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El Helimer 401 rescata a los dos tripulantes de un veleroEl Helimer 401 rescató esta tarde a los dos tripulantes del velero Rockcliffe Bill II 98 millas al noroeste de A Coruña
Posted by Salvamento Marítimo on Saturday, 31 October 2015
British sailor Alex Thomson and his co-skipper Guillermo Altadill are looking towards the 2016 Vendee Globe after an extraordinary sequence of events ended their participation in the Transat Jacques Vabre this weekend. The pair were rescued by the Spanish coastguard…
Irish Continental Group Acquires Containerships for €24.2 million
2nd November 2015 Ports & Shipping
#ICGacquireLoLos – The Irish Continental Group (ICG) has entered into agreements for the purchase of four lo-lo container vessels for a total consideration of €24.2 million. The following three vessels of the quartet are the MV Elbfeeder (built 2008), MV…
#NewBelfastTug – One of the largest UK independent harbour tug firms, SMS Towage has taken delivery of another tug for its Belfast operations last month. The new ASD (azimuth stern drive) tug to Belfast brings the overall investment in the…
#FarewellHSS- As the sun shone down on Holyhead dozens of people lined the breakwater yesterday to say farewell to Stena Line’s HSS Explorer, reports the Daily Post. The fast ferry set sail from the port for the last time after…
#RNLI - Red Bay RNLI has rescued three men yesterday afternoon (Sunday 1 November) after they got into difficulty on a 4m speedboat which was drifting out to sea off the North Coast. The volunteer lifeboat crew was alerted by…
#Rescue - Kayakers paddled to the rescue of a man in his 60s spotted floating in the sea off Co Clare on Saturday morning (31 October). According to The Irish Times, the man – thought to have fallen into the…
Miraculously race officer Stuart Kinnear got 2 races in for the opening of the DMYC Frostbites; mug winners were Noel Butler & Luke Malcolm for race 1 and Frank Miller & Cormac Bradley race 2....
Posted by Irish Fireball Association on Sunday, 1 November 2015
Dun Laoghaire's winter sailing fixtures nearly fell victim to the fine weather yesterday but 'miraculously', according to the Fireball facebook page, DMYC race officer Stuart Kinnear got two races in for the opening of the DMYC Frostbites. Unfortunately, the DBSC…
Annalise Murphy Joins World's Top Laser Radial Sailors for Oman World Title Fight
2nd November 2015 Olympic
The best female Laser sailors in the world including Ireland's Annalise Murphy will be sharpening their skills and tactics ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games when the 2015 Laser Radial Women’s World Championships get underway in Mussanah, Oman, later…
With SMA now abandoned from fourth place the breakaway group forming the vanguard of the IMOCA fleet is lead by Banque Populaire VIII which is just over 20 miles ahead of PRB, Vincent Riou and Seb Col with Queguiner-Leucemie Espoir,…
Though there was no Irish dimension to the Sailing World Cup in Abu Dhabi both Irish trialists Annalise Murphy and Aoife Hopkins will have been watching the results sheet closely in the Laser Radial class. Josefin Olsson of Sweden beat Dutch favourite Marit…
Dream Conditions for Thomas Dolan As Trade Winds Reach 25 Knots for Mini Transat
1st November 2015 Tom Dolan
County Meath solo sailor Thomas Dolan lies in 27th place from 44 starters in the early stages of the Mini–Transat race sailing tonight off the Mauritanian coast. It's a drop of some 17 places from this morning's tenth place for Dolan…
#Rowing: The fastest crew at the Castleconnell head of the river on Saturday was the composite men’s senior eight of the host club and the University of Limerick, who set a time of 10 minutes and 25 seconds. The fastest…
#Surfing - One of big wave surfing's best kept secrets off the Clare coast has seen the area named among the top surf spots in the UK and Ireland, as the Clare Herald reports. Easkey in Co Sligo and The…
#MarineWildlife - A seal pup was lunch for a killer whale that's been attracting onlookers to Wales' Irish Sea coast in recent days. As the Carmarthen Journal reports, the orca was first sighted of Mwnt, north of Cardigan, over the…
Yesterday marked 100 years since Rosslare RNLI saved six crews in 24 hours. As vessels were being blown into dangerous...
Posted by RNLI on Sunday, 1 November 2015
100 Years Since Rosslare Lifeboat's Daring Rescues In Hallowe'en Gales
1st November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - Today – 1 November 2015 – marks 100 years since the end one of the most daring days in the history of Rosslare RNLI, when the station's volunteers rescued six crews within a single 24-hour period. With the…
#FishFarm - Long-term solutions for freshwater treatment at Connemara fish farms are a priority as one local company seeks planning permission for a new pipeline, according to Galway Bay FM. The moves come in the wake of recent controversy over…
#DublinBay - New flood defences in Clontarf will be several feet higher than agreed, local residents fear. As The Irish Times reports, the Clontarf Residents' Association says it was promised by Dublin City Council that new defences constructed as part…
El Helimer 401 rescata a los dos tripulantes de un veleroEl Helimer 401 rescató esta tarde a los dos tripulantes del velero Rockcliffe Bill II 98 millas al noroeste de A Coruña
Posted by Salvamento Marítimo on Saturday, 31 October 2015
The dramatic scene as Hugo Boss was rescued yesterday is captured by Spanish Coastguard helicopter. Alex Thomson and Guillermo Altadill are now back on land after a successful rescue from the Spanish coast guard. The Alex Thomson Racing Team is…
Posted by Tom Dolan - Mini Transat 2015 on Friday, 30 October 2015
Solo Dolan Heads off Across the Atlantic in Mini Transat Îles de Guadeloupe
1st November 2015 Tom Dolan
The Mini Transat Îles de Guadeloupe competitors – including Ireland's Thomas Dolan – set off to conquer the Atlantic Ocean yesterday with a sustained northeasterly wind and rough seas. 'The red rocket and I will head off for what will…
#Rowing: Sanita Puspure won the women’s category at the Armada Cup in Switzerland. The Old Collegians sculler, competing for the first time in her new boat, was the fastest senior woman by over 20 seconds. Damir Martin of Croatia outpaced…
