Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News
![Sigma 33 Mungo Jerrie David Eccles' Sigma 33 Mungo Jerrie was the Glenarm Sailing Challenge winner](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000XBvllxUd5To/s/767/I0000XBvllxUd5To.jpg)
What started off as a challenge in Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough by Gordon Patterson's Sigma 362, Fanciulla, a heavy 36-footer, to Gavin Vaughan's new Jeanneau 349, a 34-foot light displacement boat, in a race to…
![Snipe dinghy Ranger The Snipe dinghy Ranger at the Heritage Festival at Lough Erne](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000FCC1pRAe3n8/s/767I0000FCC1pRAe3n8.jpg)
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…
![Trevor Millar Trevor Millar's Laser bottom' up in Ballyholme Bay](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000hZsLvZvRprs/s/767/I0000hZsLvZvRprs.jpg)
Ballyholme Yacht Club Laser Fleet's 50th Anniversary to be Celebrated with a Special Regatta
22nd September 2021 Northern Ireland Waters
Their names will be forever associated with Ballyholme Yacht Club's Laser class. Instrumental in getting the class going in 1974 were Ron Hutchieson and Trevor Millar. Ron persuaded Trevor to leave Newtownards SC and come to Ballyholme. And Ron bought…
![Des Turvey Des Turvey, Senior fleet winner at the Optimist Ulsters](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00001D_M2y.e4yU/s/767/I00001D_M2y.e4yU.jpg)
Howth Yacht Club's Des Turvey Wins Optimist Ulsters at Larne's East Antrim Boat Club
20th September 2021 Optimist
East Antrim Boat Club on Larne Lough on the Antrim coast welcomed 60 Optimists from all over Ireland to the Ulster Championships last Saturday and Sunday 18th and 19th September. A stalwart of the club, Tom Jobling, reckons it may…
![File image of Donaghadee RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat Saxon File image of Donaghadee RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat Saxon](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GoJ6ET4jMtc/s/500/I0000GoJ6ET4jMtc.jpg)
Donaghadee RNLI carried out a medevac of a passenger who became ill on a cruise ship that left Belfast Lough on Friday evening (17 September). The volunteer crew were requested by Belfast Coastguard to launch their all-weather lifeboat Saxon shortly…
![Newcastle RNLI’s crew attempt to pump water from the stricken cabin cruiser Newcastle RNLI’s crew attempt to pump water from the stricken cabin cruiser](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000iMc6gLbB_fg/s/500/I0000iMc6gLbB_fg.jpg)
Lifeboat crews from Portaferry and Newcastle RNLI were involved in the rescue of a man whose cabin cruiser was in danger of sinking off Co Down yesterday (Thursday 16 September). The volunteers were requested to launch their lifeboats at 6pm…
![Raymond “Speedy” Newell presents the cheque to Kilkeel RLNI’s volunteers Raymond “Speedy” Newell presents the cheque to Kilkeel RLNI’s volunteers](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000mgRBpVg4yOw/s/500/I0000mgRBpVg4yOw.jpg)
On Tuesday last week (7 September), Merwyn Hanna MBE, president of Kilkeel RNLI and chair of the lifeboat station’s fundraising branch, received a cheque for £1,347.65 from Raymond “Speedy” Newell following a successful fishing competition off the Co Down coast.…
![Artemis Technologies Artemis Technologies has revealed concept artwork of a crew transfer vessel (CTV) propelled by its transformative eFoilerTM. A study led by the high-performance maritime design and applied technologies company has been awarded £533,000 from the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition funded by the Department for Transport and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK to investigate how the technology will decarbonise operations in the offshore wind sector.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000B3BUwvsjRbg/s/767/I0000B3BUwvsjRbg.jpg)
Belfast Lough Boat Firm's Decarbonised Crew Transfer Vessel Concept Wins £.5m Grant
15th September 2021 Belfast Lough
A study, led by high-performance maritime design and applied technologies company Artemis Technologies based on Belfast Lough has been awarded £533,000 to investigate transformative solutions to decarbonise crew transfer vessel (CTV) operations in the offshore wind sector. The grant, announced…
