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Wicklow Harbour is gearing up for the start of the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race, which will commence at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The biennial 700 nautical-mile offshore race will see 49 boats vying for top honours in the challenging…

The $250 million megayacht NORN, owned by billionaire Microsoft tech tycoon Charles Simonyi, is visiting Dublin this morning. The battleship grey-hulled vessel crossed Dublin Bay at 10 am on her way into Dublin Port.  The brand new NORN is currently sailing under…

The Royal Malta Yacht Club is awaiting registrations from Ireland, among other countries, for its staging of the 2024 SB20 European Championships in September. France, the UK, Hungary, Singapore, South Africa, and Moldova have already confirmed participation. "We are awaiting…

“Don’t put yourself or the crew at risk - get your lifejacket serviced today.” That’s the appeal from chandlers nationwide during National Water Safety Week, which runs until June 23rd. Nick Bendon of CH Marine, a company leading in sea…

With near gale force on shore westerly winds kicking up a violent sea state, the first day of racing at the 44Cup Marstrand was called off on Thursday. At the 1000 skipper’s briefing PRO Maria Torrijo put the nine teams…

Two wins from two races sailed today at the Flying Fifteen British Isles Championships 2024 at Strangford Lough Yacht Club for Graham Vials and Chris Turner in Floaty McFloatface moves the Derwent Reservoir and Lyme Regis Sailing Club pair to…

With only one race on Wednesday, in order to achieve the advertised programme, Howard Steavenson event PRO called for three races (in a wind varying from 4 to 10 knots) for the Squib fleet today at the UK British National…

Neither Paul O'Higgins's JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI or Chris Power-Smith's J122 Aurelia were on the DBSC race track last night as both will race Round Ireland on Saturday. Still, Rockabill VI remains four points clear at the top of the Dublin Bay…

Northern Ireland’s sailing community handed in an unprecedented 4,000 expired marine flares at disposal events held at Portrush Yacht Club, Bangor Marina and Lough Erne Yacht on Saturday 15 June. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, RYA Northern Ireland organised these…

The Marine Institute welcomes 22 undergraduate students this month to its facilities in Oranmore, Co Galway and Newport, Co Mayo as part of the 2024 Summer Bursary Scholarship Programme. The bursary scheme enables students to gain valuable practical experience and…

Twenty-four dinghies are entered in Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s Class 1 dinghies June League. Racing in Cork Harbour is on Tuesdays and Fridays. The 505 crew of Brian Jones and Gary Frost are leading the class after five races, with…

Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin, alongside Waterways Ireland, were in Clones on Wednesday (19 June) to officially open Phase 2 of the Ulster Canal redevelopment project, following a more than €20 million investment. The redevelopment project was carried…

Owen O’Connell leads Cove Sailing Club’s Wednesday night Dinghy League, racing his TR3. He is on 10 points, ahead of Rankin No.12, sailed by Maurice and Frances Kidney, on 12. David Radley is third on 15. Seventeen boats have raced…

The Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation based in Castletownbere, West Cork, has called on the Minister for the Marine to meet with it to discuss a Liquidity Scheme to assist the struggling inshore sector and ensure its very…

They may call it the Crosshaven Traditional Boat Weekend, but if it hadn’t been for the presence of the Cornish lugger Barnabas, the traditional boats would have been on the sidelines in face of the impact of classic timber yachts…

The Irish Marine Federation (IMF) attended the European Boating Industry (EBI) General Assembly in Barcelona earlier this month. Hosted by the Spanish member, Asociación Nacional de Empresas Nauticas (ANEN), in collaboration with the Marina Port Vell, the Port of Barcelona…