Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
#weatherwarning – Southerly gales will develop overnight on all Irish coastal waters and on the Irish sea, gradually veering southwest to west later tonight and tomorrow and increasing gale to storm force. Frequent heavy showers, some thundery with sleet and…
#laser – The Irish Sailing Association (ISA) has announced 2014 regional Squads for the Laser 4.7 & Radial. Leinster Radial Squad: Sandy Aplin, Mark Bolger, Patrick Cahill, Chloe Eggers, Ciaran Finnegan, Jack Higgins, Aoife Hopkins, Luke Murphy & Dougie Power…
#Windsurfing - The Round Cobh Windsurf Race will make its return this summer as part of SailCork's 40th anniversary festivities. The revival of the famous Cork Harbour windsurfing race is listed in the provisional birthday programme for the sail training business,…
Pilot Study of Seal Predation On Salmon Stocks in Irish Rivers and Estuaries
31st January 2014 Marine Wildlife
#MarineWildlife - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) funded the Coastal and Marine Research Centre (CMRC) and University College Cork, in conjunction with partners in UCC's School of Biology, Ecology and Environmental Science (BEES) and the Marine Institute to undertake a two-year…
#FishKill - A Carlow farmer has pleaded guilty to the accidental discharge of 'deleterious matter' into the River Burren at Cloontoose on 10 June last year, resulting in a fish kill that cost as many as 5,000 brown trout. At…
#MarineWildlife - Northern Ireland's Exploris aquarium will be saved - provided the local council receives a one-off capital grant from Stormont. BBC News reports that a new business plan to preserve the Portaferry aquarium, which is one of the North's…
#Shortsea – SeatradeGlobal reports that the European Union is making great efforts to shift freight movements away from land transportation to sea. Greece's shortsea shipping sector is promoting an ambitious plan to connect shortsea shipping with river transport within, and…
ESPO Awards 2014 to Honour Port with Best Innovative Environmental Project
31st January 2014 Ports & Shipping
#ESPOawards - The ESPO Award on Societal Integration of Ports this year is entering its sixth edition. For the 2014 competition, the theme 'Innovative environmental projects' was chosen. The call for proposals is now open. ESPO will be addressing innovative…
#Canals - 'Hundreds' of houseboat owners on Ireland's canals will be affected by a new charging regime in proposals to revamp bye-laws on the waterways, if projections based on last year's figures prove accurate. In a written response to Dáil…
#BelfastHarbour -Belfast Harbour's trade rose by 16% during 2013 with record tonnages of almost 23 million passing through the port. Over half the increase, 1.7m tonnes, was fuelled by an increase of over 150% in coal imports. This reflects a…
#Surfing - Just weeks after the 'black swell' that brought surfers in their hundreds to the West of Ireland's top surfing spots, Surfer Today reports that its sequel storm system is in the making over the Atlantic. Taking a more…
#annalisemurphy – An eighth in race four scored yesterday helped Annalise Murphy climb ten places in the overall standings after six races at Miami Olympic classes regatta. The first World Cup event of 2014 has been subject to some pretty…
#RNLI - Kilmore Quay RNLI came to the rescue of two fishermen after their boat sank off the Saltee Islands in Co Wexford yesterday afternoon (Thursday 30 January). The volunteer crew was requested to launch their all-weather lifeboat shortly after…
#ArcticBuoy - An extraordinary visitor to Ireland's shores will be the subject of a new exhibition in Belmullet, Co Mayo next week. As The Irish Times reports, Fergus Sweeney was on the shoreline at Blacksod in north Mayo last autumn…
#KillCord - An "exceptionally unusual" tight turn at high speed led to the death of a father and daughter and the serious injury of other family members in a tragic speedboat accident off Cornwall last year. The Guardian reports on…
ROWING: The St Michael’s head of the river, which was to be held this Saturday, February 1st, has been postoned for three weeks. The organisers say that he forecast of “very severe” weather prompted the move. The rescheduled head will…
#weatherwarning – Clare County Council has issued a flood and storm warning for the entire county in advance of severe weather conditions that are expected during the next few days. The local authority is urging land, home and business owners,…
#ChildrensArt - The National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dun Laoghaire, is inviting all 5 to 12 year olds to take part in an art competition. So get involved by gathering an A3 size piece of paper, watercolours, crayons, pencils or…
#wave – A new maximum wave height measuring nearly 80–feet (23 metres) has been recorded in weekend storms off the coast of Ireland. Monster waves the height of five double deck buses occurred during last weekend's ferocious storms off the…
#Lecture – "Traditional Boats of Ireland Book Project" is a lecture to be presented by marine archaeologist, Darina Tully next Tuesday 4 February at 20:00 in Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club, Ringsend, Dublin. All are welcome to the lecture series…