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#Race&Waves- Baltimore Maritime Centre will have two presentations for The Glenua and Friends lecture series in 2015 at the Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club, Ringsend, Dublin on Thursday 8 January. Starting at 20:00hrs, the admission for both presentations is €5…

#VOR - The Volvo Ocean Race fleet prepares for a day of drifting in light winds as the they enter the second 24 hours of the third leg from Abu Dhabi to Sanya. Now past the Musandam Peninsula and Strait…

#Rescue - BBC News reports that the crew of a car transporter ship that ran aground on a sandbank in the Solent last night (Saturday 3 January) have been brought to safety. One of the 25-strong crew was hospitalised with…

#Tourism - Activities on the water feature heavily in The Irish Times' new guide to adventure holidays around the country. Kitesurfing and kayaking on the coast are go-to pursuits at all times of year, but some activities that may be…

#RNLI - A week after Dun Laoghaire RNLI remembered those who lost their lives at sea, Wicklow RNLI held its annual New Year's Day service of remembrance this past Thursday. The ceremony began with a short religious prayer conducted by…

#Rescue - Casualties in remote or unfamiliar locations can now be found and treated quicker than ever before thanks to a new software solution for smartphones developed by the Air Corps and the HSE. The video report from RTÉ News…

#Missing - On New Year's Day emergency teams entered the third day of a search and rescue operation on the north Down coast for a woman missing from her Bangor home since Monday 29 December. According to the Belfast Telegraph,…

#rshyr – Ireland's fascination with the Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race moved onto a new plane in 1991, when a three-boat Irish team team of all the talents had a runaway win in the Southern Cross Series which culminated with the 628-mile race…

#VOR - The grounded Team Vestas Wind have declared their intention to rejoin the Volvo Ocean Race at some point before the final leg out of Lisbon this summer. Team chief executive Morten Abaek and skipper Chris Nicholson made the…

#MarineWildlife - 2014 brought us some offbeat marine wildlife stories on Afloat.ie, from a sea lion leaping onto a speedboat to nab himself a fish, to a French 'bad boy' dolphin's tour of Ireland's west coast. We also learned that…

#Lifeboats - The RNLI in Ireland has put together this thrilling looking back at its year of rescues in 2014 as their lifeboat crews saw it themselves via helmet- or boat-mounted cameras. Among the callouts featured here involving inshore and…

#Angling - Ireland took the gold medal at the Chatton Lakes Home International fly fishing competition in Northumberland to close out a successful 2014. As The Irish Times reports, the Trout Angling Federation of Ireland Stillwater Bank Fly Fishing Team…

#Weather - It's a poor start to the New Year as Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow warning for small craft. Southerly gales have developed this morning and will be continuing throughout the day in all coastal waters, with…

#RSHYR - An Australian journalist has written of her shock at being barred from the Sydney to Hobart Race media centre over an article criticising the rising cost of competing in major sailing events. Sue Neales, a rural and regional…

#RisingFares – According to Hellenic Shipping News, as of New Year's Day, ferry passengers are being warned to expect a sharp increase in fares in 2015 after rules curbing 'dirty fuel'. Freight and passenger rates will jump as ferry operators…

#fireball – In 2014, the fleet at the Fireball UK Nationals were asked to complete a Survey Monkey poll (see attached word doc below) of the event writes Cormac Bradley. Among the subjects for consideration were, course configurations, race lengths,…

#Livestockferry – Over 16,500 animals have been exported to Britain in 2014, an increase of nearly 65% compared to last year according to the Irish Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney. The Minister said that in recent years Irish exporters wishing…

#coastguard – The Coast Guard has seen a record response for 2014, with it being particularly relevant to the Shannon SAR Helicopter who flew the Bases 300th mission last week. As Afloat.ie already reported two days ago, the Coast Guard…

#Titanic - The year won't be complete without sharing this wonderful collection of images from the launch of the RMS Titanic at Belfast Lough in 1911, courtesy of the Belfast Telegraph. The stunning photographs were taken by John W Kempster,…

#VOR - Team Alvimedica have won a claim for redress over time lost while diverting to assist the stricken Team Vestas Wind during the second leg of the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race, according to the official race website. As previously…