![SLYC Frosties 2021 - There will be racing for IRC 1 (0.950 & over), IRC 2 (0.949 & under,) NHC 1 NHC 2, NHC 1 Restricted Sail, NHC 2 Restricted Sai, Sonatas and RS Elites](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00003ySdr1e_C0U/s/767/I00003ySdr1e_C0U.jpg)
Strangford Lough Yacht Club Big Boat Frostie Series Begins This Weekend at Whiterock
15th September 2021 Northern Ireland Waters
At Ballyholme Yacht Club, they call it the Icebreaker- it's for dinghies - and at Strangford Lough Yacht Club, they call it the Frostie Series (it's for big boats). The club lies on the eastern shore of Strangford Lough in…
![File image of Carrybridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat Douglas Euan & Kay Richards File image of Carrybridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat Douglas Euan & Kay Richards](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000o5I9KyrTIq8/s/500/I0000o5I9KyrTIq8.jpg)
Carrybridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat was launched yesterday afternoon (Friday 10 September) to assess a cabin cruiser with two people on board which had broken down some two miles southeast of Knockninny in Co Fermanagh. Once on scene on Upper Lough…
![Rob and Alice Armstrong Rob and Alice Armstrong sail Ranger on Upper Lough Erne](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000.90QnTgmMNA/s/767/I0000.90QnTgmMNA.jpg)
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…
![British Sailing Team’s Tokyo 2020 The British Sailing Team’s Tokyo 2020 stars will be saluted in Soupthampton](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000BXdlk0QRvVc/s/767/I0000BXdlk0QRvVc.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 Sailing Stars to Open Southampton International Boat Show
9th September 2021 Marine Trade
The British Sailing Team’s Tokyo 2020 stars will officially open the 2021 Southampton International Boat Show on Friday, September 10. Gold medallists Eilidh McIntyre, Stuart Bithell and Dylan Fletcher will be among a host of Team GB sailors attending Mayflower…
![Portaferry RNLI The inshore lifeboat from Portaferry](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000WgbYV.aaA_I/s/500/I0000WgbYV.aaA_I.jpg)
Portaferry RNLI Aid Two Men on Vessel in Danger of Sinking West of St John’s Point Lighthouse
8th September 2021 RNLI Lifeboats
Portaferry RNLI came to the aid of two men this morning (Wednesday 8 September) after their 9m rib took on water and was in danger of sinking off St John’s Point Lighthouse in county Down. Newcastle RNLI also responded. The…
![Sigma 33 Mungjerrie David Eccles Sigma 33 Mungjerrie is interested in the Challenge](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000v7clKNnE1Tg/s/767/I0000v7clKNnE1Tg.jpg)
Royal North of Ireland's Inaugural Glenarm Offshore Sailing Challenge
7th September 2021 Northern Ireland Waters
Come Saturday 18th September, cruising boat owners from Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough will be sailing north on the club's inaugural 'Glenarm Challenge'. Glenarm is a small village on the famous Antrim Coast Road on the…
![Quarter Tonner Snoopy The Joubert/Nievelt designed Quarter Tonner Snoopy (Martin Mahon) with bases at Courtown Sailing Club in Wexford and Royal Ulster on Belfast Lough is the ICRA IRC Class 3 National Champion](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000nq4LaURzYSM/s/767/I0000nq4LaURzYSM.jpg)
Mixed Fortunes for Northern Ireland Yachts at the ICRA Nationals on Dublin Bay
7th September 2021 ICRA
Snoopy, the Joubert/Nievelt designed Quarter Tonner with bases at Courtown Sailing Club in Wexford and Royal Ulster on Belfast Lough can most certainly be classed Top Dog after Marty Mahon's consistent top three performance at the ICRA Nationals in Dublin…
![Northern Ireland Environment Agency logo Northern Ireland Environment Agency logo](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00008mDjD35E6sM/s/500/I00008mDjD35E6sM.jpg)
Northern Ireland’s inland waters have seen a third fish kill in as many months after hundreds of dead trout were found in a Co Fermanagh river, as BBC News reports. The grim discovery in the Kesh River on Wednesday (1…