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Britain's most successful Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie will skipper Oman Sail's 'Oman Air' Extreme 40 in the next three Acts of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Trapani (Sicily), Nice (France) and Almeria (Spain). The 34-year-old already has three Olympic gold…
Former Miss World Rosanna Davison went sailing from Dun Laoghaire today on board the Chinese Volvo Ocean Race Yacht, Team Sanya. The yacht has backing from discover Ireland and is on a promotional day before departing for Alicante and next…
On the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of September, Cullaun Sailing club hosted the Wayfarer Inland championships in conjunction with the club's annual mixed fleet regatta.It was a heart lifting sight to see so many cars in the car…
The 7,987 gross tonnes containership Samskip Endeavour grounded on a sandbank in Waterford Harbour this morning, writes Jehan Ashmore. She was successfully refloated and no reports of pollution occurred during the incident according to the Irish Coast Guard. The Cypriot-flagged was…
A new scheme to teach traditional boatbuilding skills to university level could be of huge benefit to young people from disadvantaged areas of Limerick. The Irish Times reports that degree programmes in traditional boat craft accredited by the UK's University…
RTÉ presenters Kathryn Thomas and Gráinne Seoige were among the 2,000 competitors who crossed the finish line at the Ironman triathlon in Galway yesterday. http://www.afloat.ie/port-news/galway-harbour/ According to the Irish Independent, the duo took part in the relay competition in aid…
After a wet and windy season the weather gods conjured up a new and unusual challenge for the finale of the RORC 2011 season: light airs and thick fog. Speaking after the race the overall winner, RORC Vice Commodore, Mike…
Flor O’Driscoll, who recently retained his J24 National title and won Class 3 in the Dublin Bay Challenge, added to his season’s haul of trophies by winning the Malahide Marina-sponsored J24 Eastern Championships hosted by Malahide Yacht Club last weekend.…
Questions over the next step for juniors after the RS Feva point to the bigger RS200 writes Feva sailor Ciara Byrne The RSFeva has become the world's best selling two-person dinghy in recent years with fleets also growing in clubs…
New to our Boats for Sale site is a Westerly Konsort 29. She is a nice example of a popular model. She comes with twin keels and a 2001 Volvo 28HP diesel engine. She has a good inventory including a…
Nick Craig chats to Robert Deaves after his record-equalling fourth OK Dinghy World title How times have changed. A little over seven years ago, no British sailor had ever won the OK Dinghy World Championship. It was a commonly held…
Top Stories: Ronan Keating goes Swimming, Galway's Ironman, Sailors of the Month and Rosanna Davison Sails Again
5th September 2011 Most Popular
Our five most popular stories from the last week here on afloat.ie have been... 5. Kieran Cotter and Jerry Smith Named Sailors of the Month for August 4. Rosanna Davison Goes Back to Her Roots Sailing with Team Sanya 3.…
The Irish Exporters Association (IEA) has linked up with the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) in the search for the Short Sea Shipping Company of the Year 2011, a key category in the National Export Industry Awards. The award scheme…
Racing Round-Up: ISORA, DBSC, Royal Cork, Stars, 1720s, Flying fifteens, SB3s,
5th September 2011 1720
An exotic weekend in Dun Laoghaire with the start of an Olympic class keelboat event plus the arrival of a Volvo 70 into the harbour but Irish weather meant all did not go to plan. Click our links for a…
Plans for an SB3 flotilla to escort Volvo Ocean Race Chinese entry, Team Sanya in to Dun Laoghaire harbour today were scuppered when winds reached gale force for a time this afternoon. Regular Dun Laoghaire fleet Sunday racing was to…
Andrew McCleary and Colin Dougan from Killyleagh Yacht Club won this weekend's the East Coast Flying Fifteen championships, hosted this weekend by Cushendall Sailing and Boating Club. Strangford Sailing Club's Brian McKee and Ian Smyth finished second after five races…
Surviving West Country Schooner Evokes Days of Irish Sea Sail Cargo Trade
4th September 2011 Tall Ships
One of the last surviving West Country ketches tallships out of a fleet of around 700, the Bessie Ellen was making passage through the Irish Sea yesterday from Falmouth bound for Liverpool, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 120-foot vessel was built…
Today, the new, improved NATO Shipping Centre (NSC) website goes live providing more comprehensive and timely information about pirate activity around the Horn of Africa for the shipping community. Having received a briefing on the new website, the Commander of…
Thirteen boats from an entry list of 24 came to the start line for the M2 Buoy day race, the tenth race in the 2011 ISORA Offshore series. Due to the forecast of light winds on the day it was…
It was electric and certainly no picnic, that's the verdict after 28-knot gusts put paid to the first days racing of the Star European's on Dublin Bay this afternoon. Howth Race Officer David Lovegrove opted to send the 27-boat fleet…
