Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
Year Name of Boat Skipper/Owner Club 1953 Elf Neville Maguire RORC etc. 1954 Nereid Ronnie Kay NYC 1955 Elf Neville Maguire RORC etc. 1956 Elf Neville Maguire RORC etc. 1957 Ferdia II Brian Dowling CY&BC 1958 Milk Wood Barney Heron…
#mothworlds – Today's McDougall & McConaghy Moth World Championship highlight reel features the most exciting action yet from Kaneohe Bay. One boat destroyed, quite a few damaged, and amazing racing action as Detroit's Bora Gulari overhauls Aussie Nathan Outteridge for…
Register For SMARTSkills Workshop On Research Funding And Marine Data
17th October 2013 Marine Science
#MarineScience - The SMARTSkills 2013 Postgraduate Workshop on Research Funding Opportunities and Marine Data Access will be held on the 24 and 25 October 2013 hosted by the Marine Institute in Oranmore, Galway. The two-day workshop is organised by the…
#Protest - Greenpeace protestors got up close and personal with a yacht backed by Russia's state oil giant competing in last weekend's Barcolana Regatta in Trieste, Italy. A photo posted on the Greenpeace International Facebook page shows a RIB carrying…
#RowingSkibbereenHead: The Skibbereen Head of the River, set for this Saturday at the National Rowing Centre in Cork, has been cancelled. There were predictions of high winds and organizers felt that with an event in which many young rowers would…
#mackerel – Minister Simon Coveney T.D., today at the Council of Ministers, and in a separate bilateral meeting with EU fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki made the case for a fair and balanced sharing agreement for mackerel and argued strongly against…
Watermill Lodge Wins Waterways Ireland 'Taste of the Waterways' Award
17th October 2013 Inland Waterways
#tasteofwaterways – Waterways Ireland was delighted to award, in conjunction with Georgina Campbell Awards the winner of the "Taste of the Waterways award 2014" to the Watermill Lodge in Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh.Hosted by Bord Bia in Dublin, these awards are…
#annalisemurphy – Ireland's European Laser Radial Champion Annalise Murphy is in Hawaii this week competing at the Moth World championships. The Dun Laoghaire sailor is attending the event with London 2012 team mate Ryan Seaton and the Irish Olympic pair…
#MineHunter – Following last week's notable visit of Dutch submarine HNMLS Dolfijn (S808) to Cork City Quays, the Belgium Navy's minehunter BNS Primula (M924) is currently at anchorage in the lower harbour, writes Jehan Ashmore. Accompanying the BNS Primula is…
Merseyside Man Wins Maritime & Coastguard Agency Trainee Officer of the Year
17th October 2013 Coastguard
#coastguard – A 21-year-old man from Crosby, Merseyside, has been awarded this year's UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Trainee Officer of the Year award. Philip Cave, from Fleetwood Nautical College, whose training company is Princess Cruises, has been recognised…
#NativeSpecies - Inland Fisheries Ireland says it welcomes the publication of an important scientific paper relating to one of Ireland’s key angling species – pike. Long thought to have been introduced to Ireland in the last few hundred years, the…
#FishKill - Inland Fisheries Ireland has secured a successful prosecution of a Galway-based construction company over a fish kill on the River Dodder in South Dublin earlier this year. Ward and Burke Construction Ltd of Stradbally East, Kilcolgan, Co Galway…
#Missing - The body recovered off the Antrim coast last Friday has been confirmed as that of a the Polish national who went missing while sea angling with friends in Portrush a month ago. Last weekend Afloat.ie reported on the recovery…
Matt Sheahan to Give Keynote Address at ICRA Conference at Royal Irish Yacht Club
16th October 2013 ICRA
#icra – Yachting World's Technical editor Matt Sheahan will give a keynote presentation "Foiling with the America's Cup", at this year's ICRA conference on November 23rd at the Royal Irish Yacht Club.
#NMCIopenday - An 'Open Day' at the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) is to held on Tuesday, 22 October 2013 between 10:00 to 15:00hrs. Representatives from international shipping companies and maritime organisations will be available to provide information about…
#Corrib - RTÉ News reports that the Commercial Court has quashed a revised licence to operate Shell's gas terminal at Ballinaboy in Co Mayo in what's been seen as a victory for campaigners against the controversial Corrib Gas Project. The…
#ESPOTenTlist- The European Commission this week is gathering with all transport stakeholders in two Baltic Sea capitals, Helsinki and Tallinn for the 2013 TEN-T days. The event comes at a very timely moment for a discussion on the way forward…
#TitanicDrawingOffice- Northern Ireland's Alliance East Belfast MLA Judith Cochrane has welcomed the £5m grant from the UK's Heritage Lottery Fund programme that will restore the Harland & Wolff headquarters building and drawing offices in the Titanic Quarter. Build.ie reports that…
Coveney Hails 'Strong Budget' For Marine Sector As Sport Faces Further Cuts
16th October 2013 News Update
#Budget14 - Ireland's marine sector receives an increased capital allocation of €10 million, while the Marine Institute and Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) will each get a funding boost for 2014, as details of the latest Budget emerged yesterday (15 October).…
#sywoc – Ireland lies fourth at the The Student Yachting World Cup in France. Yesterday, the French team dominated the races but got an OCS penalty in one windward leeward race. The final ranking of the first day was: The USA first…
