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CH Marine has all the boat-care products you need to get and keep your boat in great shape in time for the 2024 season.

Find the finest in boat and fibreglass care, anti-slip and antifoul, boat paints, grease and lubricants, water treatments, sealants and adhesives, woodcare products and more from leading brands.

Find these and the wider chandlery range at CHMarine.com — not to mention free delivery in Ireland and Northern Ireland for orders over €80.

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CH Marine’s end-of-season Winter Sale is now on!

Save up to 70% on a huge selection of men’s, women’s and juniors’ quality clothing as well as shoes, bags and accessories from top brands.

But hurry, as these great deals are only available while stocks last!

Find these and more at CHMarine.com — not to mention free delivery in Ireland and Northern Ireland for orders over €80.

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CH Marine’s digital Christmas brochure for 2023 is out now with a great selection of gift options for everyone across a wide range of products, from gadgets and tools to kayaks and canoes, marine apparel and more.

Plus don’t miss out on some free gift offers on a selection of brands: spend €100 or more on Musto and get a free Musto beanie worth €30; spend €100 or more on Zhik and get a free Zhik cap worth €36.95; spend €70 or more on Rooster and get a free Rooster bottle; and buy Dubarry Ultima boots and get a free pair of Dubarry Kilrush socks.

And if you’re looking for something with a personal touch, order a McWilliam bag online and add an embroidered name for just €12.50 extra — but hurry as ordered must be in by Monday 11 December to be in time for Christmas!

Visit the CH Marine website for more Christmas gift ideas — not to mention free delivery in Ireland and Northern Ireland for orders over €80.

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Black November is now on at CH Marine, with the Cork chandlery offering a fantastic 25% off all clothing on a range of top brands.

Save big on marine apparel from Musto, Rooster, Zhik, Gill, Jobe, Oakley and Typhoon — use the code BLACK25 at checkout.

There’s something for everyone in this wide selection which also makes for wonderful Christmas gift options. But hurry as this offer only lasts until Monday 27 November while stocks last.

And don’t miss out on further bargains in CH Marine’s clothing clearance sale — get up to 70% off a huge range of items but act fast as stocks are limited and when they’re gone, they’re gone!

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Enjoy huge savings on Zhik Superwarm X and V suits at CH Marine right now.

These high-performance neoprene suits and tops for men and women from one of the top marine clothing brands are perfect quality for winter and cold-water wear.

But act fast as these greatly reduced prices are only available while stocks last.

And don’t miss the Cork chandlery’s wide variety of brands and products available online at CHMarine.com.

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Big savings on Zhik jackets can be had at CH Marine right now, with up to 50% off a range of Z-Cru and INS100 jackets.

But be sure to act fast as these prices are only good while stocks last!

And don’t miss the Cork chandlery’s offers on SUP packages to get paddling on the water this summer — not to mention the wide variety of brands and products available online at CHMarine.com.

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Let CH Marine supply your team with high-quality clothing and accessories, custom-branded with your logo.

The chandlery has an exceptional range of Musto, Helly Hansen Workwear, Zhik and Rooster wear, ideal for teams and for showcasing your branding.

CH Marine offers a logo printing and embroidery service on its corporate and teamwear ranges. This optional-extra branding really does bring your team together!

And the CH Marine team are more than happy to advise on the best selection for your needs and provide you with a customised quote.

For more details see the CH Marine website — and be sure to check out the latest online offers across the chandlery’s range of leisure and commercial marine products at CH Marine.com.

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Struggling to find the rights gifts for your loved ones this Christmas? CH Marine has got you covered.

The Cork-based chandlery has so many gift ideas for everyone on your shopping list, and for all budgets!

And if you still can’t decide, buying a gift certificate — for any value up to €1,000 — will make things much easier.

Right now, for the kayaking enthusiast in your life, the Feelfree Juntos and Feelfree Nomad come with free gifts worth more than €111.

Check out CHMarine.com for these and much more besides — with worldwide shipping and free delivery on all orders over €80 to Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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There has often been a dilemma as to which type of personal locator beacon (PLB) is best for mariners — the choice being either the 406Mk satellite PLB or the AIS beacon.

Now with the all-new, DAME Design Award winning Ocean Signal RescueMe PLB3, both systems have been combined into one, making it the ultimate PLB for all users.

Add return link sending (RLS), near-field communication (NFC) and controllability via a smartphone app, and the RescueMe PLB3 is a game-changer in personal safety onboard, whether for inshore, coastal or trans-ocean use.

