Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
The British America's Cup challenger, Land Rover BAR, has launched its latest testing boat – T2 – at their home in Portsmouth. This boat will increase the momentum already developed with the initial launch of 'T1' last October. It's the…
The popular #Sigma 33, a popular club & regatta boat. #popje for sale http://t.co/kmfjT3t7Ur @RSGYC @NYC_club pic.twitter.com/SugTcOeHf4
— afloatboatsforsale (@afloatboatsales) October 6, 2015
This Sigma 33 can be viewed in Dun Laoghaire where she will be lifted for winter storage. Popje is an "in class" Sigma that will make comfortable passage and provide good racing. More details here
#MarineWildlife - The Belfast Telegraph has video of a 30ft whale that washed up on Portstewart Strand yesterday morning (Monday 6 October). Confirmed as the remains of an adult female sei whale, the enormous marine wildlife remains took three diggers…
#RNLI - Volunteers from Lough Ree RNLI were called to assist two people last Wednesday afternoon (30 September) after their motor cruiser ran aground on a shoal near Green Island on Lough Ree. The crew was requested to launch their…
Crosshaven Boatyard are offering a low engine hours Quicksilver 700 Weekend motroboat for sale . The 150HP Volkswagen diesel engine has low engine hours of 650 approximately. She also comes equipped with a 2015 bow thruster, 2015 cooker, colour chart…
Four Dun Laoghaire RNLI Crew Members Awarded for 120 years Collective Service
6th October 2015 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
Four volunteer crew members at Dun Laoghaire RNLI have been recognised this week for their commitment to the charity that saves lives at sea. Kieran O’Connell, Eamon O’Leary, Stuart Kane and David Branigan have collectively provided 120 years’ service to…
Four-Nations Naval Team Carry Out Pelagic Monitoring Campaign off South Ireland
6th October 2015 Naval Visits
#JointNavyPatrols – The Spanish Navy currently has 29 ships at sea, and 2,665 people embarked or deployed away from their bases. One of these ships the offshore patrol vessel, Arnomendi (P63) is understood to have completed in an international pelagic…
Charlie West–Hurst's Mumbo Jumbo won their first race of the Belfast Lough Autumn Keelboat Series last Sunday morning, finishing just behind the other NIRKRA competitors to win on handicap. This was the fourth different winner in as many weeks with…
#BigBoxData - French container giant CMA CGM Group has announced that the new CMA CGM Bougainville (see previous report) will be the first container ship in the world to be equipped with 'Traxens' technology. This will transform containers into smart…
#BeckettRescue - The patrol ship LÉ Samuel Beckett of the Naval Service has rescued 242 people off the Libyan coast on its first humanitarian tasking in the Mediterranean, reports The Irish Times. The ship, which took over from the LÉ…
#LiffeyDescent - The Irish Mirror has posted footage of a daring rescue of two kayakers stranded after their tandem canoe crashed into a bridge support during the recent Liffey Descent. The incident occurred at Leixlip bridge on the Dublin/Kildare border…
We're currently at an incident on the #Liffey near the #IFSC. Multi agency response including @RNLI & Coast guard pic.twitter.com/2UW6cxnchI
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 5, 2015
#Liffey - An emergency operation in Dublin city centre this afternoon (Monday 5 October) saw a body recovered from the River Liffey, as TheJournal.ie reports. The body of a man was taken from the water around 2pm less than four…
The new HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at St Athan was sent to its first tasking within an hour of going live at the weekend. Bristow Helicopters Ltd commenced SAR helicopter operations on behalf of HM Coastguard from…
Coveney Inspects Progress On €6m Dredging Works At Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre
5th October 2015 Coastal Notes
During his visit to the South East, The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, took the opportunity to inspect progress on the €6m dredging works at Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre. The works which involve removing…
Restored 1897 Belfast Lough OD Tern Makes Successful Debut At Les Voiles De St Tropez 2015
5th October 2015 Historic Boats
The 1897-built Fife-designed 37ft Belfast Lough One Design Tern has made a successful debut in the classics scene in the Mediterranean by winning her class in Les Voiles de St Tropez 2015 writes W M Nixon. We’ve reported from time…
#DeploymentDecember – According to The Irish Independent, the role of Ireland’s migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean headed by the Naval Service will be suspended from early December. The Government believes the rescue mission, undertaken in conjunction with the Italian…
#HistoricBoats - A team of scientists aboard the Marine Institute's research vessel Celtic Voyager has revealed detailed images of World War I shipwrecks in the Irish Sea. The team, led by Dr Ruth Plets of the School of Environmental Sciences…
Princess Yachts in the UK say that have 'strong order books' after confident performances at the Cannes and Southampton boat shows, and currently marking its 50th anniversary, figures published today show that Princess Yachts has successfully weathered one of the…
Is Dun Laoghaire Harbour a busier dinghy sailing venue on Autumn Sundays than it is in Summer? Certainly if yesterday's activity at the National Yacht Club, Royal St. George YC, Royal Irish, Irish National Sailing School and DMYC is anything…
After what might prove to be the last of the mild autumnal weather for the MSL Park Motors Mercedes Benz Autumn League in Howth Yacht Club this weekend, the completion of the fourth race in this series means that a…