Belfast Lough
![Innovation accolade for Artemis Technologies. The leading maritime design and applied technologies company topped the Innovation Award category at the prestigious 2023 Maritime UK awards, with Double Olympic gold medallist and CEO of Artemis Technologies, Dr Iain Percy OBE (pictured far right) in attendance to accept the honour. Innovation accolade for Artemis Technologies. The leading maritime design and applied technologies company topped the Innovation Award category at the prestigious 2023 Maritime UK awards, with Double Olympic gold medallist and CEO of Artemis Technologies, Dr Iain Percy OBE (pictured far right) in attendance to accept the honour.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000NSO9sFz_iBM/s/767/I0000NSO9sFz_iBM.jpg)
Leading high-performance maritime design and applied technologies company, Artemis Technologies, has been named among the winners at the prestigious 2023 Maritime UK Awards. Beating stiff competition from UK counterparts, the Belfast-based company received the Innovation award in front of 400 people at a ceremony…
![The Ballyholme Yacht Club Icebreaker Series Race 6 on Belfast Lough The Ballyholme Yacht Club Icebreaker Series Race 6 on Belfast Lough](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000XB09Ln1R124/s/767/I0000XB09Ln1R124.jpg)
Leonard and Flannigan Level in Ballyholme Yacht Club Icebreaker Series
14th March 2023 Belfast Lough
The Icebreaker Series has been running in the winter at Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough since about the time the Laser dinghy was introduced to the Club by Ron Hutchieson and Trevor Millar in 1974. It was originally mainly…
![A fleet of 12 GP14s are contesting the RNIYC Spring Series on Belfast Lough A fleet of 12 GP14s are contesting the RNIYC Spring Series on Belfast Lough](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ttT6Ui4vjgg/s/767/I0000ttT6Ui4vjgg.jpg)
Kearney and Nelson Lead RNIYC GP14 Spring Series After Round Three on Belfast Lough
14th March 2023 GP14
Race Officer Gerry Reid and the race team at RNIYC must be on good terms with the weather Gods as the snow melted away to leave a dry, almost balmy ten degrees and a steady(ish) force three building to a…
![An 11-boat fleet is contesting the annual GP14 Spring Series at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough An 11-boat fleet is contesting the annual GP14 Spring Series at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000a93EipJKZyo/s/767/I0000a93EipJKZyo.jpg)
O’Tiarnaighs Hold Healthy Lead at GP14 Spring Series at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club
7th March 2023 GP14
The second weekend of the annual GP14 Spring Series at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough kicked off with a pleasant 10-12 knots. The 11-boat fleet relished the longer beats set by PRO Gerry Reid and his…
![Bangor Marina on Belfast Lough situated on the south shore of Belfast Lough Bangor Marina on Belfast Lough situated on the south shore of Belfast Lough](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000FoN7I8RVOsM/s/767/I0000FoN7I8RVOsM.jpg)
The Turkey/Syria Earthquake Appeal prompted Bangor Marina on Belfast Lough in Northern Ireland to engage in a fund-raising effort by organising a raffle. The ticket holders proved very generous, and Harbour Master Kevin Baird was delighted with the response. "We're…
![Ruan and Natasha O’Tiarnaigh from Ballyholme YC lead the GP14 Royal North of Ireland Spring Series sailed on Belfast Lough Ruan and Natasha O’Tiarnaigh from Ballyholme YC lead the GP14 Royal North of Ireland Spring Series sailed on Belfast Lough](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ZbSlXSvwWYY/s/767/I0000ZbSlXSvwWYY.jpg)
GP14s Gather at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club for Belfast Lough Spring Series
1st March 2023 GP14
The 12-strong GP14 fleet managed four races last Sunday (26th) in the Royal North of Ireland Spring Series, sailed on Belfast Lough, after missing the previous weekend due to adverse weather. After a fourth in the first race, Ruan and…
![Mixed sailing cruisers gather for the 2022 Cockle Island BC Regatta on Belfast Lough Mixed sailing cruisers gather for the 2022 Cockle Island BC Regatta on Belfast Lough](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000A_Wjn43HtD8/s/635/I0000A_Wjn43HtD8.jpg)
Belfast Lough Yachting Conference Replaces NHC with YTC Rating System
27th February 2023 Northern Ireland Waters
Handicap systems are sometimes the stuff of controversy. So what will transpire when Belfast Lough Yachting Conference replaces the NHC system with the Royal Ocean Racing Club YTC (Yacht Time Correction) system remains to be seen. Cockle Island Boat Club…
