Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
If you could bottle the energy, enthusiasm and excitement of the 24 ladies who took advantage of East Down Yacht Club’s day set aside for women to learn how to handle a big boat, then a fortune is to be…
Local Sailors Win Gold and Silver at 2023 E-Boat National Championships on Skerries Bay
29th June 2023 Racing
The E-Boat National Championships were hosted by Skerries Sailing Club over the weekend of 24 and 25 June, as part of the Club’s Annual Regatta. With the Club also hosting the Fireball Leinster Championships, there was quite a medley of…
After a lengthy break since early March, the 2023 44Cup resumes today in Marstrand, Sweden and three Irish sailors are competing. As previously highlighted by Afloat, Donaghdee's Oisin McClelland and Dublin Bay's Cian Guilfoyle are on board Aleph Racing, and…
Calculating the Weather - Met Éireann's Recently Retired Evelyn Cusack
29th June 2023 Wavelength Podcast
Did you know that Met Éireann calculates the weather every 2.5 kilometres, whereas the global models accessible on mobile phones are calculated every nine or every twelve kilometres? The one exception to that is the Norwegian forecasting service, used by…
The frequently misquoted ‘if you build it, he will come’ is often used to inspire and motivate people to follow their instincts in respect of unthinkable events and dreams, but it seemed like destiny for the oldest one-design racing keelboat…
Former National Yacht Club (NYC) Commodore Brían Barry of Killiney, County Dublin, has died. Brian was a Member of the NYC for over 50 years. He came into sailing through Glenans, and with his wife Anne, he continued introducing people to…
RORC Lyver Race from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire is Start of Royal Dee Offshore Championship Series
28th June 2023 ISORA
Saturday's Lyver Trophy Race Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire Offshore Race marks the arrival of competitors from across the Irish Sea for next week's big one, the 350-boat Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. With a declared entry of 18 boats, the weekend…
Three Fishermen in Vessel with Fouled Propellor are Rescued by Wicklow RNLI
28th June 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
Three fishermen were brought to safety by Wicklow RNLI on Tuesday afternoon (27 June), after their 14-metre vessel got into difficulties ten miles northeast of Wicklow harbour. The RNLI relief fleet all-weather lifeboat RNLB Ruth and David Arthur put to…
Kinsale's Travers and O’Riordan in ‘Outlaw’ are Lead Irish Boat at Weymouth Squib National Championships
28th June 2023 Squib
There was an improvement in scores for Irish boats at the UK and Ireland Squib National Championships. The leading Irish boat, in 22nd place after six races sailed, is Ian Travers and Keith O’Riordan in ‘Outlaw’ from Kinsale Yacht Club. The…
It was a demanding second day for Baltimore Sailing Club's Cliodhna Connolly and the rest of the 47 Melges 24 World Championship fleet in Middelfart, Denmark on Wednesday. 1720 sailor, Connolly, who is sailing on Italian entry Altea with Andrea Racchelli,…
The Ocean Race Summit Genova Marks Milestone in Worldwide Efforts for Ocean Rights
28th June 2023 Ocean Race
A milestone in the journey towards a Universal Declaration of Ocean Rights is being reached this week in Genoa, Italy as two years of efforts to drive support for a declaration, and expert input on what it should include, enter…
Dublin Port Company is recruiting for the role of energy and decarbonisation lead. The State-owned commercial port says it “aims to play a strong role in achieving its own energy and decarbonisation goals, as well as supporting and influencing wider…
The Marine Institute has announced details of the process to recruit a chief executive officer (CEO) following the retirement of Dr Paul Connolly at the end of the month. Dr Connolly has worked with the Marine Institute for over 30…
Galway Bay and the Aran Islands will mark a celebration of sailing when they host the West of Ireland Offshore Racing Championships (WIORA) from July 5th to 8th. Arainn, as in the three islands, proved to be such an attractive…
Sailing Coach Thomas Chaix looks at the benefits of the Mirror dinghy in the lead-up to the World Championships in Sligo as well as a possible new orientation for the 1962 design that has more than 70,000 built worldwide Why the Mirror?…
Melges 15 Sailor Theo Lyttle Hits 16.7 knots of Boatspeed on Dublin Bay (Video)
28th June 2023 Melges 15
Last Friday may have brought grey skies and rain to Dublin Bay, but it also brought wind, finally giving the chance for the new Melges 15 sailors to cut loose on the bay. Having previously held the speed record, Laser…
Scottish Lighthouse Workers Carry Out Historic Strike Action In Oban Picket line
28th June 2023 Lighthouses
In Scotland a historic picket line took place in Oban on the west coast as Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) members on Monday went on strike for the first time. Around 20 Unite the Union members working for the NLB, which…
In the buildup to the Centenary of Conor O'Brien's significant arrival with Saoirse at Funchal in Madeira next Monday (July 3rd), the restored 1926-vintage O'Brien-designed 56ft trading ketch Ilen, under the command of James Lyons of the Sailing Into Wellness…
Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Sailing Instructions are Published for Next Week's Biggest Irish Sailing Event
28th June 2023 Volvo Regatta
Over 350 boats will prepare to race across 40 divisions in one week's time as Ireland's largest regatta on Dublin Bay gets underway. The first Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta kicks off next Thursday (July 6th) for the first time since…
The Howth 17s, on their Quasquicentennial (125th Anniversary) Cruise-in-Company in West Cork, are on target with their arrival this afternoon (Tuesday) from Schull at their furthest west port of Crookhaven. There, it was discovered that Billy O'Sullivan, second generation host…
