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Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) Thursday evening racing was cancelled tonight due to strong westerly winds. 'Violent gusts' meant the tenth Thursday race of the 2024 AIB summer season was scrubbed in all classes at Dun Laoghaire. Yacht racing continues…

The Dutch Ambassador to Ireland, Maaike van Koldam visited the Marine Institute on Wednesday (26 June) and hailed the importance of Galway for harnessing Ireland’s potential in areas like renewable energy and the marine sector. On Wednesday morning, the Ambassador…

Waterways Ireland has said it has “engaged and collaborated with stakeholders, elected officials and multi-agency partners” since concerns initially arose for the health and safety of people staying in tents by the Grand Canal. The agency was responding to a…

Thursday (Day 5) 12:30 hrs: With a further shuffling of the pack accelerated by the prospect and subsequent arrival of strong Atlantic winds laid on by the now diminishing go-through of Storm Jimmy, Steady Eddy performers are moving up through…

The longest day of the year just passed... so we are halfway through summer, aren't we? Events were run across Ireland (and abroad), with the National Yacht Club represented at many of them. The week started on Wednesday with the…

First raced for in 1927 from Cowes, the Prince of Wales Cup for International 14s remains one of the most respected trophies in dinghy racing. It's a trophy liberally decorated with a 'who's who' of dinghy sailing. The winner is…

At Kinsale Yacht Club, the Squibs Series 2 has had two races, both of which were won by Mickey and Michael Carroll in Kilpbok. Flora (Bobby Nash and Una Leader) was second in both, and Kachina (Karl Dempsey and Jim…

The final race in the Cork Harbour Combined Clubs June League will conclude the four-race series tomorrow night (Friday). The League, organised by the RCYC and Cove SC is being raced in spinnaker and whitesail fleets inside Cork Harbour and…

A 41-boat fleet of Flying Fifteens assembled at Strangford Lough Yacht Club, Whiterock, this past week to contest the British Isles Championships. This event was last held in these waters in 2018 when the regatta was condensed into three short…

Thursday (Day 5) 07:30 hrs: With the current weather-dominating Low Pressure area now well north in the Hebrides, and with its centre continuing further away on its northesterly course, in the North Channel the mostly sou-southwest winds in the night…

Twenty per cent of the fleet has retired from the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race so far, with some high-profile withdrawals as the remaining 38 monohulls negotiate the final stages of the 700-mile offshore race. As Afloat reported earlier on…

The Water Wag race this evening at Dun Laoghaire Harbour was the Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) Regatta race. Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly had to raise the AP three times due to shifting winds, eventually starting one hour and six…

Wednesday 1900hrs: When Pete Smyth and his weary and calm-plagued crew with the Ker 46 Searcher finally finished the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race at 15:32 this (Wednesday) afternoon, it was intriguing to note that they'd sailed 63 miles less…

Mystic Meg will shortly retire to the Wicklow hills, satisfied with her 2024 Round Ireland Race predictions. Once the weather pattern emerged, it was not a hard task, but the size of the leads over the next boats at the…

A Social Democrats TD has called on Waterways Ireland to provide “full” and “urgent” clarity on its proposed works along the banks of the Grand Canal. Gary Gannon, who is a Social Democrats TD for the Dublin Central constituency, has…

Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue, T.D., held a crucial meeting with representatives from the fishing industry on Tuesday evening, June 25th. The discussions centred around the upcoming 2025 fishing opportunity negotiations and were reported to be 'quite productive'. The gathering was…