News Update
Howth sailor John Coffey is to join the team of adventurer Bear Grylls as they prepare to navigate the Northwest Passage this summer in an icebreaking RIB. Coffey will manage the teams logistics during the trip, deliver the RIB to…
The first trip of the RIB season last Saturday proved to be a fantastic opener to the new RBB cruising club. With perfect weather and 12 boats ranging from 6.1 to 11 mtrs the Red Bay fleet headed northwards all…
The UK's Sarah Ayton, one of the three original blondes in a boat, has today, in London's Hyde park, unveiled her bid to become the first British woman to win three successive Olympic gold medals. With the start of the…
Two Wicklow men will make their final leg of a global circumnavigations on May 15, cycling into Greystones, whence they set off in November 2008. Simon Evans, a squib sailor from Greystones SC, and Ferghal Ó Nualláin, have circled the…
A Wicklow-based youth team has unveiled its campaign for the Round Ireland race, kicking off from their home town in June. The 15-strong Pride of Wicklow includes a core group of 10 Wicklow sailors. The crew have chartered a Corby…
The Round Ireland Yacht Race is still seeking a major title sponsor, with just two months remaining until the start. The event's link with BMW came to a close after the 2008 edition, and despite continued interest and support from…
Light north easterlies started the day, and a feeble southerly finished proceedings at the Kinsale Spring Series on Sunday, the third scheduled day of racing, sponsored by North Sails. A fleet of over 50 yachts took part in blistering sunshine…
Swedish yacht manufacturer Najad, represented in Ireland by Cork broker HM Yachts, has launched a new website here. Further enhancements are planned and certain sections of the site, such as an official brokerage section, for example, are still under development…
The launch of the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Series 2010 took place today (8 January) at the London Boat Show. Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson OBE joined organisers, the Clyde Cruising Club, to celebrate their centenary year and support the launch…
Geoff Holt has just arrived in Tortola to become the first quadriplegic to sail across the Atlantic. He has sailed the 2,700 mile journey across the Atlantic on a 60ft purpose built catamaran Impossible Dream, unassisted in every aspect of…
Irish Times Marine Correspondent Lorna Siggins reports this morning Stena Line has reaffirmed its commitment to Dún Laoghaire after recent speculation that it might quit the harbour. However, the large fast ferry, HSS Stena Explorer, will run daily only during…
The promoter of plans to commence a scheduled commercial seaplane service for tourists in the west of Ireland said yesterday he “is taken aback by the ferocity of opposition” against locating in Lough Derg writes Gordon Deegan in the Irish…
Glenans Irish Sailing Club has raised in excess of Euro 80,000 from members and supporters. The fundraising, undertaken to help secure the clubs future, allows Glenans to upgrade its fleet and continue to offer high quality RYA and ISA approved…
News that the yacht Moonduster, once owned by the late Denis Doyle of Crosshaven had been lost this month has led to confusion in some quarters about which boat in the series of Moondusters owned by Doyle had been sunk…
Afloat.ie: Minister Lenihan approves regulations and Bye-laws for management of the wild salmon fish
29th December 2009 News Update
The Minister for Natural Resources, Conor Lenihan T.D., has approved a suite of regulations and bye-laws that will govern the wild salmon fishery in 2010. These will come into effect from the first day of January 2010. The maintenance of…
The Irish Coast Guard rescue helicopter service faced extreme conditions for the third time in a week when the Waterford Sikorsky helicopter rescued a fisherman 225 kilometres (140 miles) south of Fastnet Rock writes Lorna Siggins in today's Irish Times…
