Airfloat EirGlide Drive-Up Dock Ready For Boating Season

12th March 2026

Kenneth Rumball

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Glide And Go: Airfloat’s EirGlide modular drive-up dock at Dun Laoghaire Harbour lets boats, RIBs and jet skis drive on and reverse off, helping maximise time on the water this boating season

Keep your boat ready for use and eliminate costs with a drive-up dock!

With the boating season literally just around the corner, now is the time to think about how to maximise your boating time this summer!

Airfloat's EirGlide is designed for simplicity; just drive on and reverse off. Simply ballasting the end modules by adding water creates a gentle curve. This curve, which submerges the end modules, allows the Boat/RIB/Jet Ski to drive onto the EirGlide without hard impact. The trapezoid shape is designed to guide the craft easily onto the pontoon.

Glide In: A Vanguard RIB sits securely on the modular Airfloat EirGlide drive-up dock at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

Our system is totally modular and suitable for boats of any size from 4m to 14m; there are no limitations!

We have been proud to install these systems throughout Ireland, including our flagship drive-up dock in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, which can accommodate 12 boats when connected to a system.

Airfloat is proudly manufactured in Ireland, with all installations dealt with by MarineServices; both companies are wholly Irish, so by buying from us, you are supporting Irish jobs and manufacturing.

Lift And Land: A RIB positioned on the EirGlide system shows how the drive-up dock keeps boats clear of the water when moored.

Both the module and the pin are individually manufactured by rotational moulding as one piece, without welds or joints, so that no weak points exist. The Trapezoid slipway is designed to take large or small craft, including Jet Skis.

Moulded into the slipway are ridges which enhance the EirGlide's durability. The module's underside is conical to increase stability and prevent the module from lifting out of the water.

The standard pontoon colour is green, but AIRFLOAT MPS pontoons can be manufactured in a wide range of other colours, with black a popular choice.

AIRFLOAT MPS Floating Pontoons have been thoroughly tested for strength, impact resistance, permeability, and low and high temperature resistance. They are 100% recyclable, rot-proof and resistant to fuel, oils, acids, hydrocarbons and other contaminants. The blocks are manufactured using UV inhibitors to protect them from degradation caused by ultraviolet radiation.

For more information, please visit our website www.airfloatmps.com or email [email protected]

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Kenneth Rumball

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Kenny Rumball is the Principal of the Irish National Sailing School in Dun Laoghaire Harbour. He is a multi dinghy champion and offshore sailor. In 2018 he was awarded the Royal Ocean Racing Club's Seamanship Trophy for a Man Overboard Rescue in the Round Ireland Race. In May 2020 he embarked on a mixed offshore doublehanded keelboat campaign with Pamela Lee.

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Set up by Alistair Rumball in 1978, the sailing school had very humble beginnings, with the original clubhouse situated on the first floor of what is now a charity shop on Dun Laoghaire's main street. Through the late 1970s and 1980s, the business began to establish a foothold, and Alistair's late brother Arthur set up the chandler Viking Marine during this period, which he ran until selling on to its present owners in 1999.

In 1991, the Irish National Sailing School relocated to its current premises at the foot of the West Pier. Throughout the 1990s the business continued to build on its reputation and became the training institution of choice for budding sailors. The 2000s saw the business break barriers - firstly by introducing more people to the water than any other organisation, and secondly pioneering low-cost course fees, thereby rubbishing the assertion that sailing is an expensive sport.

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