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6th May 2021

UK Navy Ships Patrolling Jersey Amid Post-Brexit Fishing Row with France

The UK armed patrol vessels, HMS Severn along with HMS Tamar (above) have been deployed to 'monitor the situation' at Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands. AFLOAT adds HMS Tamar, a Batch 2 River class OPV seen departing Falmouth last week, having set sail with its new 'dazzle camouflage' makeover – the first time the paint scheme has been applied to a serving Royal Navy ship since WWII. AFLOAT also highlights the paint effect was applied at A&P Falmouth where maintenance also too place at the shiprepair facility in Cornwall.

UK Royal Navy vessels are patrolling waters around Jersey, amid concerns of a possible blockade of the largest of the Channel Islands, due to an ongoing row with France over post-Brexit fishing rights.

HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been deployed to "monitor the situation", at the Channel Island, as reports suggest as many as 100 French fishing vessels could protest at the Port of St Helier over the lack of access.

French maritime minister Annick Girardin warned on Tuesday that the country was ready to take "retaliatory measures", accusing Jersey of dragging its feet over issuing new licences to French boats.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Chief Minister of Jersey, Senator John Le Fondre, and Minister of External Affairs Ian Gorst yesterday and "underlined his unwavering support" for the island.

Paris has warned it could cut off power to the island, which receives 95% of its electricity from France through three undersea cables, in retaliation to the fall out.

For further reading, reports RTE News.

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Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race Information

The biennial Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race is a 320-miles race down to the east coast of Ireland, across the south coast and into Dingle harbour in County Kerry.

The race is organised by the National Yacht Club.

It never fails to offer a full range of weather, wind and tide to the intrepid entrants, ranging from a 32ft cruiser to a 79ft all-out racer.

Three divisions are available to enter: cruiser (boats equipped with furlers), racing (the bulk of the fleet) and also two-handed.

D2D Course change overruled

In 2019, the organisers considered changing the course to allow boats to select routes close to shore by removing the requirement to go outside Islands and Lighthouses en route, but following input from regular participants, the National Yacht Club decided to stick with the tried and tested course route in order to be fair to large and smaller boats and to keep race records intact.

D2D Course record time

Mick Cotter’s 78ft Whisper established the 1 day and 48 minutes course record for the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race in 2009 and that time stood until 2019 when Cotter returned to beat his own record but only just, the Dun Laoghaire helmsman crossing the line in Kerry to shave just 20 seconds off his 2009 time.