Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
After three days of severe winds and mighty waves, the Derbigum Dragon Gold Cup Fleet went out early yesterday morning to sail two races. No Irish boats were racing in the 62-boat fleet. After the first start, the fleet cut…
Scottish Oyster Shucker to Compete in Galway World Championships
20th September 2011 Maritime Festivals
Angus Vajk (22) a biology undergraduate from Dunbeg, near Oban, Argyll, is heading for Galway in Ireland this weekend to take part in the Bollinger World Oyster Opening Championships on 24th September. Son of oyster farmers Hugo and Judith Vajk…
With the recent closure of Stena Line fast-ferry services from Dun Laoghaire and Rosslare, this leaves just four such services operating this winter between Ireland and Britain. By November only half of these services will be running on routes out…
Fed up Flunking Starts? A New Distance to Start Line Computer is the Answer
20th September 2011 Marketplace
Want to improve your starting? Fed up looking for transits only never being able to see the end of the line? Here's a new innovation for racing sailors that Cork sailmaker Des McWilliam has already declared 'a brilliant piece of…
The Irish Fireball sailing regatta season, which has seen the hosting of the World Championships in June, in Sligo, draws to a close with the Munster Championships being sailed this weekend, 24/25th, in Dunmore East in the SE corner of…
Northern Ireland has much to celebrate after trumping the rest of the UK at the National Sea Cadet Regatta in London recently, with a medal haul of 22 gold, nine silver and nine bronze. Among the winners were Luke Fitzhenry…
Two new videos demonstrate the different sides of kitesurfing in Ireland. http://afloat.ie/watersport/kitesurfing/ The first shows Irish kiteboarder Ryan Coote taking on the intense big surf charged by the winds of Hurricane Katia on the west coast recently. Meanwhile the second…
Although not a 'Long Eireannach', the yacht Creidne is nevertheless a proud member of the Naval fleet. She looked very much the part, with her gleaming blue topsides, during manouvers in Cork Harbour for Royal Cork Yacht Club's annual Naval…
The final line-up has been confirmed for Ireland's team at the European Surfing Championships in Bundoran later this week. http://afloat.ie/watersport/surfing/ Rossnowlagh's John Britton joins his cousin Easkey Britton in the strong squad aiming for Eurosurf gold. The rest of the…
An air and sea search operation is underway for a yacht missing en route from Bermuda to Ireland, The Irish Times reports. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0920/breaking12.html The Golden Eagle has been out of contact since leaving port on 21 August. It was due…
Ainslie Heads Up 'Team GB' as Britain Launches Olympic Sailing Team
20th September 2011 Olympics 2012
The road to 2012 glory has just got one step closer for some of the nation's top sailors who today became the first British athletes to be officially selected to compete for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games.…
Top Race officer Jack Roy did a superb job getting a full schedule of three races in on Friday and three on Saturday at the SB3 sports boat National Championships that were hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club. Unfortunately…
Three’s A Crowd as Naval, Research and Cargo Ships Dock In Galway
19th September 2011 Galway Harbour
During the weekend call of L.E. Eithne to Galway Harbour, the Naval Service flagship shared the mid-west port with a Spanish oceanographic research vessel (RV) and a cargoship,writes Jehan Ashmore. The port consists of a single basin named the Dún Aengus Dock…
Wicklow Lifeboat Assists Fishing Vessel after Collision with Tanker
19th September 2011 RNLI Lifeboats
Wicklow RNLI lifeboat launched on a call out at 06.20am this morning to assist a Irish fishing vessel involved in a collision at sea with a large oil tanker about 29 miles East of Wicklow harbour. The alarm was raised…
The twenty minute car ferry service that carried its two millionth passenger this year is to cease operations from Sunday week, according to a report in today's Irish Times. Funding talks have broken down for the Greencastle-Magilligan 44-vehicle capacity ferry the…
A new, hi-tech global tracking device that could revolutionise the way the commercial fishing industry operates is to be officially launched following a series of successful trials across the South West of England. Succorfish has worked closely with Seafish to…
After six races sailed and against a fleet of 39 SB3 sportsboats there was little surprise that champions 'Sharkbait' sailed by Ben Duncan, Brian Moran and Ric Morris were the winners of the National Championships sailed at the Royal Irish…
Leading Irish sports stars are at the National Dairy Council stand each day of this year's National Ploughing Championships. They will share their top tips for training and talk about the role diet can play to help people of all…
At noon on September 24th, Germany's first newly built tall ship since 1958 will be christened Alexander von Humboldt II in Bremerhaven. Together with its predecessor, the famous green sailed barque Alexander von Humboldt, the new ship will be moored…
Stormont's environment minister has called for a marine litter strategy in Northern Ireland. UTV News reports that Alex Attwood joined thousands of volunteers taking part in a morning cleanup on the shores of Belfast Lough for the Marine Conservation Society's…
