Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News
![HM Coastguard On 15 January in honour of the 200th birthday, coastguards across all four home nations cast throwlines as a symbol of the service’s dedication - past and present.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000PASR0j4dSv4/s/767/I0000PASR0j4dSv4.jpg)
From its beginnings with coastal lookouts to today’s hi-tech national network of coordination centres, from small localised beginnings to international players – one thing has stayed the same for two centuries – Her Majesty’s Coastguard seeks to search, to rescue…
![John Murray Former ferry Captain, 84-year-old John Murray features in the first episode of the Chronicles of Strangford](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GSMvkqbOn.Q/s/500/I0000GSMvkqbOn.Q.jpg)
The first of the BBC NI Series, The Chronicles of Strangford aired on Monday, 17th January. The maritime TV series will cover the four seasons on this stunning part of Co Down, beginning with this week's episode on Autumn. It…
![Prehen pontoon Work on the new Prehen Sailability pontoon](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Liz7BccA3c8/s/767/I0000Liz7BccA3c8.jpg)
The River Foyle flows into Lough Foyle in the North West of Northern Ireland through the city of Derry and in that area there are already established the Marina, Foyle commercial Port, Lough Foyle Yacht Club and Foyle Search and…
![Lifeguards Lifeguards are needed for beaches at Benone, Downhill, Castlerock, Portstewart, Portrush West, Portrush East, Whiterocks and Ballycastle on the Causeway Coast and at Tyrella, Murlough and Cranfield in county Down.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Gj9JHVk3xmo/s/767/I0000Gj9JHVk3xmo.jpg)
The RNLI has launched its search for budding new lifeguards to start their career on some of Northern Ireland’s most popular beaches, as applications open for 2022. Recruitment for this season’s team of RNLI beach lifesavers on the Causeway Coast…
![Gordon Patterson and Ross Nolan Gordon Patterson and Ross Nolan from RNIYC are one of eight NI Squibs heading for the Kinsale based Irish Nationals in June](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GWZBMj11qGg/s/767/I0000GWZBMj11qGg.jpg)
It’s a long way for crew and boats to travel from Belfast Lough and Strangford Lough to Kinsale but eight from the northern-based Squib class will be making that 300 mile trip in June for the eight-race Bandon Co-Op Squib…
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‘Planning for a successful future’ is the theme of RYA Northern Ireland’s Affiliate Clubs Conference for 2022, taking place online next Saturday 22 January. Whether your club has been able to capitalise on the staycation trend or is struggling to…
![Weekend of Speed 50 entries are expected for the BYC Weekend of Speed from 17th and 18th September](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00008SjSNPiMCeo/s/500/I00008SjSNPiMCeo.jpg)
Ballyholme Yacht Club Aims for Weekend of Speed on Belfast Lough in 2022
13th January 2022 Northern Ireland Waters
Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough is hopeful that the Weekend of Speed which was cancelled last year will in fact happen in September. The dates set aside are 17th and 18th September and around 50 entries are expected. Richard…
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New Customs Reporting Requirements for Pleasure Boats Travelling to Northern Ireland From EU
11th January 2022 Northern Ireland Waters
As of 1 January this year, pleasure craft travelling from the European Union (including Ireland) to Northern Ireland are subject to new customs reporting requirements. Pleasure craft are defined as craft used for the sport or pleasure of the owner.…
![RYA Women’s Team Racing The RYA Women’s Team Racing National Championship, incorporating the BUSA Women’s Team Racing Championship, is for teams of six sailors who identify as female](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Ne1Eee8n1B0/s/767/I0000Ne1Eee8n1B0.jpg)
Entries have opened for the RYA and BUSA Women’s Team Racing Championships, which will take place at Budworth Sailing Club over the weekend of 19/20 February 2022. Budworth SC in the heart of Cheshire is looking forward to welcoming teams…
![Belfast Barge The Belfast Barge, then named MV Confiance at Lanyon Quay](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00006AW.05d_rgs/s/767/I00006AW.05d_rgs.jpg)
Not too long ago the City of Belfast had turned its back on the River Lagan which enters Belfast Lough on the border between Counties Antrim and Down. But since 1989 when the Laganside Corporation began redevelopment of the surrounding…
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Applications Now Open for Sport NI’s COVID Recovery Programme
8th January 2022 Northern Ireland Waters
Sport NI’s COVID Recovery Programme for Sports Organisations is now open for applications with a closing date of noon on Friday 28 January. The programme will support eligible organisations in Northern Ireland which have been negatively affected by the COVID…
![A still from video footage of salmon spawning in the River Roe A still from video footage of salmon spawning in the River Roe](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000yidntPYZW4A/s/500/I0000yidntPYZW4A.jpg)
Successful Deployment of Underwater Cameras to Capture Salmon Spawning in River Roe
5th January 2022 Marine Wildlife
As part of the Loughs Agency’s annual redd counting on the River Roe and its tributaries in Northern Ireland, underwater cameras were successfully deployed and have captured footage of salmon spawning activity. Mark McCauley, freshwater fisheries biologist with the agency,…
![Larne Lough in Co Antrim Larne Lough in Co Antrim](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000YdxMgWar668/s/500/I0000YdxMgWar668.jpg)
Campaigners to Mount Legal Challenge Over Approval for Islandmagee Gas Project
5th January 2022 Power From the Sea
Northern Ireland campaigners are mounting a legal challenge over a Stormont minister’s approval for a gas storage project in Islandmagee near a key Game of Thrones filming location, according to BelfastLive. InfraStrata’s long-gestating plans to carve salt caves for gas…
![Haulbowline lighthouse The almost 200-year-old Haulbowline lighthouse guarding the mouth of Carlingford Lough](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Gq_bJ8QvNzw/s/635/I0000Gq_bJ8QvNzw.jpg)
Lee Maginnis notes the 200th anniversary of the great granite Haulbowline Lighthouse on the County Louth coast will be in 2024 Haulbowline Lighthouse, that feat of granite engineering sitting on a wave-washed rock in the mouth of Carlingford Lough. Northern…
![A surfer off the North Coast near Portrush A surfer off the North Coast near Portrush](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000IP79qAB31Kk/s/500/I0000IP79qAB31Kk.jpg)
Appeal for Surfers & More to Record Data on Northern Ireland’s Marine Wildlife
3rd January 2022 Marine Wildlife
Enthusiasts of surfing, sea kayaking and coasteering are being asked to contribute to a project collecting data about Northern Ireland’s marine wildlife. As the Coleraine Chronicle reports, National Museums NI’s Centre for Environmental Data and Recording (CEDaR) hopes that the North…
![Sean McCarry Community Rescue Service Regional Commander, Sean McCarry, from Co. Antrim](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000FsQteuv6FgE/s/767/I0000FsQteuv6FgE.jpg)
"I Am Still in Shock" - Antrim Rescue Service's Sean McCarry is Awarded OBE in Queen’s New Year Honours
1st January 2022 Northern Ireland Waters
The Community Rescue Service (CRS) is a charitable search and rescue organisation operated by volunteers from communities across Northern Ireland and in the Queen’s New Year Honours the Regional Commander, Sean McCarry, from Co. Antrim, has been made an OBE…