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7th December 2021

Cork's Fastnet Lighthouse Records Gust of 84 Knots as Storm Barra Hits Ireland (Vid)

A number of weather warnings have taken effect across the country, as Storm Barra arrives, bringing gusts in excess of 130km/h.

After making landfall this morning, Storm Barra has caused some flooding in the south and has already left at least 33,000 homes and businesses without power.

The Fastnet lighthouse recorded a gust of 84 knots (155km/h) at 8 am this morning.

A Status Red wind warning for Cork and Kerry has been active from 6 am, while a similar warning for Clare will be in place from 4pm.

In all three counties, wind speeds of over 80 km/h, with severe or damaging gusts in excess of 130km/h, have been forecast by Met Éireann.

A gust of 113 km/h was recorded at around 6 am on Sherkin Island, located just off Cork's coast.

The weather warnings will be in place until 9pm tonight, when these counties will enter a Status Orange wind warning, which will remain in place until 6am tomorrow morning.

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Esailing & Virtual Sailing information

The concept of e-sailing, or virtual sailing, is based on a computer game sailing challenge that has been around for more than a decade.

The research and development of software over this time means its popularity has taken off to the extent that it has now become a part of the sailing seascape and now allows people to take an 'active part' in some of the most famous regattas across the world such as the Vendée Globe, Route du Rhum, Sydney Hobart, Volvo Ocean Race, America’s Cup and some Olympic venues too, all from the comfort of their armchair.

The most popular model is the 'eSailing World Championship'. It is an annual esports competition, first held in 2018 and officially recognised by World Sailing, the sports governing body.

The eSailing World Championship is a yearly competition for virtual sailors competing on the Virtual Regatta Inshore game.

The contract to run the event was given to a private company, Virtual Regatta that had amassed tens of thousands of sailors playing offshore sailing routing game following major offshore races in real-time.

In April 2020, the company says on its website that it has 35,000 active players and 500,000 regattas sailed.

Virtual Regatta started in 2010 as a small team of passionate designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs gathered around the idea that virtual sailing sports games can mix with real races and real skippers.