI)…
