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#Submarine - RAF aircraft have been joined by French and Canadian counterparts as well as a Royal Navy frigate in the search for a Russian submarine reported to have been seen off the Scottish coast. According to The Scotsman, it's…

Derry~Londonderry~Doire has clinched second place into Albany, Western Australia, at the end of Race 3 across the Southern Ocean from Cape Town, South Africa, in the Wardan Whip. It crossed the line within twelve hours of first placed LMAX Exchange…

Blue Skies and bright sun were were welcome visitors for the second day of racing at the O’Leary Insurance Winter League writes Claire Bateman. A sizeable fleet of twenty boats arrived on the start line this morning ready and eager…

The Flying Fifteen & friends annual dinner and prize giving took place at the National Yacht Club at the weekend. The class mustered over 90 for dinner with piano accompaniment Terry Brown who generously provided his talents for a donation…

The first ever IRC European Championship will take place during Volvo Cork Week, 10-15th July 2016, Royal Cork Yacht Club has announced. The new event in the RORC Calendar will be hosted by the Crosshaven club, in the sailing grounds…

Noel Butler and Stephen Oram (15061) tightened their grip on Series 1 of the 2015/16 Fireball Frostbites by winning both races in Dun Laoghaire harbour yesterday writes Cormac Bradley. Despite the suggestion that the weather of the weekend would have a…

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Commodore Pat Shannon will retire at tonight's agm. In his final report to members of Ireland's biggest yacht racing club, Shannon leads his annual review with the club's response to the 'misconceived project' of a berth for…

While the Irish 49er Fx women's team must be feeling bitterly disappointed at the failure to qualify for Rio on Saturday, there is plenty of cause for optimism as the fat lady doesn't sing for a while yet. Of the…

Years and months of intense planning and preparation finally paid off today as three Irish yachts were among the fleet taking part in ARC 2015 made their way out of Muelle Deportivo in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria this morning.…

#Hurtigruten – Norwegian operator, Hurtigruten has announced a refurbishment programme that will see four of its coastal ships under-going a total ‘Arctic Interior’ makeover in 2016. The company is already undertaking a total refurbishment of the newly acquired MS Spitsbergen…

#Indoor Rowing: Claire Lambe excelled among a group of lightweight rowers who set personal best times in ergometer (rowing machine) tests at the National Rowing Centre in Cork. Gary O’Donovan, Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll all set new best times.…

#HSStoOffice? - Former HSS Stena Explorer now remamed One World Karadeniz following sale to Turkish owners is understood to have arrived at Yalova yesterday marking the end of almost a three week long delivery voyage, writes Jehan Ashmore. The last…

Multiple champion Tim Goodbody's retirement from the Sigma 33 class was saluted at a packed Royal Irish Yacht Club on Friday night when class captain Paddy Maguire honoured the stalwart with an 'Excellence Award' setting out his achievements over 16…

# Sam McKeown of Portadown set a time of six minutes 4.7 seconds, the fastest at the Ulster Indoor Championships at Queen’s University, and a personal best for the under-23 competitor. In Limerick, Richard O’Hagan won the open and 500…

There was agony for Dun Laoghaire's Andrea Brewster and Saskia Tidey in Buenos Aires this afternoon when, having apparently secured their berth at next year's Rio Olympics after a sensational comeback, lost qualification after a protest at the 49erfx World Championships was…

Denmark's Anne-Marie Rindom retains lead on second day of Qualifying Series at the Laser Radial Women’s World Championship in Oman but it has been a tough four races for Ireland's Annalise Murphy who lies in 82nd place in the 100–boat…

The Spindrift 2 sailing team confirm that they will leave in the next 24 hours to start their attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy round-the-world record. After analysing the latest weather files this morning, Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and their…

#MarineWildlife - A Dublin couple on a whale-watching tour off Queensland recently had to content with an attention-seeking humpback whale as they posed for a photo, as the Irish Post reports. But the holidaying pair Declan and Mandy O’Donoghue seemed…

#Surfing - The history of big wave riding at Mullaghmore is the focus of the latest episode of Threading Edges, the new surfing video series from EPIC TV. As championed by JOE.ie, last week's first episode introduced a number of…