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#SligoHarbour - Recent poor weather has forced a number of visiting yachts to hang tight in Sligo Port - but they were in no rush to leave as the annual Fleadh Cheoil took over the town this week. As the…

#Rowing - An Irish novice rower's experience crossing the Atlantic comes to RTÉ television tonight after entertaining film festival audiences for the last 18 months. One Ocean: No Limits focuses on Adam Langton Burke as he joins the experienced six-man…

#Rio2016 - Olympics sailing hopefuls' funding concerns may be among the least of their concerns with the worrying news that Rio's sailing waters are "so contaminated with human faeces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete". That's…

#TallShips - The Atlantic Youth Trust's (AYT) proposals for a new sail training tall ship for Ireland have taken another step closer to fruition with the backing of a group of influential business people. As the Sunday Independent reports today…

#Rio2016 - James Espey was Ireland's first sailor to qualify for a spot at Rio 2016. But as BBC Sport reports, his hopes of racing for Laser gold may be dashed after a funding cut by Northern Ireland's sporting body.…

Oman Sail's MOD70 Musandam-Oman Sail crept over the start line of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race as light winds slammed the brakes on the biggest and fastest racing fleet ever to take part in the event. Today saw the start…

#WaterSafety - Dangerous cliff-jumping is putting lives at risk says one lifeboat volunteer after he rescued a young woman from drowning. According to the Sunday Independent, off-duty Dun Laoghaire RNLI man Wayne Farrell spotted the woman unconscious in the water…

#coastalrowing – The All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships live from Waterville in County Kerry. Download the schedule of racing below.

#sods – 32 Shannon One Designs competed for the Challenge Cup at Lough Derg Annual Regatta in Dromineer that finished today. Lough Ree Yacht Club's David Dixon, with crew Anna and Lola-Anne Leech (SOD 73) completed the double having won the…

#aquecerio – There has been a disappointing start for Irish laser sailors at the Olympic test event in Rio today. After two races Annalise Murphy is recorded as 28th from 28 in the womens radial fleet and James Espey 32nd from 38…

#rorcrfr – A forecast of profoundly light winds is forcing crews to take drastic action before setting off tomorrow on the Royal Ocean Racing Club's Rolex Fastnet Race. With high pressure mid-Atlantic and over Norway, little gradient wind is forecast…

#opti – A general recall in today's first race at the Leaseplan Irish Optimist National and Open Championships at Skerries Sailing Club led to black flags being brandished by Race Officer Liam Dineen with the result that a total of…

#Canoeing: Ireland missed out on qualification for the semi-finals at the canoe slalom World Cup in Pau in France. Liam Jegou, in the men's C1, came closest, finishing 26th in his first run, where 20 qualified. Hannah Craig, in the…

#dbsc – BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 2. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power) BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 2. Levante(M.Leahy/J.Power), 3. Prospect (Chris Johnston) CRUISERS 0 Echo…

#rorcrfr – A new record should be set tomorrow at the Rolex Fastnet Race. This classic 603-nm offshore race, running from Cowes to Plymouth in the United Kingdom, is set to welcome its largest ever fleet, comprising almost 370 international…

#MaritimeMaps - The Glas Exhibition 2015 is based on a series of hand-size and hand-made artist books that document 14 sequential harbour locations between the West and East Pier's bordering the sea within Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The books currently on…

#WaterSafety - There's never a good reason to go out on the water without a lifejacket. But as TheJournal.ie reports, the Irish Coast Guard still hears plenty of excuses. Chief among them is the old chestnut, "I have lifejackets on…

#DunLaoghaire - The Irish Sailing Association (ISA) has announced it will formally support the Dun Laoghaire Combined Clubs (DLCC) – Dublin Bay Sailing Club, the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club, the National YC, the Royal Alfred, the Royal Irish and…

#Missing - Independent.ie reports that the search has resumed this morning for an angling tourist missing of the Kerry coast since yesterday afternoon (Friday 14 August). It's understood that the Chinese visitor was fishing with friends off Kerry Head when…

#isora – An offshore fleet of 13 boats headed out of Dublin Bay under spinnaker this morning at 8am bound for Pwllheli in North Wales. The Dun Laoghaire to Pwllheli Race 11 in the ISORA calendar is a distance of…