Historic Boats
After decades of searching, researchers from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Coast Guard have located the shipwreck of the former U.S. Revenue Cutter, Bear. The wreck of the Bear, which was lost at sea in 1963, is…
Restored 96-Year-Old Gleoiteog Loveen to be Blessed at Claddagh Basin, Galway Today
16th October 2021 Historic Boats
Where else in the world would you hear yourself being addressed as Loveen but in Galway - and that's the name of a 96-year-old gleoiteog which is being blessed today (Oct 16) in the Claddagh Basin. The historic vessel which…
The Ilen Marine School's 56ft-restored trading ketch Ilen of 1926 vintage is already renowned for her good work when taking part in the Sailing Into Wellness programme. It's one of the ship's many interests that were vividly high-lighted at her…
Irish Classic Yawl is Star of America's Annual Record of Special Wooden Boats
7th October 2021 Historic Boats
American sailing photographer Ben Mendlowitz of Maine has been recording classic and traditional wooden boats and their world with an unerring eye for forty years and more now. Apart from regularly contributing to leading magazines, he has had ten books…
Irish 'Mail' Boat Photos Recall Era of Travel on Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire Route
7th October 2021 Historic Boats
NorthWalesLive takes a nostalgic trip on the ferries that travelled from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire Harbour which have been a familiar sight to generations of families. The historic link to Ireland had operated until closing in 2014 which Afloat adds…
Three Irish Flagged Classic Yachts Compete at Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy in St. Tropez
30th September 2021 Historic Boats
Three Irish flagged yachts are among some of the most beautiful centenarians gathering in Saint-Tropez for the 10th edition of the Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy this Thursday, 30th September. The "youngest "centenarian taking part in the Trophy will be the Irish…
Ranger the 80-Year-Old Snipe Dinghy at Lough Erne Heritage Skills Day
22nd September 2021 Northern Ireland Waters
For a very long time, the Snipe class Dinghy Ranger languished in the Boathouse at Crom Castle on Upper Lough Erne, but after lengthy restoration by Fred and George Ternan, Ranger has been afloat twice recently and last weekend (18th…
Cudmore to Skipper Cork Harbour One Design Jap on Return to Saint Tropez's Centenary Trophy Regatta
21st September 2021 Historic Boats
Royal Cork Yacht Club Olympic helmsman Harold Cudmore will be on the tiller of the oldest and the smallest yacht at the classic yacht Centenary Trophy fleet in Saint Tropez later this month. Cudmore is skippering RCYC's restored Cork Harbour One…
The artists’ exhibition of 21 currachs used as canvases which ran over the summer on the Aran island of Inis Oírr transfers into NUI Galway for Culture Night. Irish international sculptor John Behan RHA, Tuam-based visual artist Jennifer Cunningham, Mayo-based…
Second Outing for the Restored Snipe Dinghy Ranger on Lough Erne
10th September 2021 Northern Ireland Waters
In late August, the Snipe dinghy Ranger, restored by Fred and George Ternan after sixty years lying abandoned on the Crom Estate, County Fermanagh, had her second outing on Upper Lough Erne at Crom. Ranger was one of two Snipes…
