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Ian Scandrett’s Sigma 38 won Friday evening’s Whitesail cruiser race at Cove Sailing Club. Second was Brian Curtis in his Sun Odyssey and third was the Dehler 34 (Allen/Leahy). Owen O’Connell’s R61 Rankin now leads the Wednesday Dinghy League. Overall…

Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s July League Class 1 in Cork Harbour ended with veteran Laser and National 18 sailor, David O’Connell, taking a second monthly league win in succession. After winning two of the nine races in his ILCA Laser…

Cork Harbour saw challenging conditions during the last race of the July Cruiser Whitesail League at the Royal Cork Yacht Club on Friday evening. With wind speeds gusting over 22 knots, only four yachts were able to race, and only…

A Naval Service offshore patrol vessel (OPV) which was on a six-week deployment in the Mediterranean Sea to enforce a UN embargo on arms shipments to Libya has returned to Cork Harbour. The deployment of L.É. William Butler Yeats in…

Growler (G. Horgan) took home the trophy at the Schull Harbour Sailing Club's Summer cruiser league's Tadg Dwyer Trophy Race on Saturday. Dave O’Brien’s Aphrodite came in second, while John McGowan’s Mackey G took third place. This was the eighth…

Sailing coaches at the ILCA 4 Youth World Championships in Volos, Greece, have been hailed as heroes after they saved over 130 people from wildfires. The coaches witnessed the scene from across the water as racing concluded and quickly sprang…

A silver medal at last week's 29er UK National Championships in Weymouth for recently crowned Irish national champions Ben O'Shaughnessy (RCYC) and Ethan Spain (NYC) set the Cork-Dublin duo up nicely for this week's world championships at the same venue. 410 sailors making…

Northern Ireland sailors are showcasing their skills at the 75th Anniversary of West Highland Yachting Week in Scotland. Michael Petticrew's Nicholson 43 Magdaleyne from East Down Yacht Club on Strangford Lough took second place in the Gigha to Craobh Feeder Race,…

The Governor’s Cup match racing regatta in California, USA, came to an exciting conclusion on its last day with intense competition between skilled sailors. The day began with the continuation of the semi-final races from the previous day and sail-offs…

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) say that "the humpback whales so long a feature of summer in Cork and Kerry didn’t come this year; instead, they are far to the north, off Mayo, Sligo and Donegal, and reduced…

The Department of Transport is reminding all masters, owners and users of recreational craft of the need to think and prepare before going out on the water. All owners and users of recreational craft should follow this checklist of basic…

X-Yachts is throwing this years biggest sailor party and X-regatta in Aarhus, Denmark from 17-20 August. And this is your last chance to secure a ticket as registration closes on Tuesday 1 August. Get ready for three days filled with…

Two second places in the final races of the 2023 Ruffian 23 National Championships at the National Yacht Club handed overall victory to Stephen Penney's Hot Orange from Carrickfergus Sailing Club on Belfast Lough. Royal St. George's Shannagh (S. Gill & P. MacDiarmada)…

A member of the public alerted the Coast Guard to a stranded vessel with one person onboard near Spike Island and Haulbowline Island in Cork Harbour on Saturday afternoon (July 29th). The Crosshaven lifeboat volunteers were called to action and launched…

The Baltimore RNLI provided a medical evacuation on Sunday morning, July 30th, from Sherkin Island located off Baltimore in West Cork. The request for assistance came from the Irish Coast Guard to evacuate an injured man from the island. The…

Afloat's Jehan Ashmore travelled on M.V. Scillonian III, under the command of Captain Victoria Bolitho, who has the unique honour of being the first female appointed in this ferry role in the 103 year history of the Isles of Scilly…

Great Britain's Ben and Keira McGrane of Netley Sailing Club won the Mirror World Championships at Sligo Yacht Club on Friday, which saw Britain take the top three places overall. Despite a final-day blowout, Race Office Bill O'Hara and his…

Jimmy Fischer's Billy Whizz leads Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) Beneteau 211 class in the Scratch, Saturday Overall AIB Summer Series. The Royal St. George Yacht Club entry holds a three-point lead despite a dismasting at this month's Volvo Dun Laoghaire…

In Amsterdam, a city council moves to 'keep' cruise ships out of the city-centre, according to Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the world's largest cruise industry trade association. As Tradewinds reports, Amsterdam is certainly looking to prevent massive sized cruise…

Castletownbere lifeboat was dispatched to help a man whose speedboat was having difficulty off the West Cork coast this afternoon. The Irish Coast Guard's Marine Research Coordination Centre in Valentia received reports that a 17' speedboat with one person aboard…