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10th October 2016

Read Afloat's e–news below with all the latest sailing and boating highlights including: Dublin bids ‘bon voyage’ to @teamirelandvg; Conor Clarke on US #Melges24 2nd, tributes to Emergency veteran Des & Car shipper routes to come full circle? Find the links to these stories and all the rest of the weekend's news from Afloat below.

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Dublin bids ‘bon voyage’ to O’Coineen

With Vendee Globe starting on Friday, solo racer Enda O’Coineen gets civic farewell on the Liffey, and Poolbeg Y&BC readies to host Dermot Cronin talk on double-handed Middle Sea Race victory.

‘We need leader shocker.. guess what!’

Conor Clarke reveals how close his Irish team came to US Melges 24 title, Winkie Nixon finds 49er talent riding crest of wave on Dublin Bay, and Cork Autumn League is poetry in motion.

Emergency Able Seaman Des dies at 98

Tributes are paid to wreck diver & Irish Shipping veteran Des Branigan, a wartime contemporary of Dermot Bolger’s father, plus incredible first dive on Lusitania is remembered 81 years on.

Car shipper routes to come full circle?

New car-import route recalls Seaspeed’s Cork Ford era as Nissan denies city move, Heritage Week spurs interest in Boyne Canal project and UK yacht boss faces Cheeki Rafiki deaths rap.

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