Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
#VisitngNAVIES – As previously reported the Belgium Navy's minehunter BNS Primula (M924) and auxliliary BNS Stern are visiting Cork which saw today the vessels berth along Cork City Quays, writes Jehan Ashmore. In addition the Royal Navy's Duke-class frigate HMS…
#annalise – Ireland's Laser ace Annalise Murphy and 49er star Ryan Seaton are interviewed at the Moth Worlds in Hawaii as the farthest travelled competitors. The interview comes at 43 seconds on the above timeline.
#WindFarmCraft – Wicklow based Island Shipping's 17 metre Wind-farm Service Vessel (WFSV) Island Panther has completed another charter in the North Sea. Island Panther had been working out of Hartlepool for a solid 75 days and recorded a 100% reliability.…
#MarineWildlife - The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) has expressed its dismay at the continued rise in whale, dolphin and porpoise strandings around Ireland in 2013. "The question was whether the numbers for 2012 were just a temporary ‘blip’…
Inland Waterways Funding 'Will Deliver Core Targets' Despite Budget Cuts
18th October 2013 Inland Waterways
#Waterways - The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht faces a whopping 7% cut in this week's Budget - but Minister Jimmy Deenihan promises Ireland's inland waterways will get the money they need to deliver "core targets". In his…
#ardnacrusha – Waterways Ireland is changing the advice on travel from Ardnascrusha into the Limerick Navigation due to a new service available from the ESB which provides real time information on the output from the turbines.Boaters are advised not to…
#PowerFromTheSea - Scenic Strangford Lough could be the site of an ambitious tidal power plant - if a proposal by a Russian energy firm comes to fruition. The Belfast Telegraph reports on what it calls the "bizarre plan" to construct…
#Oysters - Fishermen wishing to apply for oyster dredge licences for the 2014 season must apply on the official form to the relevant River Basin District Office before 12 noon on Monday 18 November 2013. This new process has become…
#wayfarer – It was a fairly quick decision to hold The Irish Nationals at EDYC after they were called off at Greystones Sailing Club outside Dublin due to logistical reasons. Hurriedly a committee was formed to run the event and…
#sywoc – Irish sailing teams lie eighth and ninth after the fourth day of racing at the Student Yachting World Cup in France. The Swiss team had an outstanding performance to be in second place but it is still the…
National Flying Fifteen Champions 1974–2012 Year Boat Helm Crew Club1974 E.Sheehy KYC1975 J,Lowry Mrs.J.Lowry CSC1976 N.Watson KSC1977 E.Gilmore KSC1978 D.Tucker KYC19791980 J.McCann SLYC1981 C.Simmonds1982 J.Rodgers KSC1983 J.Millar KSC1984 P.Morrison M.Gotral1985 A.Bax NSC1986 R.Bannon NYC1987 J.Millar I.Coryn “Tie”Trophy presented by to…
Irish National Dragon Champions Year Boat Helm Crew Crew 1966 ADYAR G.F.Crosbie R.D’Alton P.D.Crosbie 1967 MEDUSA J.O.T.Hughes 1968 1689 1970 MAJ-BRITT A.Holm P.Holm P.R.Hoj-Jensen 1971 MEDUSA J.O.T.Hughes 1972 ALETTA S.A.Flood R.Michael R.Rafter 1973 ALPHIDA S.A.Flood H. Byrne J.McMenamin 1974 …
Dragon Edinburgh Cup Winners Year Helm Yacht Location 2012 Simon Brien KIN (IRL214) Cultra 2011 Martin Byrne Jaguar (IRL201) Abersoch 2010 Klaus Diederichs Fever (NOR282) Cowes 2009 Bill Hardesty Gorgeous Worgeous (GBR723) Falmouth 2008 Don O'Donoghue Seabird (IRL204) Plymouth 2007…
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…