![There are free pancakes and refreshments on 21st February from 1100 till 1400 in the foyer at Bangor Marina There are free pancakes and refreshments on 21st February from 1100 till 1400 in the foyer at Bangor Marina](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000paSxl2u_kgI/s/767/I0000paSxl2u_kgI.jpg)
Did you know that Shrove Tuesday was the last opportunity to use up eggs and fats before embarking on the Lenten fast and Pancakes is the perfect way to do this? Not that Kevin and the Bangor Marina staff on…
![The reconstructed Insect dinghy Grasshopper pictured in 2022 The reconstructed Insect dinghy Grasshopper pictured in 2022](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00009Q.qWzQs2Ho/s/767/I00009Q.qWzQs2Ho.jpg)
Restoring Ballyholme Yacht Club's 70-Year-Old Insect Dinghies
15th February 2023 Northern Ireland Waters
Insect dinghies are like buses. You wait for ages (in this case, years), and then two (or more) turn up at once. The exciting aspect of this is that Insect dinghies are over seventy years old and a testament to…
![Blackhead Lighthouse in Carrickfergus Blackhead Lighthouse in Carrickfergus](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000J2bM.cpD3.0/s/500/I0000J2bM.cpD3.0.jpg)
A Northern Ireland fisherman who landed a blue lobster last week says it was a “one in two million” shot, as Belfast Live reports. Stuart Brown made the marine wildlife discovery of his lifetime on Friday (3 February) while hauling…
![There are plans to develop an international watersports facility at a new-look Ballyholme Yacht Club and Watersports Centre There are plans to develop an international watersports facility at a new-look Ballyholme Yacht Club and Watersports Centre](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000NoNk1k5zgAM/s/767/I0000NoNk1k5zgAM.jpg)
Bangor Waterfront Development will receive £40 million in funding as part of the Belfast Region City Deal. Ards and North Down Borough Council welcomed the news a year after the UK and NI Executive Ministers signed the first-ever City Deal…
![Last year's RS Elite Irish Championship at Royal North of Ireland YC Last year's RS Elite Irish Championship at Royal North of Ireland YC](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000NEDPKz_7IOg/s/767/I0000NEDPKz_7IOg.jpg)
RS Elite Irish Championship Coincides with RC35 Open Event at Royal Ulster Yacht Club
9th January 2023 RS Sailing
Belfast Lough will be awash with boats over the weekend of 24th and 25th June when the RS Elite Irish Championship coincides with an RC35 open event. Both fixtures will be hosted by Royal Ulster Yacht Club in Bangor on…
![Stuart Cranston's Ker 35 Hijacker from Strangford Lough Yacht Club competing at the 2022 Portaferry Town Regatta Stuart Cranston's Ker 35 Hijacker from Strangford Lough Yacht Club competing at the 2022 Portaferry Town Regatta](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000MWhO0azUAP4/s/635/I0000MWhO0azUAP4.jpg)
The last time the RC35s raced in Belfast Lough was in the 2022 Bangor Town Regatta. And so successful was the class that it can look forward to a stand-alone event in June this season. Hosted by the Royal Ulster…
![100 Baywatch keen swimmers took to the water for the Christmas Eve Dip at Helen's Bay on Belfast Lough 100 Baywatch keen swimmers took to the water for the Christmas Eve Dip at Helen's Bay on Belfast Lough](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ZEsLV7huAPo/s/767/I0000ZEsLV7huAPo.jpg)
Over 100 'Baywatch' Sea Swimmers Take Charity Dip in Helen's Bay on Belfast Lough
29th December 2022 Sea Swim
Helen’s Bay is a small village on the Belfast to Bangor railway line on the south shore of Belfast Lough and is named after Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Clandeboye, who lived in the early nineteenth century. It’s not recorded…
![Belfast Kayak Club gets ready to launch for the Christmas Paddle Belfast Kayak Club gets ready to launch for the Christmas Paddle](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000hk4QVdkk5eI/s/767/I0000hk4QVdkk5eI.jpg)
A Viking burial site was discovered at Ballyholme Bay on the North Down coast in 1903 suggesting that the Vikings landed there. Although the Belfast Kayak Club landed there, too last weekend on their Christmas outing, they certainly didn’t grab…
![Eighty-two went SUPs were afloat in Bangor Harbour and raised £600 for the local lifeboat Eighty-two went SUPs were afloat in Bangor Harbour and raised £600 for the local lifeboat](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000BKV5N_PAMtE/s/767/I0000BKV5N_PAMtE.jpg)
82 Stand Up Paddler Santas Afloat for RNLI Charity on Belfast Lough
11th December 2022 Belfast Lough
It was that time of year again for the keen Stand Up Paddlers to get into the Santa and Elf costumes and take to the water in Bangor Harbour on Belfast Lough. Eighty-two went afloat and raised £600 for the…