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#topaz – Next month Foynes Yacht Club will host the 2015 Topper Topaz Uno National Championships which will take place at the club on Saturday, 5th Sept.The club are delighted to have received very generous support from Topper International Ltd…

#sailability – Leinster were the winners of the Sailability Ireland President's Cup Event hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club last weekend. More than 40 sailors, representing all four Provinces, raced a series of six races over the two days…

#Rowing: The Ireland team for the World Rowing Championships flew out of Dublin Airport today, on the first leg of their journey to Aiguebelette in France. The Championships begin this Sunday, August 30th, and run to the following Sunday, September…

#Missing - Searching resumed today (Wednesday 26 August) for a Japanese couple missing since the weekend. As BBC News reports, a car hired by the tourists in their 60s was found yesterday at Byrnes Cove in Kilkee. But it's believed it…

#portsshipping – Shipping and port activity in the Republic of Ireland rose by 3% in the second quarter of 2015 when compared to the corresponding period of 2014, according to the latest quarterly iShip Index* published today by the Irish…

#dinghyregatta – Howth Yacht Club's annual Dinghy Regatta takes place this Sunday coinciding with the end of the summer holidays and the children's return to school.  The north Dublin club promises lots of entries from HYC Lasers, Toppers, Optimists, 420s…

#stolendrascombe – A Drascombe Lugger dinghy fitted with an outboard engine has been reportedly stolen from Carrigaloe, Cork Harbour last night. Details are on the attached facebook post above.

#ChallengeDropped - According to Irish Examiner, plans by the Port of Waterford to seek a judicial review have been dropped on the An Bord Pleanála decision to grant planning for the Port of Cork’s €100 million expansion at Ringaskiddy. The…

#WhitePaper - At an event in Dublin Castle earlier today the Minister for Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney T.D. launched the Government's new White Paper on Defence. The preparation of the White Paper was informed by a wide-ranging consultation process. The…

#greystonesharbour – A fleet of over 100 are expected for this weekend's Greystones SC Taste of Greystones Cruiser regatta off the Wicklow coast. Now in its third year there will be four starts: for Cruisers 1, 2 and 3, and White Sails.…

#laser – CRUISERS 2 - 1. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 2. Jambiya (Ryan & Lattimore) CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Syzrgy (R Fogarty), 2. Isolde (B Mulqueen & JMartin), 3. Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle) IDRA 14 FOOT Race…

#lifeboat – Four people have been rescued by Red Bay and Larne RNLI this evening (Tuesday 25 August) after they made a Mayday call when their 32ft yacht was in danger of being dismasted and its sail was blowing out…

#Galway - Galway's storied Claddagh district should have its own maritime museum, according to a local historian. And as the Connact Tribune reports, Thomas Holohan says the former Piscatorial School in the neighbourhood just south of Galway's city centre would…

#MarineWildlife - The carcass of a minke whale that washed ashore between Doolin and Liscannor in Co Clare a fortnight ago will be left to decompose naturally, as the Irish Examiner reports. The six-metre-long adult female, believed to weigh more…

#Symposium: Women and the Sea, begins with a free public lecture on the night of the 25 September. This is to be followed the next day with a ticketed Symposium held on 26th September. Both events are to held in…

#Fishing - The fisherman who died after an incident on a trawler in Killybegs last night (Monday 24 August) has been named as James Joyce of Inis Mór in the Aran Islands. The Connacht Tribune reports that the 27-year-old from…

#Surfing - Could Lahinch be Ireland's 'surf city'? That's the aim of a group of local surfing entrepreneurs, according to the Irish Examiner. More than a 18 months after the Co Clare coastal town was battered by unprecedented winter storms,…

#QE2 – A new working group has been established to examine if the world famous QE2 cruise ship could be brought back to the Clyde and Greenock. For, after Inverclyde Council Leader, Councillor Stephen McCabe, wrote to the Scottish Government…

#fireballworlds – With six races now completed the Fireball worlds series at Pwllheli is a finely balanced competition - much more so than last week's Nationals might have suggested writes Cormac Bradley. Yesterday we had glorious conditions, sunshine and healthy…

#CruiseBerth - The case against Dun Laoghaire's proposed cruise liner berth has another vocal supporter in local TD Richard Boyd Barrett, who writes in The Irish Times about seeking an alternative vision for the south Dublin port town. Indeed, 'An…