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#fireball – Although the forecast was for 15 – 18 knots or close variations to that, the assembled Fireball fleet at the UK Nationals enjoyed slightly lesser winds on Day 3 of the regatta. "Enjoyed" is used judiciously as the…

#dbsc – Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 20 AUGUST 2015 BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 2. Prospect(Chris Johnston), 3. Legally Blonde (C.Drohan/P.Egan) BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Bluefin Two (M…

#rorcrfr – After four days of playing a bit part in a slow-moving drama, Plymouth has now firmly grabbed centre stage and the pace of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race has lifted with yachts finishing in ever increasing numbers. While…

#Lighthouses - The latest collection of paintings by Irish artist Donal Murray entitled 'Chasing Lighthouses' will be unveiled at the National Maritime Museum, Dun Laoghaire tommorow, on Friday 21 August. The opening reception of this unique collection is at 7.15pm. The…

#rorcrfr – The last boat on the water in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2015, the British Dufour 365 Floating Point (David Anderson), finally got round the Rock at lunchtime today, and is now on course for the Bishop Rock with…

#Canoeing: Ireland’s Jenny Egan and Andrzej Jezierski will compete in C Final at the canoe sprint World Championships. Egan finished sixth in her semi-final of the K1 (racing kayak) 500 metres in Milan. Jezierski finished fifth in his semi-final of…

#Rescue - Two tourists cut off by the rising tide at the Giant's Causeway were rescued by coastguard teams on Tuesday evening (18 August), as the Belfast Telegraph reports. One of the two men, tourists from France and Italy, had…

#rorcrfr – With the latest deluge of arrivals in the Rolex Fastnet Race, overall victory is currently looking like it might be claimed, in this 90th anniversary running of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's flagship offshore race, by a fast…

#SkillfulEntrance - Measuring nearly 300 foot in length and over 50 foot in breadth, the Galway Fisher is one large tanker. The Mail Online features an aerial time-lapse capturing the skill of a sea captain to negotiate the ship through…

# Canoeing: All four Ireland boats competing at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan today qualified for the semi-finals – and all took fifth placings in their heats. Jenny Egan qualified for the semi-final of the K1 (racing kayak)…

fireball – There was no racing yesterday at the Fireball dinghy Brititsh Nationals in Pwllheli, North Wales. Sixty boats are entered in the week long competition at the Irish Sea's newest sailing centre; Plas Heli. Next week the international fleet…

#coastalrowing – St. Michael's Rowing Club, based at the Coal Harbour in Dun Laoghaire are the toast of the county after they became the town's first ever men's All Ireland Champions at the Coastal Rowing Championships in Waterville, Co. Kerry.…

#aquecerio – Sailors, including a four boat Irish team, were tested by a northern Rio breeze for the first time at the Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta in a testing day for the sailors and officials. Ireland has not…

#halfton –The sun finally shone on the Half Ton Classics Cup fleet on the third day of the regatta, which also brought more moderate wind and sea conditions. The crews enjoyed a fabulous day of classic champagne sailing to complete…

#laser – Royal Cork sailors were said to be 'shaken' after a collision involving a truck and their team van/boat trailer led to at least one badly damaged dinghy. Nobody was injured in the accident yesterday afternoon. The RCYC team…

#rorcrfr – What a difference a day makes. Yesterday morning boats were pulling out of a largely windless Fastnet Race, claiming that their time was running out. Quite what anyone thinks they're doing, going off in the Fastnet Race without…

#Canoeing: Paracanoeist Patrick O’Leary has qualified for the A Final at the canoe sprint World Championships at the Idroscalo course in Milan. O’Leary was second in the third of four semi-finals of the K1 KL3 event. He will qualify his…

#rorcrfr – We're in to sticking our neck out territory now as predictions on overall Fastnet race winners are being made but it is hard to ignore the impressive performance so far of the French JPK 10.80 Courrier du Leon (Gery…

#fastnet – Well up in the overall fleet, and lying side by side after just rounding the Fastnet Rock this morning are Stormy weather, the winner of the 1935 Fastnet and Dorade the winner of the 1931 Race. Presently they…

#MarineWildlife - The arrival of minke whales and a host of other whale and dolphin species around Ireland's coast seems like a good omen for this year's All Ireland Whale Watch Day this Sunday 23 August, according to the Irish…