Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News
![Mud and Water rescue training Portaferry and Bangor Coastguard Rescue Teams during Strangford Lough Mud and Water rescue training](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000rRHEVTv_CAo/s/500/I0000rRHEVTv_CAo.jpg)
Coastguard Teams in Mud & Water Rescue Training in Strangford Lough
1st March 2021 Northern Ireland Waters
Portaferry Coastguard Rescue team was joined by the Bangor team for joint mud and water rescue training in Strangford Lough on Sunday, 28th February. The Dorn at Ardkeen was the location for the mud training. The word Dorn, from the…
![File image of Larne and Larne Harbour in Co Antrim](/media/k2/items/cache/8df2228a51287c81ee093ded8c8b6371_L.jpg)
Construction Stops on Northern Ireland’s Post-Brexit Port Inspection Facilities
27th February 2021 Ports & Shipping
NI’s Agriculture Minister has cited “practical difficulties” with the Northern Ireland Protocol in his decision to order a halt on construction of post-Brexit port inspection facilities. According to Politico, acting DAERA Minister Gordon Lyons has also told NI ports not…
![AC75 American Magic No longer at the races……The AC75 American Magic at an early stage of the selection trials for the current 2021 series, when she seemed well able to cope with awkward seas. But she was actually in smoother water some weeks later when she became airborne in squally weather on starboard tack, and in crashing back to sea level, the port foil snapped like a stick of celery, holing the hull](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000jpL1UbiOL0k/s/500/I0000jpL1UbiOL0k.jpg)
When the "low black schooner" America won what was to become an historic race around the Isle of Wight on Friday 22nd August 1851 from a small fleet of varied English yachts, thereby winning a silver ewer which was eventually…
![Virtual RYA Dinghy Show Virtual RYA Dinghy Show This Weekend](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000KJzTLVjPpYM/s/500/I0000KJzTLVjPpYM.jpg)
Virtual RYA Dinghy Show This Weekend Includes Irish Interest
26th February 2021 RYA Northern Ireland
A full agenda of expert talks and coaching sessions is promised this weekend at the RYA Virtual RYA Dinghy Show, plus two exhibition halls hosting just over 100 exhibitors. The RYA has brought together world-class dinghy sailors and leading experts who'll…
![RNLI Lifeguards RNLI Lifeguards are recruiting](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00003SIM9HQWC4A/s/500/I00003SIM9HQWC4A.jpg)
RNLI are Recruiting Lifeguards for the Causeways Coast & County Down Beaches
25th February 2021 RNLI Lifeboats
RNLI Portrush has posted that RNLI Lifeguards are recruiting and applications are open for 2021. If you have a National Vocational Beach Lifeguard qualification and are interested in joining a dynamic, well-trained team responsible for keeping beach users safe around…
![A newly installed seabin, the device acts as a floating rubbish bin](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000K0V23GgCliA/s/500/I0000K0V23GgCliA.jpg)
Funding Available for UK Seabin Installation Worth Over £5,000
22nd February 2021 Northern Ireland Waters
The Seabin Project is providing funding for a Seabin and its installation in the UK, ideally in the London area to support cleaning up the capital’s waterways. This funding package is worth over £5,000. An award-winning piece of technology, the…
![Bloodlands BBC1's Bloodlands stars James Nesbitt and was filmed on Srangford Lough](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000f1kulBbr.6k/s/500/I0000f1kulBbr.6k.jpg)
Bloodlands is a new crime thriller following DCI Tom Brannick, played by Co Antrim born actor James Nesbitt and filmed in Northern Ireland, principally in Strangford Lough. It's a classic Jed Mercurio executive produced thriller written by Chris Brandon who…
![Donaghadee harbour plans North Down Borough Council plans to create within the harbour a 'recreational area' (in blue) outside of the inner portion but still within harbour limits](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000aTlEXpgoTDQ/s/500/I0000aTlEXpgoTDQ.jpg)
