Historic Boats
#NaomhÉanna - Minister for Heritage, Jimmy Deenihan and Waterways Ireland have agreed to restrain the scrapping of the nation's oldest surviving merchant ship, Naomh Éanna until next week, while a campaign group arrange a survey as previously reported on Afloat.ie,…
#gandelow – Fresh from their millenial victory at the Clontarf replay on April 23rd 2014, the Munstermen in their Viking Gandelows move on this week to Venice where they plan to take the city by storm. Aided by gallant oarsmen and gallies…
#NaomhEanna - The fate of heritage vessel Naomh Éanna still hangs in the balance as moves are made towards a structural survey of the former Aran Islands ferry. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the historic boat has been earmarked for…
#kinsale – Sunday's racing at Kinsale Yacht Club in County Cork was overshadowed by the sad passing of former Scora Commodore Vinnie O'Shea. Vinnie had been a great supporter of Kinsale Yacht Club and was well known as the Skipper…
Naomh Éanna Trust Save Our Ship (SOS) Campaigners Launch Fundraiser Appeal to Survey Ship for Restoration Plans
5th April 2014 Historic Boats #NaomÉanna – Following last week's meeting between Irish Ship & Barge Fabrication Co and Minister for Heritage, over a €1.85m plan to restore former Aran Islands ferry Naom Éanna, in which campaigners described the meeting "as not constructive" however a…
#NaomhEanna - Campaigners for the preservation of the heritage vessel Naomh Éanna have said their meeting with the Heritage Minister this week "could not be described as constructive". Last Wednesday the Naomh Éanna Trust's Save Our Ship (SOS) campaign and…
European Boat Builders to Row Meitheal Mara Currachs During Cork Visit
28th March 2014 Historic Boats #historicboats – Boat-building organisations from France, Spain and Belgium and boating enthusiasts from across Ireland will attend an EU backed workshop conference as part of a three day visit to Cork Harbour next week. The host organisation Meitheal Mara, based at Crosses…
Save A Prayer for Naomh Éanna as Business Plan Is Presented to Heritage Minister
26th March 2014 Historic Boats #NaomhÉanna – Marine restoration specialists Irish Ship & Barge Fabrication Co in co-operation with the Naomh Éanna Trust's Save Our Ship (SOS) campaign group are to present a €1.86m business plan today to Heritage Minister, Jimmy Deenihan. As previously reported…
Gloriana or Clipper Bow? Sailing Blog Sparks Comment on Classic Yacht Design
17th March 2014 Historic Boats #classicboat – W M Nixon's latest Irish sailing blog has drawing yachting historians into a facebook debate about historical yacht bow shapes. It started when Scottish reader Donan Raven from the Universtiy of Edinburgh sought further annotations on one of the early…
Old Lady of Aran Ferry in Dry Dock Needs Plan, Says Minister Deenihan
10th March 2014 Historic Boats #NaomÉanna- Lorna Siggins of The Irish Times writes that Minister Jimmey Deenihan at the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht has said that any proposal to save the former Aran island ferry Naomh Éanna will have to include a "concrete…
#MaryStanford – Former lifeboat RNLB Mary Stanford was hoisted out of the Grand Canal Dock Basin, Dublin and onto a road-trailer at the weekend, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 51ft class Barnett-class lifeboat completed the overnight 12-hour road journey to Midleton,…
#NaomÉanna- According to Galway Bay FM, Galway Port Company said it would be happy to provide a permanent home for an old ferry, Naom Éanna, which once linked Galway to the Aran Islands. The port's harbourmaster, Captain Brian Sheridan says…
#STBFestival. – Weigh your anchor, fill your sails and get ready for the 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Traditional Boat Festival. Thousands of visitors are expected to attend the 21st annual festival which will be taking place in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire from…
Hopes ‘Raised’ for former Lifeboat’s Saving yet Lack of Reprieve Time for Naom Éanna, Campaigners Claim
3rd March 2014 Historic Boats #HeritageVessels – Following Afloat.ie's weekend coverage of the removal of former RNLB Mary Stanford from Dublin's Grand Canal Dock Basin in Ringend from where she was loaded onto a lorry bound for her original homeport of Ballycotton, further updates will…
#NaomhEanna - Campaigners behind the effort to save the heritage ship Naomh Éanna have expressed their disappointment at what they claim is too short a stay of execution for the vessel. Last Thursday (27 February) the former Galway Bay ferry…
#NaomÉanna- An online petition by campaigners has been set-up to save Naom Éanna, the former CIE Galway-Aran Islands ferry which faces scrapping by Waterways Ireland, as the date for her reprieve expires on 31 March, writes Jehan Ashmore. Last week…
