Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
# ROWING: Padddy Hegarty of Skibbereen and Bridget Jacques of Belfast Boat Club topped the rankings among the junior athletes at the Irish Trials in the National Rowing Centre in Cork. The announcement of results and the squads for the…
This year's British Open Team Racing Championship for the Wilson Trophy (3-5 May) is the 64th edition of the event. This incredible sailing competition takes place every year on West Kirby's marine lake, drawing top sailors from around the world,…
# ROWING: John Keohane was the fastest man at the Ireland Trials at National Rowing Centre in Cork today. However, the Lee Valley heavyweight was just nine hundredths of a second ahead of lightweight sculler Paul O’Donovan in the Time…
With 11 boats already entered it is anticipated there will be in excess of 20 boats taking part in the 1720 European Championships, as part of the Covestone Asset Management Sovereign's Cup Regatta.Current entries include Class Captain Finbarr Jeffers, Anthony…
Huge excitement this morning as the top 56 Optimist youth sailors in Ireland congregate in Royal Cork Yacht Club for the second leg of the 2013 Trials series in Cork Harbour. The Trials series takes place over two long weekends.…
#RNLI - Portaferry RNLI is looking for new volunteer crew members to join its search and rescue service in Co Down. The station currently has 17 lifeboat and two shore crew to cover its inshore service on Strangford Lough but…
#MarineWildlife - The Northern Ireland Environment Minister says the new Marine Bill put before Stormont marks a "turning point" for the North. As 4NI reports, this week saw the fourth stage of the Marine Bill in the NI Assembly as…
#VOR - In the latest video updates from the Volvo Ocean Race, we follow the first completed hull and deck of the new design VOR 65 on an epic journey across Europe for assembly in the UK. Following the March…
The first race of the two Royal Cork Yacht Club May leagues took place last night, Friday May 3rd and over twenty boats came to the Cork Harbour starting line on what was a grey misty evening in a brisk…
#marinas – It was only fifteen years ago that ocean voyager Paddy Barry set off in his much-travelled Galway Hooker St Patrick for a cruise round Ireland. He completed it, and he also succeeded in his secondary objective of seeing…
#InlandWaterways - Minister Fergus O'Dowd today (3 May) helped launch a new pilot scheme by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) through which angling clubs and organisations can access funding to undertake sustainable development works in the Midland Fisheries Group permit area.…
#RNLI - Kilrush RNLI lifeboat station was put on standby on Monday 29 April for an aircraft with engine trouble, and later called to a person who drove into the water. At 2pm on Monday the Irish Coast Guard at Shannon…
#Oil&Gas - Fastnet Oil & Gas has been awarded a new licensing option in the North Celtic Sea off the Cork coast. The East Mizzen option covers a number of blocks in the Mizzen Basin, plus the western end of…
#ManxFerry – The main ferry serving the Isle of Man has returned to service following contact with a pier while berthing at the start of this month in Douglas Harbour. Repairs were made to Ben-my-Chree and she has since returned…
Mainstream Renewable Power Sponsors Irish Quest for Arctic Passage World First
3rd May 2013 Coastal Rowing
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power today announced its sponsorship of a rowing expedition attempting a world first through the infamous Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic this summer. Three experienced Irish adventurers and one Canadian are attempting…
#ROWING: The Afloat Rowers of the Month for April are the Galway Rowing Club under-23 women’s eight which won the Division One title at the Queen’s University Regatta, the first eFlow Grand League Regatta of the season. All eight rowers…
#MarineScience - A unique audio-visual performance intended to communicate the importance of marine science and research has been praised at a showcase event in Brussels. The Marine Institute has collaborated with Galway-based choir Cois Cladaigh on The Longest River, in…
#MarineNotice - The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) has issued a Marine Notice advising that a hydrographic and geophysical survey operation is taking place off the south coast till 4 June. The RV Celtic Voyager (Call sign EIQN)…
Along with last night's top three placings (below), the full results for each DBSC class are also attached for download (as a zip file) at the bottom of this page. BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen), 2. Bluefin Two…
#MarineWildlife - The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) is marking 20 years of researching the dolphins of the Shannon Estuary. As the IWDG's Dr Simon Berrow relates, it was not an auspicious start on 2 May 1993 when the…
