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Migrant Numbers Reach Record Total As Small Boats Cross the English Channel
14th July 2020 News Update
Migrants in record numbers, reports BBC News, have crossed the [English] Channel on the day the home secretary announced a "new operation approach" to dealing with small boat crossings. The Home Office said 180 migrants made the crossing to the…
Royal Irish's Rockabill VI Makes Right Move to Win ISORA's Second Viking Marine Coastal Race
12th July 2020 ISORA
Reigning ISORA Champion Rockabill VI (Paul O'Higgins) took a one-minute 35-second margin on corrected time to win the second ISORA Viking Marine Coastal Race on Dublin Bay this afternoon. The JPK10.80 was the IRC overall and Class Zero winner according…
Race 2 of the Viking Marine Coastal Race this morning will be a shorter 24-mile course from Dun Laoghaire Harbour at 0955. From a start, at Dun Laoghaire Outfall Buoy, the expected 20-boat fleet will pass the Muglins on the…
The second of four races in the Viking Marine Coastal Series has attracted a fleet of 20 for Saturday's ISORA race from Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Hoping that their early-season training, that paid off so handsomely in last Saturday's tricky conditions,…
Floating Outdoor Pool Proposed For Prime Spot Next To George’s Dock Rafting Course
9th July 2020 News Update
A site on Custom House Quay adjacent to the planned white water rafting course in George’s Dock has been earmarked for a €15 million outdoor pool, as TheJournal.ie reports. The scheme being proposed by Dublin City Council is modelled after…
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It will come as no surprise that Beneteau are leading the way in terms of new models for 2021 — and the new Gran Turismo 36, the latest and hugely exciting addition to the Gran Turismo range, is no exception.…
MGM Boats have delivered a new Zodiac Open 5.5 to a customer at Ireland's biggest marina at Dun Laoghaire on Dublin Bay. The Dublin yacht broker, who took on the agency for the leading French RIB range in December 2019…
Newly appointed marine minister Barry Cowen has said he regrets an incident where he was disqualified from driving four years ago after being breathalysed. The Fianna Fáil TD for Laois-Offaly and brother of former Taoiseach Brian Cowen, who was appointed…
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Latest X-Yachts Video Tour Goes ‘Behind The Scenes’ Of Award-Winning X4³
5th July 2020 X-Yachts GB & IRL
X-Yachts’ latest video tour goes ‘behind the scenes’ of the award-winning X4³ — looking below cushions, inside lockers and at systems and storage, for a greater understanding of what makes an X-Yacht an X-Yacht. The vessel in question, toured with…
George Sisk's XP44 WOW took an emphatic win in the first ISORA race of the 2020 season yesterday when racing got off to a decidedly tricky start in the first of four Viking Marine Coastal Series races on Dublin Bay.…
This year’s Southampton International Boat Show has been postponed to 2021 as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue to reverberate throughout the boating industry. As International Boat Industry reports, the 52nd edition of the industry fixture — which had…
ISORA Attracts 19 Boats for First Viking Marine Coastal Race (Race Tracker Here!)
4th July 2020 Viking Marine
This morning's Dun Laoghaire Viking Marine Coastal Race (Re-Boot) course has drawn a potent fleet of ISORA 19 boats that includes former champions Mojito (Peter Dunlop & Victoria Cox) from North Wales and reigning champions Rockabill VI (Paul O'Higgins). The…
Over the years Eddie, English of SailCork has trained literally hundreds of sailing instructors. And following the coronavirus-enforced break, this week he was back at his favourite job, holding his first five-day course of the summer season with a new…
Thunderchild II's Trans-Atlantic Record Attempt Postponed Says Safehaven Marine
2nd July 2020 Safehaven Marine
Safehaven Marine's Frank Kowalski has announced that his planned Trans-Atlantic record attempt this year in Thunder Child II has been postponed. Speculation mounted this week when the asymmetrical catamaran was lifted out of the water in Cork Harbour that it…
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In Search of The Ideal (4-6m) Boat Package? O’Sullivan's Marine Is Here To Help
2nd July 2020 O'Sullivan's Marine
Here at O'Sullivan's Marine, we like nothing better than working with you to find the right solution for your boating needs. Each customer has unique requirements, not only on the type of boat, whether it be hand-laminated fibreglass boats, Linder…
Germany's Boot Dusseldorf “Reboot" Aims to Fuel the Passion for Water Sports
1st July 2020 Boot Düsseldorf
“Many of the hotspots of the water sports community in Europe are coming to life again”, boot Director Petros Michelidakis is delighted to report. He is Greek by birth and a keen sailor – and will soon be paying another…
