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#roundireland – Afloat's Round Ireland Race 2014 free to enter competition offers a great prize of a McWilliam Sailing Bag to the person who is closest to predicting the elapsed time of the winning yacht. Last year, Inis Mor won…

#Afloatmag – A packed 64–page Summer edition of Afloat hits the newsstand this week, full of all the top Irish boating stories. Here's some of the highlights: EditorialIf there has been a maritime awakening, can Ireland expect its own Tall…

#commodorescup – With the entry list now closed, nine teams have confirmed their participation in the Commodores' Cup, taking place out of Cowes over Saturday 19th July until Saturday 26th July. This year the Royal Ocean Racing Club's biennial flagship…

#RoundIreland - Dragon's Den star Bobby Kerr and Wicklow farmer David Ryan will have to see some stiff competition in the Round Ireland Yacht Race in the form of former race winners, a Volvo Ocean Race navigator and a local…

#Heritage - Some 119 years after she first plied her trade as a cargo boat on Ireland's inland waterways, heritage boat number 4E has been pressed back into service to make a special delivery to Enniskillen. Some weeks ago, in…

  #hyc – Howth Yacht Club's new Sportsboat initiative attracted J24s, J80s and the visiting 1720 European championships for its first outing last weekend.  Well known cJ24 skipper  Flor O’Driscoll and the crew of his J24 Hard On Port were…

#rnli – The RNLI Annual Presentation of Awards took place on Saturday (21 June) in the Ballroom of Farmleigh House in Phoenix Park. It was a special occasion as it also marked the 190th anniversary of the charity that saves…

#rtir – Anyone who did this year's Lambay Race will have no problem picturing what the Round the Island race was like. Lots of white sailing in uber light breeze, loads of tide and loads of sunshine writes Ric Morris…

#RSsailing – Normally you have to drive for a couple of days with an overnight ferry and a long slow tunnel through a montagne to get sailing conditions like those enjoyed by the RS fleets at Strangford Lough, this weekend.…

#rorc – The Royal Ocean Racing Club's (RORC) Season's Points Championship reaches the half way stage with a double-header of RORC racing starting this weekend. The 704-mile Round Ireland Race, starting and finishing in Wicklow, commences on Saturday 28th June while…

#DalkeyIslandFerry – The Dalkey Island passenger ferry boat service from Coliemore Harbour, Co. Dublin, was finally launched into service and coincidentally on the opening of the 5th Dalkey Book Festival last Thursday, writes Jehan Ashmore. There had been no ferry…

#EmerAficanArrival -Only days after L.E. Samuel Beckett's completion of a first patrol and major exercise, the vessel she directly replaced the Emer arrived off the Nigerian capital of Lagos today, writes Jehan Ashmore. As previously reported, she departed Cork Harbour…

#LuxuryFeadship - A luxury motoryacht the Katrion (2003/401grt) is berthed at Cork City Marina, the 10-guest, 38.6m Feadship built vessel is advertised for sale for just shy of €13m, writes Jehan Ashmore. The Cayman Islands flagged Feadship, a Dutch yard…

#clipperrace –  Ever wondered what it takes to take charge of a crew in one of the world's most challenging ocean yacht races? With the Clipper Round the World Race nearing the final few stages before the crews race to…

Nine  SB20s battled it out in Scotsman's Bay for the 2014 NYC regatta title. With a persistent veer forecast, OOD Harry Gallagher had his work cut out setting a course that would provide a good test over the course of…

#rtir – An early start for Jason and Dominic Losty's Quarter Tonner Illes Pituses in this year's Round the Island race saw them heading for the boat at 06:30 to enjoy the fantastic sight of 1,600 boats heading from Cowes in…

#ChinaRejectP3- The Maritime Executive writes about the fallout of the P3 Alliance rejection, following a protectionist "no" from China's Ministry of Commerce. The efforts of the P3 Alliance was to control approximately 47% of Asian-Euro container business. Maersk chief executive…

#oceanrower – British solo rower, Daryl Farmer, who was taking part in the Great Pacific Race rowing from California to Hawaii, was forced to call for assistance four days after beginning the race, having become dangerously dehydrated from sea sickness.…

#roundireland–  Wait long enough for the wind to change direction and just about anything can be made to happen, just ask the crews preparing for this year's Round Ireland Yacht Race race this Saturday.  Yet again next week the Irish…

#1720 – Baltimore Sailing Club's Peter O'Leary has won the 1720 European championships by half a point at Howth Yacht Club over the weekend. O'Leary beat another Munster campaign, Denis Murphy's Aquatack, after an eight races series sailed in light…