Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
Posted by Volvo Ocean Race on Tuesday, 8 December 2015
#VOR - Brian Carlin's shot of Team Vestas Wind's heartbreaking grounding in the Indian Ocean a year ago has been voted by the public into second place in the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image of the Year Award. Carlin – who…
#IrishHarbours - Concerns over rising silt levels in Howth Harbour have made the pages of the Swords Gazette, which quotes the Harbour Users Action Group as saying launches at low water on a spring tide are now impossible. Not only…
#MotorwayOfTheSea – The France-Spain ‘motorway of the sea’ (MoS) ro-ro service between the Atlantic ports of St. Nazaire (Nantes) and Vigo, with capacity for 100 unaccompanied trailers is to benefit from €27 million in state aid, with both countries each…
#FourthMedShip? - Another Naval Service ship to the Mediterranean may be sent by the Government early next year to assist with the ongoing refugee crisis after the LE Samuel Beckett completes its current tour of duty later this month, according…
Day one of training in Rio and I picked up a chair in the water! I think it works quite nicely!!! pic.twitter.com/kJRfOmX4c1
— Annalise Murphy (@Annalise_Murphy) December 9, 2015
Last year Irish Olympic sailor Annalise Murphy ended up with a dead fish in her boat while sailing in Rio's polluted waters and yesterday the Dun Laoghaire solo sailor made good use of a chair she picked up during her first…
Adelie leads the Rathfarnham Ford sponsored 79–boat DBSC Turkey shoot series on Dublin Bay. After three races sailed (and no discard) the Beneteau 34.7 is on 25 nett points and has a five point lead over the 1720 sportsboat Key Events.…
Baltimore RNLI received an an alert from Valentia Coastguard at 09:29 this morning when a young boy in urgent need of medical attention required immediate evacuation from Cape Clear Island. Coxswain Aidan Bushe along with 5 volunteer crewmen were launched…
#MarineWildlife - On Monday 7 December, Ireland today joined with a number of other countries in a demarche to the government of Japan about its whaling activities. The demarche expresses “serious concern” at Japan's decision to resume whaling in the…
#Angling - The tender process for Inland Fisheries Ireland's (IFI) State fisheries for 2016 is now open. A list of available fisheries is available to download from the IF website HERE. To tender for one or more fisheries, fill out…
#Greystones - Moves are being made to complete developments for five clubs in Greystones Harbour before year's end, as the Wicklow Times reports. Developer Bridgedale JV recently informed Greystones Municipal District councillors that the €3.5 million facilities are nearing completion…
#MalahideYC - Malahide Yacht Club has put its Sports Capital Grant allocation to good use with the purchase of new dinghies and sails. According to the Swords Gazette, the €44,000 grant was used to procure six new sailing dinghies, two…
Dublin Port Joins UNCTAD Train for Trade on Ghana Port Managers Programme
9th December 2015 Dublin Port
#TrainForTrade - An expert from Dublin Port Company will join two representatives of the UNCTAD/TrainForTrade programme in the juries that will assess the dissertation deliveries of the 28 middle managers from Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA). The middle managers…
Clipper Yacht Derry–Londonderry–Doire Diverts to Hobart With Injured Crew
9th December 2015 Clipper Race
Derry–Londonderry–Doire is diverting to Hobart in Tasmania for a medevac of an injured crewman as a precautionary measure. Skipper Daniel Smith contacted the Race Office at 1030 AEDT today (2330 UTC Tuesday 8 December) to report that round-the-world crew member…
John O' Kane wraps up the sale of a new Sun Odyssey 389 at the Paris Boat Show #nautic2015 @AfloatMagazine pic.twitter.com/JRCMgsXZm4
— MGM Boats (@mgmboats) December 9, 2015Face to face with the Swift Trawler 30 from @BENETEAU_France,will have to get photos to @AfloatMagazine!WHAT A BOAT! pic.twitter.com/Ga1fDizzUE
— BJ Marine (@bjmarinesales1) December 8, 2015
The dominant subject in the past week has been the weather – pictures on television and in the newspapers of water pouring through streets, into houses, shops, stranded cars and so on – bringing in its wake flooding, destruction, tragedy…
Berthing Cruise Liners With Existing Piers in Dun Laoghaire? Here's How
8th December 2015 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
We’ve all been told how very self-manoeuvrable modern smaller cruise liners can be, and so they are. But nevertheless it still needs a certain minimum of space, as demonstrated here in Hamilton, Bermuda. How do you think this might work…
#NoTaxShipFuel – Throughout the world, no tax is paid on ship-fuel or aircraft despite those sectors’ huge emissions, reports Frank McDonald at the COP21 Paris conference for The Irish Times. International aviation and shipping have rightly been dubbed “the elephants in…
The highlights from the medal race at the 2015 Finn Gold Cup in Takapuna, New Zealand video can now be seen. For the Finn Gold Cup Medal race the international class association added a GoPro to the back of each of…
No More Boat Passages In & Out of Dublin Until 2016 Boating Season
8th December 2015 Inland Waterways
Waterways Ireland says there will be no further boat passages arranged into or out of Dublin's inland waterways until the 2016 boating season except in exceptional circumstances. Newcomen Bridge lift dates will be advised in the New Year. WI say should anyone wish…