Donaghadee Harbour Recreation Area Proposals Receive Mixed Response
21st February 2021 Irish Harbours
The opinion is divided in Donaghadee about the Ards and North Down Borough Council plans to create within the harbour a 'recreational area' outside of the inner portion but still within harbour limits. The recreational area would be a safe…
![Bangor Town Regatta Racing at a previous edition of Bangor Town Regatta](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ZI4eYSLBfks/s/500/I0000ZI4eYSLBfks.jpg)
June's Bangor Town Sailing Regatta on Belfast Lough is Cancelled
19th February 2021 Bangor Town Regatta
Northern Ireland's biggest sailing event, Bangor Town Regatta, scheduled for June has been cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. The Belfast Lough biennial event has sadly joined the queue of cancelled sailing events this year. Chairman of the BTR Organising…
![Dublin Port at its most attractively busy on a summer’s day. However, the suggestion that commercial port activities be moved elsewhere to aid city waterfront development has recently been aired yet again.](/media/k2/items/cache/7aa4a834a9835ffa4208f2a0c02b8f0e_L.jpg)
Ireland-Scotland Rail & Road Link Across North Channel is on the Agenda Again
15th February 2021 Northern Ireland Waters
The notion of a rail and possibly road tunnel linking Northern Ireland and Scotland is once again a matter of speculation, and a Discussion Paper will be published by the British Government “within weeks”. Eleven months ago, before Brexit had…
![A still from aerial footage of the oil leak at the wreck of the Belfast-built MV Schiedyk at Bligh Island, British Columbia](/media/k2/items/cache/f01147366fe06647278be0d91f2badb0_L.jpg)
Canada Consults with NI Museum Records in Mission to Clean Oil Leak from Wreck of Belfast-Built Ship
15th February 2021 News Update
An operation to clean up an oil leak from a shipwreck in Canadian waters has consulted archives in Northern Ireland where the vessel was built in the late 1940s. As the Belfast Telegraph reports, the MV Schiedyk sank in January…
![The 15,000-ton RRS Sir David Attenborough](/media/k2/items/cache/65fcbe3ae6c37456a5e8c0a7bc40091d_L.jpg)
RRS Sir David Attenborough off the North Coast of Ireland Today
15th February 2021 Northern Ireland Waters
If you're on the North Coast of Ireland today keep an eye out for the RRS Sir David Attenborough says RSPB Rathlin Island Reserve. This ship is the UK's brand new polar research vessel, and it will be off the…
![Diving in Strangford Lough](/media/k2/items/cache/9a05b572eec2fa5b80b7e73ddf416975_L.jpg)
As part of the Northern Ireland Science Festival this year, the Centre for Environmental Data and Recording (CEDaR) is offering two Virtual Dives which will take you on an underwater journey above the seabed in Strangford Lough. The dates are…
![The car on the beach at Strangford Lough](/media/k2/items/cache/824057930ee78093d7a81c3361002489_L.jpg)
Belfast Coastguard Rescue Team responded yesterday (8th February) to reports of a car which had left the road near Newtownards Sailing Club, just a few miles outside the town on the loughshore road to Portaferry There were three people inside.…
![Annalong Harbour's North Pier - the Grade 2 listed structure is in need of restoration](/media/k2/items/cache/511b77d72bde6fc48200f3f09692b0d4_L.jpg)
Easterly Storm Damage at Annalong Harbour, Ulster's Last Schooner Port
7th February 2021 Irish Harbours
Annalong Harbour lies on the South Down coast with the Mourne Mountains' stunning backdrop and was famous as a centre of the herring industry. As reported by BBC News, it was also an export point for the famous Mourne Granite…
![UK Boaters Sailing EU Waters In for Strange Year, RYA Warns](/media/k2/items/cache/de15f65e753f976fafb548b71cd39048_L.jpg)
“All sorts of strange things” will emerge this year for UK sailors in EU waters as post-Brexit issues remain to be ironed out. As Sailing Today reports, RYA cruising manager Stuart Carruthers has outlined some harsh truths for British boat…