Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
#RNLI - Kilkeel RNLI rescued a windsurfer who got into difficulty in Carlingford, Co Louth yesterday (Tuesday 29 January). The charity’s volunteer lifeboat crew was requested to launch by the Irish Coast Guard shortly after 2pm following a report that…
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#DroghedaPort – Over 1m tonnes of cargo was handled in 2012 by the Drogheda Port Company. According to the Co. Louth port, this level of cargo outperformed the Irish port sector in terms of year on year throughput growth. Throughputs…
#waterways – Waterways Ireland is hosting a series of site visits on the 27th February 2013 on Ireland's navigable waterways as part of Engineers Week 2013. Two site visits are on offer to primary pupils to visit the Royal Canal…
#LecturePIRACY: Continuing the 'Below the Surface' of maritime lectures held monthly, the next talk is on 6 February, the topic will be 'Piracy and Predation in early 17th Century Ireland' presented by Connie Kelleher Phd, A Historical and Archaeological overview.…
#vendeeglobe – Alex Thomson crossed the Vendée Globe finish line at 07 hours 25 minutes 43 seconds (GMT) after 80 days 19 hours 23 minutes 43 seconds at sea. He finishes 2 days 18 hours and 7 minutes behind François…
#mocr – Annalise Murphy shot to the top of the leaderboard in Florida today after four races sailed in the Miami Olympic classes regatta. Murphy who was placed eighth going into today's second day of racing in the Laser Radial…
#greystonesmarina – Greystones Harbour and Marina in County Wicklow announced its berthing rates today two months ahead of its scheduled opening for the 2013 boating season. An application form has alos been published. You can download the rates and application…
#Fishing - One of Ireland’s most eminent fisheries experts and a recent CEO of the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board has been elected chairman of the Institute of Fisheries Management. Eamon Cusack will assume the chair at the UK-based international body that…
#GalwayPort - Revived plans for the €200 million redevelopment of Galway Port may take a great leap forward in the next few weeks with the publication of a new policy document by the Minister for Transport. The Galway City Tribune…
#Surfing - Garrett McNamara has done it again - after riding what is claimed to be the largest wave ever surfed. Last summer on Afloat.ie we reported that the Irish-American surfing pro had his previous world record attempt - a…
#Shipping - The General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland (GLA) have announced that ships in the Port of Dover, its approaches and part of the Dover Strait can now use eLoran radio navigation technology as a backup to…
#EnergyCORK- The Port of Cork Company have signed up as a partner of Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) at a launch held recently by Energy Cork. The partnership will see the port implementing an Energy Action Plan which will…
#ISA - The ISA Dubarry National Conference is back for its seventh year with even more exciting and interesting seminars and workshop than ever before. Taking place on 2 March 2013 at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire, the…
#Surfing - Some of the world's top big wave surfing talent enjoyed the 'day that almost never was' at Mullaghmore in Sligo on Sunday. As the video above shows, competitors in the long-delayed Billabong Tow-In Session finally got a chance…
#rorc – World renowned as a centre of excellence for measurement, the UK-based RORC Rating Office, the technical hub of the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), is delivering a series of Seminars to clubs across the UK this Spring. There…
#annalisemurphy – Irish Olympic solo sailor Annalise Murphy of Dun Laoghaire lies eighth overall from a fleet of 29 after two races of the Laser radial class in today's opening round of the Miami Olympic classes regatta. The Irish 22-year…
#fishing – The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney today chaired the first meeting of Ireland's Presidency of the Agri/Fish Council. The Irish Presidency's overarching goal for the new CFP is for a sustainable, profitable and self…
#redbull – The organisers of Red Bull Storm Chasers have scrambled all their crews and teams who had 48hrs to travel from across the globe to Ireland for the first "Mission" on the 3 mission challenge writes Brian Carlin. Today saw…
#Coastguard - The Irish Coast Guard's Waterford-based rescue helicopter recovered two casualties in separate incidents on Sunday, according to the Irish Examiner. One fisherman was retrieved from the French fishing vessel Larche some 50 nautical miles south of Cork after…
