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#Angling - Minister of State for Natural Resources Fergus O’Dowd has warmly welcomed the findings of a new national economic study that reveals for the first time that angling and angling tourism in Ireland are generating a dividend in excess…
#420 – Conditions that brought fine weather to Ireland produced thick sea fog in Brittany, spoiling the French 420 National Championships at Pleneuf Val-Andre on the north Breton coast, attended by ten Irish crews. Of the young Irish sailors at the…
#rsfevaworlds – There is only one Irish entry in a fleet of 173 RS Fevas but the strong Northern Ireland girls pairing of Laura Gilmore and Molly Fekkes from Strangford Lough YC will be formidable opposition for reigning World Champions, Leonardo Stocchero & Gianluca Virgenti,…
#kitesurf – At 6.20 am this Friday 19th of July, Bruno Sroka left Penn enez beach at the Aber Wrac'h in Brittany to achieve his long-awaited crossing heading towards Crosshaven (Cork harbour, Ireland)! With a 16 knots speed north-east wind…
#disabledsailing – A new initiative from sailing instructors at Oysterhaven Activity Centre in Cork aims to provide sailing opportunities for young people with disabilities on board the 70–foot schooner Spirit of Oysterhaven. Spokesman Shane Dwyer described how last month the…
#kitesurf – With favourable and suitable weather conditions forecast for this weekend three times World Champion kitesurfer Bruno Sroka should be able to start his crossing from France to Ireland today, writes Claire Bateman. The 17 hours of kitesurf will…
#flyingfifteen – On another day of glorious sunshine and high temperatures, the only element missing today at WPNSA was a steady wind. But after an initial fickle Easterly, the wind settled to SW, 5-6 kts, to allow racing to start…
#CelticSea - A British man's unorthodox attempt to cross the Celtic Sea from Dorset to Ireland has come to an end after he was rescued by the UK coastguard. A RTÉ News reports, the man was discovered some 2.7 nautical…
#RNLI - A steady stream of people were welcomed by Wicklow RNLI at the lifeboat station's annual open day on Sunday 14 July. Doors opened at 11am and the volunteer lifeboat crew was on hand to give tours of the…
#BelfastLough - A 31-year-old man from Newtownabbey has been fined a total of £600 (€697) for assaulting a police officer and exposing himself at a beach on the shores of Belfast Lough. As UTV News reports, Belfast Magistrates Court heard…
#marinescience – Thirty-seven Fulbright Awardees were officially announced at an event on MS The World, which was sponsored by a U.S. Fulbright alumnus, Dr. Jack Pinkowski and his wife, Mrs. Monica Pinkowski, as part of The Gathering recently (12th July…
#HookLighthouse – Hook Head Lighthouse which is run by Hook Heritage is in conjunction with the Commissioners of Irish Lights (CIL) delighted to announce their flagship Gathering Event to be held in September. An exciting weekend is to take place…
#F18 – Adrian Allen and Barry Swanston from Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough competed last week at the F18 Worlds in Marina di Grosseto on the west coast of Tuscany, Italy. They travelled as top ranking boat in Ireland with…
Glandore Classic Boat Regatta Welcomes Jolie Brise, First Fastnet Race Winner
18th July 2013 Historic Boats
#glandoreclassic – The 11th Glandore Classic regatta opens next Saturday in Glandore Harbour. This regatta for historic boats has been hosted every other year since 1992 by the Glandore Harbour Yacht Club. Among the line up of classics for this…
#MarineWildlife - The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) has welcomed the designation of a new special area of conservation (SAC) for marine wildlife in Dublin Bay. As reported yesterday on Afloat.ie, Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan was on board the…
#420 – Fog lifted yesterday afternoon and two races were sailed at the 420 French national championships in Brittany, the first of the event that lost its first two days of racing due to persistent fog. Overall results were not…
#ISAF – A couple of top ten individual race results scored at yesterday's ISAF World Youth Sailing Championships has boosted an Irish team in the closing stages of the competition in Cyprus. The Irish youth sailing team of five boys…
#quarterton – Both Irish entries at this years Quarter Ton Cup 2013 at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club finished in the top half of the fleet after a sunshine filled series on the Solent. Jason and Dominic Losty Illes Pitiuses from Cove Sailing Club…
#Flyingfifteen – Flying Fifteen sailors enjoyed a third day of sparkling sunshine and light SW breezes, as they added another two windward leeward races in Portland Harbour.Two crews scored well on both races to climb up the leaderboard, while many…
#MarconiDays – To celebrate the 115th anniversary of the first radio report of a sporting event with a sailing race in Dublin Bay, the National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dun Laoghaire will be staging Marconi Days this week between 19-21…