Irish Powerboat News. RIB's, Motor Yachts and Cruiser Updates
Irish RIB builders Red Bay Boats launched a new Stormforce 12–metre fitted with twin 350 Verado outboards last week. According to the Northern Ireland firm, the sleek boat has been built for Better Moments As, based in Norway. This will…
Three Tralee Bay Sailing Club members set out from Fenit in county Kerry yesterday to retrace a TBSC voyage first made 25 years ago. Ribbers Cian O'Donnell, James Landers and Giles Kelliher set out from the most westerly port in…
Round Ireland Powerboat Record Smashed By Almost Six Hours By Team Hibernia
29th May 2016 Round Ireland Power
Team Hibernia have smashed the Round Ireland Powerboat Record by taking six hours off the long–standing 2009 time. The high speed voyage which began at 5am this morning was not without its hazards. Were it not for fog and a…
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Team Hibernia Off Donegal And On Course for Round Ireland Powerboat Record
29th May 2016 Round Ireland Power
The latest update from Team Hibernia locates the Round Ireland powerboat on course for the sub 19–hour official record. The four man crew, who departed Kinsale this morning, skippered by John Ryan, are off Arranmore Island in County Donegal and…
CLICK HERE FOR LATEST Team Hibernia are scheduled to start their Round Ireland Powerboat record challenge at 0500 on Sunday morning. They will depart Kinsale and head clockwise round Ireland. The 2009 record time to beat is 18 hours 38…
Round Ireland Powerboat Arrives in Kinsale (By Road) Ready for Sunday's Record Bid
27th May 2016 Round Ireland Power
The Round Ireland Powerboat bid due to get underway this weekend arrived at its Kinsale departure point by truck this afternoon. The four man bid is scheduled for Sunday and the sleek aluminium craft must be back in the south coast…
A bid to break the 2009 Round Ireland powerboat record will be made this weekend. Venture Cup entrant John Ryan and his Team Hibernia crew will make an attempt at the record on Sunday. Starting in Kinsale on the South Coast, Ryan…
Powerboating's 'Venture Cup 2016' is 'Cancelled' Citing 'Cash Flow Issues'
17th May 2016 Powerboat Racing
With 25 days to go to the start in Cork Harbour, the much–hyped 2016 Venture Cup Round Ireland Poweboat Race has been cancelled. The announcement was made by email to supporters and confirmed to Afloat.ie by race organiser Aidan Foley this…
Hibernia All Black SL44 Powerboat Team Are 'Venture Cup' Training on Dublin Bay
16th May 2016 Powerboat Racing
Hibernia Racing's 100 mph ALLBLACK SL44 entry into the Round Ireland Venture Cup that begins in 25 days time was in training on Dublin Bay yesterday. The sleek aluminium built craft that was testing in Cork Harbour a month ago was…
Oxfordshire-based Williams Performance Tenders in the UK is has announced it will once again be giving local students the chance to take part in its innovative training scheme. Now in its fourth year, the course offers young people a fantastic…
Cork Harbour got a tast of the next June’s Venture Cup - the world’s longest, toughest and most prestigious powerboat race when two of the entries took a spin around the second largest natural harbour in the world. As Afloat.ie…
