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Sligo Bay RNLI’s volunteer crew were requested to launch their inshore lifeboat to reports of sailing dinghies caught in a squall on Thursday evening (22 June). Following reports from an onlooker on the beach at Rosses Point that there appeared…

Team Holcim-PRB made a break for the Algerian coast overnight on Friday (23 June), leaving the close-quarters match racing they’d been having with Biotherm and Team Malizia since before Gibraltar. At one point, they had gained nearly 100 miles of…

Kinsale Yacht Club's premier 'Michelle Dunne Prix d-elegance’ trophy for the best-presented entry at the 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup went to the lovingly restored 1954 eight-metre cruiser Marian Maid owned by the Sisk family. Marian Maid was built by Hal…

Conor Phelan's Royal Cork Yacht Club Quarter Tonner Anchor Challenge has won Class Three IRC at The Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup off Kinsale. As Afloat reported earlier, Quarter Tonners had a grip on the ten-boat fleet since Wednesday's first race.  Phelan…

Trinity House, the General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) for England, Wales and Channel Islands, will not award a contract for the replacement of THV Patricia under the current procurement process. The GLA however intends to commence a new procurement process in…

The Two White Sails Division at the 2023 Simply Blue Sovereign's Cup off Kinsale totalled 20 boats, roughly a fifth of the overall fleet at the four-day event. It's a contemporary size that Afloat's WM Nixon says is a sweet size…

With three wins from four races sailed, Howth Yacht Club's First 50 Checkmate XX, co-skippered by Nigel Biggs and Dave Cullen, were presented with the Axiom Trophy for their overall win of the IRC Coastal division of the 2023 Simply Blue…

Paul O'Higgins's JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI took line honours, first in IRC overall and first in Class Zero in Saturday's 23-mile race ten of the ISORA Series. In a southerly 15-18 knot breeze, the six-boat fleet started off Dun Laoghaire Harbour…

Once the International Wayfarer rally ended at East Down Yacht Club on Strangford Lough last weekend, five boats with 13 crew headed west to another, albeit smaller but memorable gathering at Lough Erne Yacht Club in County Fermanagh. They were…

Spectacular conditions with an average wind of 16 knots and 20 in the gusts blessed the first day of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s IRC National Championships. A classic Solent day in a south-westerly with glorious sunshine. The competitors rose…

The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) says it has concluded a case brought against the master of a fishing vessel for breaches of bass conservation laws two years ago. The master of the fishing vessel Atlantic Jem, Sean Roche, pleaded guilty…

A €2M repair project to Dun Laoghaire's East Pier Revetment (the concrete slope behind the East Pier) commenced on 19th June, and works there will continue for approximately 16 weeks. As Afloat reported previously, this important repair scheme to the…

Twenty-four months before the next race, the biennial offshore Dun Laoghaire Dingle (D2D) Race organisers have struck the date for its 17th race as Wednesday, June 11th, 2025. The confirmation comes as the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire celebrates…

Although Friday’s racing was cancelled in the face of heavy winds and the strong possibility of fog in a notably unstable weather phase, it has otherwise been Camelot in Kinsale for the Simple Blue Sovereigns Cup 2023. Any serious rain…

Ireland's top result at the SB20 Worlds is tenth overall after 12 races sailed in the Netherlands, where the regatta saw the first-ever Australian team crowned champions. Michael O'Connor, Davey Taylor, and Ed Cook sailing Ted from the Royal St. George,…

Ireland’s Clementine and Nathan van Steenberge of Dun Laoghaire’s National Yacht Club have extended their overall lead in the 29er fleet at Kiel Week 2023 in Germany to three points after winning two of their three races today. It's not…

The UK's second busiest ferry port, Portsmouth International Port and Channel Islands operator Condor Ferries have agreed a new long-term deal, which cements their partnership until 2033. Portsmouth is a critical shipping route for the Channel Islands’ trade with calls…

Dun Laoghaire Marina on Dublin Bay currently has a vacancy for the position of Marina Supervisor. This is a full-time position working in an outdoor environment on a four-on-two-off rota pattern. To summarise the main responsibilities of this position:  Have…

The inaugural IRC Two-Handed European championship will have 60 teams on the start line off the south Breton port of La Trinité sur Mer on Sunday, July 2. The championship consists of 500 offshore miles across two challenging races, taking…

Carlingford Marina in County Lough has put together a 'jam-packed' schedule of events that will take place in the week leading up to this year’s Moneley Oyster Pearl Regatta. This will be the first year of the Carlingford Cruising Week,…