Irish Marine Federation
Dave Clarke's Harlequin won the Puppeteer division of the second Howth Autumn League Race race thisd morning. Second was Terry Harvey in No Strings with Neil Murphy's Yellow Peril third. For all the results click 'read more' HOWTH YACHT CLUB…
Anyone who sails or is on the water for any activity knows that Gill make great gloves. The good news for 2010 is that the best just got better. The entire collection of Gill gloves has had an update for…
We've started a new Forum Section here for Irish Sailors on the Racing Rules of Sailing. The aim is that many of the threads will be started by readers describing an incident they have been involved in. Competitors may learn…
In the penultimate race of the season Derek Pearson's Ghrazel was the winner in Cruisers 4 followed home by Myles Kelly a the helm of Maranda. For full DBSC results click read more: DUBLIN PORT Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results…
Ireland has finished fifth and 12th in the inaugural New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup won yesterday by the host club. No one knew quite what to expect, even though a year and a half of planning went into getting…
At 21.00hrs on Saturday 19 September, the Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat Vera Skilton brought two persons and their dog to safety after their vessel went aground on Sunk Island, just north of Illaunmore on Lough Derg. The lifeboat launched following…
Bundoran RNLI lifeboat last night (Saturday 19 September 2009) saved three people who were swept out to sea off the coast of Bundoran in county Donegal. The three included two swimmers and a member of the public who went to…
To celebrate Culture Night, on Septmber 25th, the Dublin Docklands Development Authority is sponsoring two evening sailings on the Liffey Voyage , which will depart from Bachelors Walk at 5.15pm and 6.15pm on 25th September. The 48 passengers on each…
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The European Speedsailing Championships will take place in Dungarvan, County Waterford with windsurfers and kite-boarders due on October 17-23. The event is being arranged on a rollover basis with a week in November also allocated should suitable wind conditions not…
The ISA is hosting its 'All Ireland' Sailing Championship at Royal Cork Yacht Club, Crosshaven, Co Cork on 25th, 26th & 27th September 2009. They've yet to announce the invitees but afloat.ie wants your views on who SHOULD be there…
Ryan Seaton and Matthew McGovern, competing in the 49er class, were 21st and 25th in race 4 and 5 respectively at the conclusion of day three of the Olympic Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth yesterday. Irish sailors are competing…
This Friday Tom MacSweeney reports on the restoration of the Cork-Swansea ferry company on his Seascapes Radio Show broadcast on RTE One at 10.30pm. The programme also interviews a Dubliner who is sailing for Cork in the pay-your-way Clipper Round…
Ireland's entry in the Clipper Round the World Race has finished second after the first leg of the race to La Rochelle but a protest against them and the first place boat from Finland looms. The Finnish skipper, Eero Lehtinen,…
Cork's Anthony O'Leary lies third after race one of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup and Dublin's Michael Cotter is in seventh after a blustery open to the event yesterday. The Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC) won today’s opening…
Inland Waterways news has learned that Waterways Ireland have issued a notice (Marine notice no. 98 of 2009) Masters that the Electricity Supply Board has deferred the closure of Ardnacrusha Lock until Thurs 15th. Oct 2009
