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#Coastguard - Last Friday 9 August, the Shannon-based search and rescue helicopter Rescue 115 flew its first missions with an all-female flight crew in pilot Captain Dara Fitzpatrick and co-pilot Captain Carmel Kirby.   Capt Fitzpatrick is the chief pilot…

#MarineWildlife - This Sunday's All-Ireland Whale Watch Day has made the list of The Irish Times' 40 things to do in Heritage Week 2013. The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) will be hosting free, guided and land-based whale watching…

#Fastnet – For the first time in its 88–year history, the Rolex Fastnet Race has been won by a double–handed crew. The father and son team of Pascal and Alexis Loison from Cherbourg, France on the JPK 10.10, Night and…

#ArdmoreNewbuilds – Ardmore Shipping, the Cork based tanker group announced yesterday an order for two 37,000 Dwt IMO 2 eco-design chemical tankers to be built at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) Co. Ltd in South Korea. As previously reported, this…

#fastnet – As the miles are whittled away and the bulk of the fleet converges on the Plymouth breakwater finishing line, Irish interests in podium positions are best represented by Inis Mor (Ker 39, Laurent Gouy, Clifden BC), who is…

#LobsterFestival – Dalkey's Lobster Festival (23,24 and 25 August) is for the second time, to welcome visitors to experience and enjoy the crab and all that Jazz!, writes Jehan Ashmore. The south Dublin Bay coastal town, once the principle port…

#LockoutLectures – The 1913 Lockout –Dun Laoghaire & The Marine is the theme to a series of lectures to be held on Sunday 25 August in the Dun Laoghaire Club, 3 Eblana Avenue which is off Marine Road. The afternoon…

#Fastnet – Anthony O'Leary's Ker 39, Antix, rounded the Fastnet Rock on 13 August at 19:10:54, an emotional moment for the all-Irish crew. From the bow to the stern of the boat, Antix personifies the long history and passion of…

In our latest Have Your Say contribution, Gary Delaney of Global Position Intelligence (GPI) expresses his concerns about the new ISA sailing app and how it might encourage boat users to be less prepared on the water With regard to…

#fastnet – With the smaller boats returning from the Fastnet Rock in better conditions, they are becoming increasingly favoured for the overall win of the Rolex Fastnet Race under IRC. Andrew Pearce's Ker 40, Magnum 3, was ahead first thing…

#Problems finding enough funding support and other shoreside issues has led to the cancellation of the Inter-Counties Sailing Championship on 7th & 8th of September.   Event Director, Paul Ó Riain of Waterways Racing Ltd, said in a statement this afternoon 'I would very…

#Angling - Angling clubs and community development groups in the Midlands Fishery Group Permit Area will share funding of €50,000 this year to carry out sustainable fishery development projects. The Midland Fisheries Fund (MFF) was created by Inland Fisheries Ireland…

#waterwaysireland – The highly acclaimed nature documentary The Secret Life of the Shannon has been nominated for awards for Best Wildlife Habitat Program, Best Presenter-Led Program and Best Editing for at the world's leading Wildlife Film Festival - Jackson Hole…

#1913Lockout – Dun Laoghaire & the 1913 Lockout is the theme of a commemorative exhibition which runs between 22 August-18 January 2014 in the National Maritime Museum of Ireland (NMMI) in Dun Laoghaire. The exhibition is to feature unique historic…

#RNLI - Both Wicklow lifeboats were diverted to Brittas Bay last Sunday morning (11 August) while on a routine exercise in the bay. At 10.57am the Irish Coast Guard tasked the lifeboats to investigate a report of a small motor…

#RIB – Mazda UK and partner Linley Swan GP have scored a class victory in the arduous Powerboat and RIB Round Ireland Challenge 2013. Winning skipper, Tom Montgomery-Swan led the 13 remaining boats into Kilmore Quay at 2pm on August…

#RNLI - Howth RNLI lifeboat station held an open day last Sunday 11 August, welcoming a great number of locals and visitors who came to see the station, explore the lifeboats and meet the crew. The children in particular enjoyed…

#World Rowing: Ireland will send two crews to the World Rowing Championships in Chungju in South Korea. Claire Lambe will compete in the lightweight single sculls, while Monika Dukarska and Leonora Kennedy will compete in the double. In their last…

#rselite – Next stop for the RS Elite Class is the Brewin Dolphin sponsored National Championships, this year hosted by the Royal North of Ireland YC on Belfast Lough, home of the largest RS Elite fleet but before that regatta…

#barrow – Éanna Rowe Head of Marketing Communications, Waterways Ireland and Mary Mulvihill of Ingenious Ireland with special Guest Dick Warner have launched a new App & Audio Guide to the complete Barrow Way. The Highwayman's chair. The amazing story…