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Team Volvo Steph Bridge and her 15–year–old son Guy have successfully kitesurfed the 60–mile circumference around the Isle of Wight both making it round in less the 4 hours beating the current record. Guy Bridge is now the youngest person…

#BelfastHarbour - Belfast Harbour's "robust" trade will not be affected by any potential future sale, its commercial director has told BBC News. Joe O'Neill says the currently publicly owned harbour is run "very much in a private sector mode today...…

#HiberniaExpress - The Hibernia Express long-distance fibre optic link has arrived in Cork, according to RTÉ News. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the transatlantic subsea cable is the first modern telecommunications cable of its kind to link North American and…

#RNLI - Portrush RNLI and lifeguards at Portstewart Strand worked together yesterday (Sunday 9 August) to help a person who got into difficulty on a jetski. Portstewart lifeguards were first called to assist the jetski but because of the large…

#lifesaving – Ireland's top Lifeguards have won 18 medals in Wales at the European Lifesaving Championships. Ireland have never won so many medals at and International event before. Medal Winners were:Bernard Cahill from Clare won Gold in the Surf Swim…

#wakeboard – Irish wakeboarder David O'Caoimh, (21) from Dublin, delivered an incredible performance at the European and African Championships held this weekend in The Netherlands, to take the Gold Medal. David took the highest score through each qualifying heat to…

#GalwayPortDelay- As plans to transform Galway Harbour continue to be deliberated by Bórd Pleanála, the Taoiseach has been asked to intervene to ensure the project gets European funding. The Connacht Tribune writes that the Planning Appeals Board is due to…

#rnli – The crew of Bundoran RNLI lifeboat were called out on Sunday evening (9 August 2015) to a body boarder in difficulty at Rossnowlagh Beach. Following a 999 call to Malin Head Coast Guard, the crew were paged just…

#vor –  The 70ft Green Dragon that represented Ireland in the 2009 Volvo Ocean race leaves Ireland for good today when she departs Galway at lunch–time. It's new Austrian owner is moving the yacht to the Mediterranean to be berted in…

#howth17 – An eminent sailing scribe once suggested that the Howth Yacht Club's historical keelboat class defied physics by proving that friction actually creates energy and Saturday's Howth 17 National Championships compounded that observation once again. The cancellation of the…

#ThirdNavyShip – According to the Irish Independent, a third Naval Service ship is to assist the migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean within weeks. However, the Government is hoping that the dispatch of a fourth vessel will not be necessary,…

#youthsailing – The sole Irish 29er sailed by skiff debutantes Harry and Johnny Durcan of Royal Cork lie 52nd in a fleet of over 190 at the 2015 Zhik 29er World Championship in Pwllheli, North Wales. The conditions improved after…

#cowesweek – The second day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week delivered perfect conditions, with bright sun and decent winds. A west-south westerly breeze built gradually through the day to give gusts approaching 20 knots by early afternoon. With 30-degree…

#flyingfifteen – It's for days like this that we sail Flying Fifteen's, a sunny afternoon with a nice building breeze. The tide was coming in but we were tucked well into Seapoint so it didn't have a big effect, the same…

#ironman – With a divisonal ranking of seventh, Olympic sailor Annalise Murphy completed Sunday's Dublin Ironman race as part of a three person relay team. The Olympic Laser sailor completed the 90km bike section of the course while her sister Claudine…

#isora – The Dun Laoghaire Night Race, as part of the ISORA Avery Crest Offshore Series 2015 and the RAYC Offshore Series, took place starting and finishing in Dun Laoghaire on Friday evening 7th August, writes ISORA Chairman Peter Ryan After a season…

The changeable conditions continued for the Mermaid National Championships which concluded on Friday at Foynes Yacht Club.  The championship began last Sunday in a challenging 20-25kts with strong gusts, rough seas and spring tides. The mixed weather conditions meant the…

#rnli – The Courtmacsherry RNLI All Weather Lifeboat was called out at 3pm this afternoon (Sat) to go to the aid of a 35–ft Yacht named Silver Breeze that was dismasted in strong winds and got into difficulties just one mile…

#dbsc – Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 8 AUGUST 2015 BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 2.Prospect (Chris Johnston), 3. Kernach (Eoin O'Driscoll) BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Bluefin Two (M & BBryson), 3. Levante…

#BelfastLough - An Antrim man has unravelled the mystery behind the death of an ancestor while sailing on Belfast Lough more than 130 years ago. As the Carrick Times reports, the Bryan family has long known that Matthew Shanks died…