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Crosshaven Boatyard are offering a low engine hours Quicksilver 700 Weekend motroboat for sale . The 150HP Volkswagen diesel engine has low engine hours of 650 approximately. She also comes equipped with a 2015 bow thruster, 2015 cooker, colour chart…

Irish yacht broker Crosshaven Boatyard in County Cork has announced the development of a a seven metre day boat with shallow draft keel, intended for sailing schools as well as sport sailing. The brand new Dufour Drakkar 24 is designed by Umberto…

#drugsyacht – The SY Makayabella sold this morning by Public Auction for €70,000. There were approximately four interested parties and bidding started at €30,000. It was bought in trust by a Solicitor, for a client, thought to be Irish. more…

#makaybella – A 62–ft custom cruising sailboat, the SY Makaybella, is to be auctioned in Cork at the end of this month. The sailing yacht was seized last September by the Irish Navy after it was intercepted in the Atlantic about…

If the concept is safe and economical motor boat cruising this latest 'Loyal 980' offering from MGM Boats in Kinsale offers 'cutting edge design' too. The basic aluminium concept of the Loyal 980 is that of a comfortable, durable boat with low…

#afloatboatsforsale – As the Euro continues its dip, UK boat buyers can eye the Irish boat market as if it's staging a giant 15 percent off sale! There's bargains for our neighbours and Afloat's bustling boats for sale with 400…

#boatsellsatcarshow – A 20–foot sailing dinghy that was offered for sale at a weekend Irish Classic Car Show sold within the first hour of the show opening in Dublin yesterday. Enterprising yacht broker Ronan Beirne of Leinster Boats in Dun…

#boatsforsale – A new season dawns and already in 2015, there's quite a bit of movement in the Irish boats for sale market after a number of slow years in the Irish second hand boat sector.  In leaner times, Irish…

#jeanneau – To celebrate their recent appointment as Jeanneau distributors for Northern Ireland, leading Irish boat sales firm MGM Boats are rolling out an Autumn/Winter sales campaign. The campaign features a 'Kickstart! 2015' offer. The offer is for a 2015…

In his Sailing on Saturday blog of August 23rd, Afloat's W M Nixon reported on a sail test of the new-to-Ireland Lagoon 52 cruising catamaran, which was undertaken with a crew of all the talents, including 1993 Round Ireland Record…

#southamtonboatshow – Dun Laoghaire yacht firm MGM Boats Ltd is exhibiting at this morning's Southampton boat show that runs until Sunday 21st September.  MGM's Gerry Salmon claims the The MGM Boats boats for sale stand is the 'largest ever brokerage stand at…

#Afloatmag – A packed 64–page Summer edition of Afloat hits the newsstand this week, full of all the top Irish boating stories. Here's some of the highlights: EditorialIf there has been a maritime awakening, can Ireland expect its own Tall…

#corby25 – A Corby 25 IRC cruiser–racer built by Harley Yachts, is on market, just in time for competition at the ICRA Nationals in Dun Laoghaire in June and Cork Week in July. Thunderbird has been well maintained and stored…

#1720 – You're in good time for the 1720 National Championships or any of this year's 1720 fixtures (see comment below from the class association) if you opt for this fun one design sports boat that the seller, MGM Boats, says…

#mgmboats – The first of this season's new sailing marques has arrived into Ireland from France via go–ahead yacht brokers MGM Boats Ltd. The new 2014 Sun Odyssey 379, is on display at Dun Laoghaire marina today. For those interested…

#boatsforsale – Toy Yot, the Evolution Glass Onion Mini Tonner with a great racing pedigree is for sale on Afloat's boats for sale website. Toy Yot had a clean sweep of race wins in class 4 in the ICRA'S 2012…