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Despite the gloomy day on Saturday, RS Aeros, 400s, Waszps and even two RS Neos took to Dun Laoghaire Harbour for the RS Super Series, which is organised by Irish National Sailing Club and sponsored by MarineServices.ie the distributors for…

The Junior Club - Saturday Sailing at the Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School is back on Saturday, the 4th of February, for children aged 7-17 years. The programme runs over nine Saturdays up to the Easter break, with participants…

Normality resumed at the Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School at Dun Laoghaire Harbour with attendance on courses and programmes exceeding 7,500. The pandemic constraints now lifted the focus for the school team was to get the show back on…

The Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School is preparing for the arrival of eight J80 keelboats in January, growing capacity for training, group events and competition. After carefully reviewing the requirements for the next phase of sail training, the team…

As Netflix Viking Valhalla fans prepare for season two on our screens from January 12, it's worth noting the marine sequences are all shot in Ireland and were designed and managed by Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Alistair Rumball.  Stunts are a…

Following the announcement of the new Irish Sailing League earlier this week, organisers say they have been “overwhelmed with the number of enquiries” as they reveal more details of its structure and future plans. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, well-known…

Competition fever has hit the Irish National Sailing and Powerboat School over the last four weeks with so many chances to win big prizes on their Instagram page (@insssailing). The four-week Christmas giveaway campaign was also a great opportunity for…

The upstart Irish Sailing League is aiming to shake up the inter-club racing scene in Ireland. Backed by Kenny Rumball of Dun Laoghaire’s Irish National Sailing School, the new league would see competitors represent their clubs in short, grandstand-style sprint…

Race officer Kenny Rumball was jealous last Saturday morning as he laid the anchor of the committee boat in Dun Laoghaire Harbour for the final races of the Super Series that had been run through the Autumn. Why was he…

The Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School at Dun Laoghaire have announced one final chance to get your sea survival training completed before the end of the year. Kenny Rumball will be delivering a course on Wednesday 14th and Thursday…

Did we really manage it? Did we really cram all those major special and routine regular sailing events into the one season of 2022? And all that despite its three main months afloat experiencing decidedly mixed weather? And also despite…

Saturday morning’s Irish National Sailing Club's Super Series attracted four RS Aeros (three 6s and a 7) and had five tight two-lap windward-leeward races writes Noel Butler. Conditions were gusty and shifty, with everything from 10-20 kts in a very…

Last Sunday, the inaugural RS21 World Championships in Biograd Na Moru came to a close after some incredibly close one-design racing in an incredibly even-matched class. The MarineServices.ie team, despite having only jumped into the boat to sail as a…

The Halloween Sailing course took place this week at the Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School. Great pirate fun was had by Sea Explorers, aged 4 to 6, from venturing along the seashore towards Seapoint to trying out their sea…

The RS 21 World Championships have been a mixed bag for the MarineServices.ie racing team. Very light and fickle winds on day 1 saw two very light shifty races after a postponement onshore. The crew are new to the boat…

MarineServices.ie, the Irish agent and distributor for RS racing Sailboats, is currently en route to Biograd na Moru in Croatia for the inaugural RS21 world championships. The RS21 One Design is a modern keelboat designed with corinthian racing at its…