Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News
![The HM Coastguard station in Coleraine](/media/k2/items/cache/609dcebd546a7bf56342cbbddf7af8f9_L.jpg)
A volunteer with Coleraine Coastguard returned home from a callout to a masked gang who dragged him out of his car before tying him up and burgling his home, as BBC News reports. HM Coastguard confirmed the incident in the…
![Aerial view of The Gribben](/media/k2/items/cache/d3a6f39b309170b7c0a394b9402ef587_L.jpg)
Three months of improvement works at Strabane Canal and The Gribben have begun this week. William Doherty Construction Ltd is contracted to carry out the works, which commenced on Monday 22 June and entail extensive resurfacing of the 1.2km of…
![RYA Northern Ireland Women on Water Goes Online](/media/k2/items/cache/4efc5485368f22ae8f4dcdde68b967f2_L.jpg)
Women on Water became Women online for a festival which should have been held at Carrickfergus Sailing Club but had to be redesigned due to COVID 19. The festival brought together like-minded women who have been involved in sailing from…
![File image of Portaferry RNLI’s inshore lifeboat](/media/k2/items/cache/bd9a6e02b19cb43e0938d62c3e4a274f_L.jpg)
As Father’s Day (Sunday 21 June) wound down, Portaferry RNLI’s lifeboat volunteers were paged following reports of an upturned boat off Ardglass in Co Down, Northern Ireland. The crew launched promptly at 9.17pm in cloudy but good visibility conditions and…
![The RNLI were able to return the three teenagers safely to the beach and hand them over to the Bangor Coastguard Rescue Team](/media/k2/items/cache/419e637e4d390a78af202b4b83146502_L.jpg)
Answering what was the Bangor Coastguard Rescue Team’s third shout of the day yesterday (Sat 20th), after a telephone call from former Lifeboat Operations Manager Kevin Byers, a volunteer RNLI crew was tasked with rescuing three kayakers in Ballyholme Bay…
![File image of Portrush RNLI’s inshore lifeboat](/media/k2/items/cache/1f71b67a17e9a752897f616e15265ee6_L.jpg)
Both Portrush RNLI lifeboats were requested to launch by HM Coastguard yesterday afternoon (Saturday 20 June) to reports of person on an inflatable paddleboard in difficulty in the sea just off Portstewart on Northern Ireland’s North Coast. The inshore lifeboat…
![East Antrim Boat Club at Larne](/media/k2/items/cache/e9d616ee03780c67597a68d422a1548d_L.jpg)
East Antrim Boat Club Quick off the Mark To Make the Most of Lockdown Easing
21st June 2020 Northern Ireland Waters
Members of the Larne club will welcome its General Committee’s decision to make the most of the lockdown easing, for hot on the heels of RYA NI advice that Step 2 of the Northern Ireland Executive’s Pathway to Recovery has…
![Belfast Harbour Marina](/media/k2/items/cache/0cb779efc99b226d142acdc5eb866114_L.jpg)
On 15th June the Northern Ireland Executive announced further relaxations to the Coronavirus Regulations and subsequently Bangor Marina updated its information yesterday on Northern Ireland Marinas and Harbours. These developments make some changes to the information here. From 26th June,…
![Single-handed sailing during lockdown at Ballyholme Yacht Club](/media/k2/items/cache/42f699b82363afc3b5acfd04b2763800_L.jpg)
Northern Ireland Sailors Stay Connected Through RYA NI's Virtual Forums
18th June 2020 RYA Northern Ireland
Many sailors are slowly returning to the water as the lockdown eases, but they have kept in touch by taking part in RYA Northern Ireland’s virtual forums, learning more about support, opportunities for funding and other important updates. The club…
![Boats at Quoile Yacht Club in Downpatrick, Co Down last summer](/media/k2/items/cache/eb1c88ec0ca05fe487b23e5f054c9034_L.jpg)
RYA Northern Ireland Releases Guidance For Boaters In ‘Step 2’ Out Of Lockdown
17th June 2020 Northern Ireland Waters
RYA Northern Ireland has released guidance for boaters after a Sport Northern Ireland update confirmed that outdoor activity has moved into Step 2 out of coronavirus lockdown. However, this is limited to outdoors only and indoor activity/advice remains as it…
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RTÉ News reports that a teenager has died after a group of sea swimmers got into difficulty off the North Coast in Northern Ireland yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 16 June. The young man was part of a group that was reportedly…
![Ruan O’Tiarnaigh of Royal Ulster Yacht Club](/media/k2/items/cache/65272686dcc257e42bc179cd39f6f783_L.jpg)
Ballyholme's Ruan O’Tiarnaigh of Royal Ulster Yacht Club and Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough is the 44th entry into August's SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race. O'Tiarnaigh, originally of Sutton Dinghy Club on Dublin Bay, is a multi dinghy champion…
![All quiet at Carrickfergus Marina this past April](/media/k2/items/cache/14ebd44a39b933e6ba57c07811453291_L.jpg)
UK sailing clubs are still struggling to get back on the water under more relaxed coronavirus restrictions, according to SailWeb. While the blanket shutdown on sailing activity lifted in England four weeks ago, and rules amended in Wales, Scotland and…
![Laser sailor Adam Fernor of Strangford Lough Yacht Club](/media/k2/items/cache/f58e0ec29ad29576ed9a8391631cce68_L.jpg)
Junior Strangford Lough Sailor Uses 3D Printers to Make PPE Equipment in Fight Against COVID-19
12th June 2020 Northern Ireland Waters
Adam Fernor is a junior member of Strangford Lough Yacht Club and having not been able to sail his Laser dinghy during Lockdown, he joined a community of 8,000 volunteers, through 3D Crowd UK, who are using their 3D printers…
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Portrush RNLI’s lifeboats aided in the rescue of a young man who fell 30 feet onto rocks on the north coast last night (Wednesday 10 June). Both the inshore and all-weather lifeboats were launched as a precaution due to the…
![Derry's Foyle Port marina consists of two pontoons](/media/k2/items/cache/e05ac939deecb6dab836bf712ff49d68_L.jpg)
Foyle Port Marina in the North West of Ireland is now open to visitors; however, the self-Isolating restrictions introduced on Monday 8th June by the Government will apply to vessels visiting from outside the UK and Ireland. These can be…