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#angling – Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources, Joe McHugh TD, has today  announced that angling clubs and organisations in the Midlands are set to benefit from the €50,000 Midland Fisheries Fund (MFF), introduced…

#rorcsrbi – Liam Coyne's First 36.7 Lula Belle, racing Two-Handed with Brian Flahive, is just west of Sunderland with 1450 miles to go, which means that the Dublin Bay pair from the National Yacht Club will have about a week…

#dublinport – Dublin Port Company have installed new permanent pontoons on the River Liffey at North Wall Quay (beside the O2). Dublin Port Company, Sail Training Ireland and the Irish Sailing Association have linked up with the Cruising Association of…

#fireball – Five Fireballs enjoyed a blustery start to the third evening of the third Series of Tuesday night races last night in Dublin Bay writes Cormac Bradley. Rigging up in the harbour beforehand, the wind appeared to be quite…

#gp14 – Normal service resumed after Monday's 'Major Rescue' for the second day of the GP14 World Championships at East Down Yacht Club on Strangford Lough yesterday with English crews occupying the top three places in the 14–foot dinghy class…

#gp14 – Following the 'major rescue' incident during the GP14 Worlds at East Down Yacht Club on Monday afternoon, championship organisers issued the following statement to 'reassure' members: 'Today was the first day of the event with race 1 starting…

#420sailing – Four Royal Cork, two Howth/Skerries combinations plus a Kinsale YC and Malahide YC team will contest the 420 and 470 Junior European Championships in Gdynia, Poland this morning. The seven boat Irish youth sailing line up comprises Harry Whitaker and Grattan…

#vor – Vestas, the world's leading wind energy company, was today announced as the seventh and final boat for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15.  Six-time world champion Chris Nicholson, who will be contesting his fifth race, will skipper the boat…

#dennisconner – Ireland will send three teams to New York this week for the Dennis Conner International Yacht Club Challenge in New York Harbour. Two Howth Yacht Club teams for the event are HYC's U25 team; skippered by Joeseph Murphy with…

#dbsc – CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Capilano (S Soran), 2. Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle), 3. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey) Ensign - 1. INSC1 (K Rumball), 2. RIYC 2 (Mark McGibney), 3. INSC2 (A Rumball) FIREBALL - 1. No Name…

#rorcsrbi – Musandam-Oman Sail reached Out Stack, the rock north of Muckle Flugga and the most northerly part of the Round Britain & Ireland course, just before 1500 BST 12th August. The MOD 70, skippered by Sidney Gavignet, has about…

#coastguard – A man has been rescued from his car after being swamped by the rising tide on the causeway between Overton and Sunderland Point. Liverpool Coastguard received a 999 call from a member of the public just after midday.…

#GreenorePort – The Irish Times reports that the Burke Shipping Group, has emerged as a bidder in the final stages of the race for Greenore port in Co Louth. It is one of three remaining bidders for the port, which…

#rorcsrbi – There may well be a record pace at Muckle Flugga, the most northerly point of the Round Britain and Ireland race but for one small Irish boat, Lulabelle sailed by Liam Coyne and Brian Flahive, it will be some…

#dbsc – 12 Flying Fifteen turned out for the DBSC racing on Saturday the last Saturday of the second series, there was a pleasant force 3⁄4 W wind with the tide ebbing. What transpired was a total mix of conditions from over…

#laser – While the big boats competing in the Seven Star Round Britain & Ireland race were postponed and the Merlin sailors in Looe were playing beach rounders because of Big Bertha the 150 Laser helms in Largs were kept…

#j24 – For the first time in decades, the European J/24 sailors are making a migration north into Scandinavia to sail the J/24 European Championship. The event takes place from the 9th to 15th of August and will be hosted…

#corkharbour – In compiling this month's edition of This Island Nation I met a 23-year-old student from University College, Cork, who told me the story of Soviet-inclined workers of Cork Harbour Board taking over the port and flying the Red…

#rorcsrbi – Famed British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston is out of the Round Britain & Ireland race without spending a single night at sea. The Clipper Round the World Race founder has been forced to retire from the race after…

#yog – A fleet of 30 Boys Byte CII's will line up to race on Monday 18 August when sailing commences at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) but Ireland is not represented because the Byte is not an…