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#Clipper Race: Derry-Londonderry-Doire crossed the line at 11.17 UTC winning a valuable 3 points as the entry continues to extend its lead in the race. Henri Lloyd crossed the line in second place at 1203 UTC with Mission performance chasing…

#americascup – Another one-race day at San Francisco as wind and tide conspired against the race committee's best endeavours to get the second race away. They came close to succeeding. The boats were well into the two-minute start sequence when…

#AfloatProject – Dalkey based visual artist Roisin Cunningham is to launch her 'Afloat' project this weekend off The Muglins that neighbours Dalkey Island in south Dublin Bay, writes Jehan Ashmore. Weather permitting, the location of the small rocky outcrop with…

#CelticSeaTrout - Minister Fergus O’Dowd joined anglers, environmentalists and fisheries scientists at the Westcourt Hotel in Drogheda on Tuesday evening (17 September) to hear some of the key findings of the Celtic Sea Trout Project, which was funded mainly by…

#49er – Skiff duo Ryan Seaton & Matt McGovern will compete in the 49er World Championships in France next week along with new Irish women's combination Andrea Brewster and Saskia Tidey in the new 49erFx skiff class. The six day…

#FoynesPort – Shannon Foynes Port Company CEO Pat Keating has described the procurement of engineering consultancy services for the Foynes to Limerick Road Improvement Scheme as a hugely significant moment in realising the enormous investment and employment potential of the…

#clipperroundthewsorldrace – With the Northern Irish entry, Derry~Londonderry~Doire currently top of the leader board in the Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race, the search for the next generation of novice sailors brave enough to take on the challenge of…

#rnli – Dun Laoghaire Harbour will be busy with rescue activities this Sunday (22nd September) when the RNLI lifeboat station holds it's annual Public Open Day in a revised format that will offer plenty of family-friendly attractions. #rnli – Joining…

#RNLI - There was another call-out for the Kilrush lifeboat to retrieve a boat broken free of its moorings on Tuesday 17 September, following Sunday's assist of a boat on the rocks at Mount Trenchard in the Shannon Estuary. The…

#Missing - The search continues on the North Antrim coast for a missing man thought to have been swept out to sea while angling at the weekend. The man has been named as 38-year-old Polish national Jaroslaw Andrykiewicz, who had…

#Astrid - The West Cork Times reports that the wreck of the tall ship Astrid is to be transported to Cork Harbour for scrapping. Last week the Dutch training brig was recovered from her final resting place on rocks at…

#youthsailing – Two Irish youth sailing world champions are among a fleet of 23 junior sailing stars set for this weekend's Junior All Ireland sailing championships in Schull, West Cork. This month's U21 Laser Radial World Champion Finn Lynch is a…

#BoatVandals - Gardaí in North Donegal are looking for vandals who wrecked two boats with a combined worth of over €10,000 off Downings Pier late on Tuesday night (17 September). Donegal Daily reports that the fishing boats owned by local…

#americascup – Emirates Team New Zealand's wire-to-wire win in Race 11 moved the challenger to match point in the 34th America's Cup against defender ORACLE TEAM USA. About 38 minutes later, as the two crews were jockeying for position on…

#CruiseLiners - Cruise passenger numbers visiting Ireland could quadruple over the next decade if the right facilities are in place, an Oireachtas Joint Committee has heard. Chairwoman designate of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, Eithne Scott Lennon said the south…

#Sailfor€1 – As previously reported on Afloat.ie, Celtic Link Ferries are re-launching a special single sailing fare of just €1 on 16 March 2014 between France-Ireland in advance of St. Patrick's Day. Celtic Link Ferries are offering passengers this unique…

#CanoeMarathon2013: Malcolm Banks of Salmon Leap Canoe Club finished fifth in the K1 50 to 54 class at the Canoe Marathon Masters World Cup in Copenhagen in Denmark today. The Irishman got away with the leading group and was just…

#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: Growing trade surplus - Trade figures published by the CSO, indicate that the seasonally adjusted value of Irish exports increased by 3% in…

#nordstream  – The Nord Stream Race 2013 currently taking place in the Baltic Sea, with two Irish youth sailors among the entrants racing 800 nautical miles from Flensburg, Germany to Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Five teams are competing, Team GBR, Team Russia,…

#weather – This Winter 2013/14 may be cold again according to the latest ideas coming from a UK weather guru.  If the latest indications are correct then Ireland is more likely to experience a cold winter than a normal or…