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Rio Olympic Sailing Waters Test '1.7 Million' Times Above Danger Levels For Water-Borne Viruses
31st July 2015 Olympic
#Rio2016 - The news from Rio just gets worse, as a new report claims tests for viruses in the waters where sailors will compete in next summer's Olympic Games measured up to 1.7 million times above hazardous levels. As previously…
#Kayaking - Two medals and a ribbon were awarded to Irish kayakers at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles yesterday. As the Herald reports, Nuala Browne from Tyrone and Rita Quirke from Kildare took silver and bronze respectively…
#NewAddress - The Marine Institute is moving its Dublin office next month from 80 Harcourt Street to nearby Wilton Place, where it will be sharing the same building as the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland…
Former Chair Of Galway VOR Finale Firm Hits Out Over Debt Write-Off Reports
31st July 2015 Ocean Race
#VOR - The former honorary chair of the organisers behind Galway's hosting of the Volvo Ocean Race finale in 2012 has hit out at reports that creditors were left "hanging" by the company's post-race debts. As previously reported on Afloat.ie,…
Tough Going at British Optimist Championships, Skerries Sailor Tops Irish in Pwllheli
31st July 2015 Optimist
#Young sailors have battled it out in seven races so far at the Volvo Gill Optimist Championships in Pwhelli - it's been a tough few days, with the weather being predominantly windy and wet, but the sun is now shining…
#flyingfifteen – Despite the holiday season a good fleet of Flying Fifteens turned out for the DBSC race on a cold Thursday evening. Tom Galvin with newcomer to the fleet Kerel crewing won the race in light conditions with a…
#galwayyachtdeath – A marine leisure industry professional has died after falling overboard from a yacht in Galway. It is understood the accident happened in the vicinity of Galway harbour yesterday. Update here
#sbsc – BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 2. Thirty Something (Kavanagh\Gaffney\Jones), 3. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty) BENETEAU 31.7 Echo - 1. Thirty Something (Kavanagh\Gaffney\Jones), 2.Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 3. Levante(M.Leahy/J.Power) CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Prima Luce (O'Flynn, Burke, Lemass), 2.…
#Dusty - Dusty the dolphin is back in the news after 'attacking' a swimmer off a beach at Inis Oírr in the Aran Islands, as the Connacht Tribune reports. Two years after the bottlenose dolphin courted controversy by causing serious…
#Kayaking - Twenty-three days is the new record for solo kayaking around the island of Ireland, set by Waterford man Mick O'Meara earlier this month. It's probably the biggest of a series of round-Ireland feats completed this summer – with…
#lugger– In Baltimore yesterday evening, the Ogden brothers of County Cork received a warm welcome home from family and friends as they successfully concluded their circuit of Ireland with their 18ft Drascombe Lugger Lughnasa. They'd taken eight weeks for an…
#drugsyacht – The SY Makayabella sold this morning by Public Auction for €70,000. There were approximately four interested parties and bidding started at €30,000. It was bought in trust by a Solicitor, for a client, thought to be Irish. more…
The Ireland team will compete at the 2015 Coupe de la Jeunesse this Saturday and Sunday in Szeged in Hungary. Most of the team met for lunch at the National Rowing Centre in Cork on Monday and received a great…
#rssailing – The RS Eurocup will be sailed at Ballyholme Yacht Club from 18 to 20th September. Many of Ireland's top double handed sailors have purchased RS400's this year across Ireland with strong fleets at Cork, Dublin and Belfast Lough. A strong Scottish…
#Rowing News: Mark Pollock, the former Trinity oarsman and adventurer, has won his case for damages relating to the fall from a window at Henley during the regatta in 2010. The claim will be limited to £2 million, so as…
Greystones Sailing Club Adds ISORA & East Coast Class Three Champs To Cruiser Regatta
30th July 2015 Greystones Harbour
#greystones – Greystones Sailing Club (GSC) says sunshine is guaranteed for its Taste of Greystones Cruiser Regatta, Sunday August 30th 2015. As Afloat.ie previously reported, the increasingly popular east coast regatta this year is serving as an ISORA feeder race plus The East Coast Class 3 championships…
Visit of LÉ James Joyce to Dun Laoghaire Is Venue for Naming Ceremony
29th July 2015 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
#NamingCeremony - Afloat can reveal the Naval Service newest newbuild OPV LÉ James Joyce (P62) is to be named and commissioned during a ceremony to be held in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, writes Jehan Ashmore. The joint ceremony of the second…
Newcastle RNLI Launches in the Early Hours to Sinking Fishing Vessel off Ardglass
29th July 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#lifeboat – Lifeboat crew at Newcastle RNLI were called out in the early hours of this morning Wednesday (29July) after a MAYDAY call was received from a fishing boat that was believed to have been involved in a collision with…
#FerryOnTV - As reported on Afloat, the latest episode of BBC's popular 'Coast' focuses on the Irish Sea, with presenter Nick Crane sailing from Holyhead to Dublin on board Irish Ferries cruise ferry, Ulysses. The hour-long BBC2 programme broadcast on…
#Rio2016 - Rio has made "great progress" in preparing for next summer's Olympic Games but "challenges" remain, not least of which is Guanabara Bay's significant pollution problem, according to the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). As the Guardian…