Boatyards
Belfast Lough’s Artemis Technologies Unveil ‘World’s Most Advanced’ Electric Passenger Ferry
26th September 2022 Belfast Lough
Leading maritime design and applied technologies company Artemis Technologies has unveiled the design of its new fully electric EF-24 Passenger vessel, targeting the global high-speed ferry market. And it’s set to make its debut in 2024 on a route between Belfast…
Safehaven Marine’s Latest Pilot Boat Deliveries Include a Welcome Repeat Order
19th June 2022 Safehaven Marine
Safehaven Marine’s latest deliveries this month include a second pilot boat for Scotland’s Port of Cromarty Firth and a specialised vessel for port operations in Southampton. Williams Shipping have taken delivery of an Interceptor 48 for crew transfer operations and pilot…
British Boat Builder Delivers the World’s First Fully Recyclable Boat to Police Scotland
14th June 2022 Boatyards
An Isle of Man based maritime green technologies start-up, ExoTechnologies is launching the world’s first fully recyclable, high-performance workboat range, with the boatyard's first commercial vessel delivered to Police Scotland. The vessel is built from fully recyclable DANUTM composite material…
Belfast Lough's Artemis Technologies Launch High-Speed Foiling Workboat Range with Zero Emissions
9th June 2022 Belfast Lough
Belfast Lough-based Artemis Technologies, the global leader in green maritime innovation, has launched to market the world’s first commercially viable 100% electric, high-speed foiling workboat range. The first commercial vessels to be built in Belfast in many decades, are billed…
Artemis Technologies’ 100% Electric Foiling Workboat Takes to Belfast Lough
26th April 2022 Electric Outboard Engines
Artemis Technologies, the global leader in green maritime innovation, has just released the first pictures of its 100% electric, high-speed foiling workboat prototype on Belfast Lough. The vessel was designed and built to include the production specification drivetrain, battery and…
The programme for the “cultural voyage” of the 56ft restored Limerick trading ketch Ilen to London in late April and through the first fortnight of May continues to take shape. The ship herself is now back in her birthplace at…
Project 406, the world’s largest sportfishing boat, celebrated a milestone moment on 11 March with the turning of its hull. Designed by Dutch design studio Vripack, and under construction at Royal Huisman’s newbuild headquarters in Vollenhove, the Netherlands, the superyacht’s…
French 'La Grande Motte' Multihull Boat Show Will Have World Premieres This April
3rd February 2022 Boatyards
Multihull boatyards have revealed some information about 2022, with the trend moving towards catamarans and trimarans that increasingly focus on performance, the technical aspects, comfort, finishings and interior design. That's the view of the organisers of the 13th multi-hull show…
Irish solo sailor Jim Schofield has turned his ambitions from crossing the Atlantic to something a little closer to home: boat repairs. Just weeks after finishing the McIntyre Adventure Globe 5.80 Transat Race in his self-built wooden yacht — constructed…
It’s said that when the experimentally-minded William Petty, the compiler of the Down Survey in Ireland in the 1660s, decided to build his very innovative Simon & Jude catamaran in 1663 for testing in Dublin Bay, the decidedly odd vessel…
The Conamara family of sailors known as Clann Johnny Jimmy Pheaitín are profiled in a documentary on TG4. Pádraig, Jimmy and Seáinín are “Na Jimmys”, associated with the Galway Hooker An Mhaighdean Mhara. The programme “Bádóirí- Na Jimmys” interviews the…
Rapid Repairs for Ker 37 Jump Juice to Make the ICRA Championships Start This Morning
3rd September 2021 ICRA
It's been a busy 24 hours for Royal Cork Yacht Club Cruisers Zero favourite Jump Juice since arriving in Dun Laoghaire Harbour for this weekend's ICRA National Championships. The 80-boat Championships starts this morning but hull damage discovered on the…
Famine Replica Ship Dunbrody to Remain Dry-Docked For Weeks as Repairs Continue
22nd June 2021 Boatyards
The famine replica tallship Dunbrody is taking longer to repair than expected, meaning it will be at least late July before it is back moored outside the visitor centre, according to the New Ross Standard. It was early March when…
New 100-Metre Sailing Superyacht Will be Eco-Friendly, Say Italian Designers
1st June 2021 Superyachts
A new 100-metre sailing superyacht can - and must - be environmentally friendly and have as little impact on the ecosystem as possible say the promoters of the NL 285 "Vento" project, presented by designers Nuvolari Lenard at this week's…
Limerick's Ketch Ilen Prepares for Kingship Research & Training Programme in Shannon Estuary
25th March 2021 Ilen
The good ship Ilen, the 56ft Trading Ketch of Limerick, has been in the slipway cradle at Liam Hegarty's boatyard in Oldcourt upriver of Baltimore in West Cork this week, enjoying the relatively dry weather and the attention of her…
The Boat Building Academy (BBA), based in Lyme Regis, Dorset, is seeking seven committed and enthusiastic individuals to change their lives via its 40-week boat building course. Starting mid-May, the course will teach skills such as lofting, traditional, modern and…
