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Irish renewable engineering firm OpenHydro has successfully installed its new 'open-centre' design tidal turbines on the sea-bed at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland. The turbines, each six metres in diameter, have been specially designed with an open…
Nicholas 'Nin' O'Leary added another piece of silverware to the O'Leary family trophy room last weekend, taking the national match-racing championships with only one loss out of 11 races sailed. The event was sailed in the ISA's Sailfleet J80s.
Incumbent and current All-Ireland Sailing Champion Stefan Hyde was deposed as J24 national champion over the weekend, when the Carrickfergus crew of Taz took the J24 National Championship title at Carlingford Lough.
While Ireland's slalom windsurfers have already wrapped up their season, the wave-sailors are just kicking off theirs, hooking in for a season of gales and big winter swells for some beachfront action. Round two took place last weekend, on Achill…
Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club has announced it is to carry out an inquiry in to the death of a crewman that occurred during its annual Sean Whiston race at the weekend.
A 46 year-old Dublin yachtsman died yesterday morning following an accident on a coastal passage from Wicklow to Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club in Dublin city, the Coastguard has confirmed.
Volvo race headquarters confirmed this afternoon that the Limerick sailor Ger O'Rourke will sail the second Irish VOR boat under the Dutch flag and it will be the eighth entry into the round the world race.
Team Delta Lloyd (ex ABN AMRO ONE) departed Cobh (14:20 Thursday.) Ger O'Rourke helmed her out past Roches point and into the Atlantic. The boat flew the RWYC of Ireland ensign.
Ger O'Rourke's Volvo 70 limped back to dock in Cork last night to effect repairs on hydraulic systems. The first-generation Volvo Ocean Race boat was escorted into the Haulbowline naval base just after 8pm last night by a local RIB.
Ireland's Paralympians have completed five races in both the SKUD18 and Sonar classes at Qingdao, and are enjoying a rest day today. Ireland's teams lie 10th and 11th in the overall standings.
Every now and then a spokesperson's surname will encapsulate exactly what they're promoting. So when we got an email about the Lough Derg's Classic Boat regatta from one Eleanor Hooker, it just had to feature.
After a two-year voyage that has seen them visit some of the world's most remote spots. Peter Maxwell and partner Geraldine Foley initially headed for Australia, but took in Cape Horn, Antarctica, Kerguelen and Nova Scotia on their uniqe circumnavigation.
Ireland's windsurfers, the upstanding citizens of the sailing world, drew their slalom season to a close in Galway last weekend, with close to 300 spectators watching the 50+ competitors streak along a slalom course off Silver Strand.
The first race in the GreenWorks-sponsored Autumn League at Howth Yacht Club starts this Sunday, beginning another eagerly anticipated six-race series for the 180 boats expected to compete across 11 classes.
The Irish Times sailing column reports this morning that Ger O'Rourke's round the world entry is back on course after an eleventh hour sponsor has been signed.
Red Bay Boats in County Antrim has cancelled its annual trip to Ardbeg distillery in Scotland for the second time this year. Postponed in May due to bad weather the RIB trip has been cancelled again this weekend. It is…
