Irish Marine Federation
Barton Marine, a leading manufacturer of sail control hardware, will launch a new innovative range of Size '0' Swivel Blocks at the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show in January. The new compact range of Barton Swivel Blocks has been specifically…
One of the country's most prestigious – and oldest (est. 1838) – sailing clubs, the Royal St. George in Dun Laoghaire, are looking for a sailing manager to run all of the sailing activities of the Club. A senior member…
A fleet of 40 boats already entered is expected to double in the next few days for Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Turkey Shoot. There has been a last call for enrtries for the Viking Marine sponsored seven race series which…
On Afloat’s Irish boating forum this week: Next year's Commodore’s Cup team formation is generating plenty of comment – Sailorlad is afraid it might just be a case of ‘showing up’ rather than really competing, while Claire says that Blondie,…
A good brunch and the early publication of the Irish Sea offshore programme lies in store for East coast sailors attending next Saturday's ISORA agm at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire. Commodore Peter Ryan is seeking feedback to…
October's ISAF open match racing world rankings sees a big improvement for the Irish. There are now 34 ranked Irish match racers compared to a dozen this time last year. Ireland now has a top 100 match racer in John…
Handicap racing for multihulls in Cork Harbour produced fast sailing yesterday in the final race of the October league. Double handed Hobie Tigers raced with the single-handed A class. Depending on weather conditions racing alternated between windward leeward courses inside…
Sixteen knot south westerly winds brought Royal Cork's October League to a close this afternoon. The spectacular final two races saw Blondie hold her overall lead in class zero. Bob Bateman's photos are over the fold.
Stephen Hyde from Passage West in Co. Cork, sailing 'A Lady', an Oyster 56, is the sole Irish boat in the forthcoming World ARC cruise. There are currently 38 yachts being 'geared up' to carry their crews on a world…
Italian students have become the 2009 Student Yachting World Cup Champions. Defending champions Cork Institute of Technology finished fifth overall and University of Limerick 10th in the 12-boat event after yesterday's final rounds. The race committee had a plan to…
Waterways Ireland are notifiying all users of the Grand Canal that water levels between the 13th and 14th Locks will be lowered in order to carry out repairs to canal banks between Henry Bridge and Ponsonby Bridge. Users are asked…
Castle Island, Enniskillen, are hosting a fireworks display on Friday 30th October from 8pm to 8.30pm, on the Erne Navigation and inland waterways. There'll be no mooring allowed at the Waterways Ireland Head Office Mooring nor at the Henry Street…
Waterways Ireland wishes to advise all Masters and users of the Grand Canal that the provisions of SI No. 24/1988: Canals Act, 1986 Bye Law (25, 1 (d)) will be enforced on all hard edged moorings in the inland waterway…
No shortage of winds for the Belmullet Wavesailing Final 2009, for three rounds of Gold fleet competitions and six rounds of Silver fleet comp, a change of beach half way through Saturday, where competitors survived consistent 35 knot winds with…
Cork's Eamon Rohan has the upper hand, 3.5 points clear of Dave Dwyer's Marinercove.ie on 15 points in tomorrow's last races of the O'Flynn Exhams October league in Cork Harbour. His superbly turned-out Blondie leads class zero, and is already…
Castlemartyr Resort has donated 700 Euro to Ballycotton Lifeboat from money raised at a local fair. The 5 Star hotel was invited to take part in the recent Midleton Food Fair. They served food to the adults and had a…