CH Marine are taking pre-orders now for delivery by the end of December at a special limited Black Friday deal price of €499 — a huge saving of 25% on the RRP of €670.

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CH Marine’s Black Friday Deals for Days campaign is now on, starting with a massive sale on the chandlery’s range of Zhik products.

Get a head start on your Christmas gift shopping with an impressive selection of clothing, hats and other accessories to choose from — there’s something for everyone!

But hurry as this offer closes on 30 November and is only available while stocks last. See CHMarine.com for more.

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Dublin Bay 21s

An exciting new project to breathe life into six defunct 120-year-old Irish yachts that happen to be the oldest intact one-design keelboat class in the world has captured the imagination of sailors at Ireland's biggest sailing centre. The birthplace of the original Dublin Bay 21 class is getting ready to welcome home the six restored craft after 40 years thanks to an ambitious boat building project was completed on the Shannon Estuary that saved them from completely rotting away.

Dublin Bay 21 FAQs

The Dublin Bay 21 is a vintage one-design wooden yacht designed for sailing in Dublin Bay.

Seven were built between 1903 and 1906.

As of 2020, the yachts are 117 years old.

Alfred Mylne designed the seven yachts.

The total voting population in the Republic's inhabited islands is just over 2,600 people, according to the Department of Housing.

Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) commissioned the boat to encourage inexpensive one-design racing to recognise the success of the Water Wag one-design dinghy of 1887 and the Colleen keelboat class of 1897.

Estelle built by Hollwey, 1903; Garavogue built by Kelly, 1903; Innisfallen built by Hollwey, 1903.; Maureen built by Hollwey, 1903.; Oola built by Kelly, 1905; Naneen built by Clancy, 1905.

Overall length- 32'-6', Beam- 7'-6", Keel lead- 2 tons Sail area - 600sq.ft

The first race took place on 19 June 1903 in Dublin Bay.

They may be the oldest intact class of racing keelboat yacht in the world. Sailing together in a fleet, they are one of the loveliest sights to be seen on any sailing waters in the world, according to many Dublin Bay aficionados.

In 1964, some of the owners thought that the boats were outdated, and needed a new breath of fresh air. After extensive discussions between all the owners, the gaff rig and timber mast was abandoned in favour of a more fashionable Bermudan rig with an aluminium mast. Unfortunately, this rig put previously unseen loads on the hulls, resulting in some permanent damage.

The fleet was taken out of the water in 1986 after Hurricane Charlie ruined active Dublin Bay 21 fleet racing in August of that year. Two 21s sank in the storm, suffering the same fate as their sister ship Estelle four years earlier. The class then became defunct. In 1988, master shipwright Jack Tyrrell of Arklow inspected the fleet and considered the state of the hulls as vulnerable, describing them as 'still restorable even if some would need a virtual rebuild'. The fleet then lay rotting in a farmyard in Arklow until 2019 and the pioneering project of Dun Laoghaire sailors Fionan De Barra and Hal Sisk who decided to bring them back to their former glory.

Hurricane Charlie finally ruined active Dublin Bay 21 fleet racing in August 1986. Two 21s sank in the storm, suffering the same fate as a sister ship four years earlier; Estelle sank twice, once on her moorings and once in a near-tragic downwind capsize. Despite their collective salvage from the sea bed, the class decided the ancient boats should not be allowed suffer anymore. To avoid further deterioration and risk to the rare craft all seven 21s were put into storage in 1989 under the direction of the naval architect Jack Tyrrell at his yard in Arklow.

While two of the fleet, Garavogue and Geraldine sailed to their current home, the other five, in various states of disrepair, were carried the 50-odd miles to Arklow by road.

To revive the legendary Dublin Bay 21 class, the famous Mylne design of 1902-03. Hal Sisk and Fionan de Barra are developing ideas to retain the class's spirit while making the boats more appropriate to today's needs in Dun Laoghaire harbour, with its many other rival sailing attractions. The Dublin Bay 21-foot class's fate represents far more than the loss of a single class; it is bad news for the Bay's yachting heritage at large. Although Dún Laoghaire turned a blind eye to the plight of the oldest intact one-design keelboat fleet in the world for 30 years or more they are now fully restored.

The Dublin Bay 21 Restoration team includes Steve Morris, James Madigan, Hal Sisk, Fionan de Barra, Fintan Ryan and Dan Mill.

Retaining the pure Mylne-designed hull was essential, but the project has new laminated cold-moulded hulls which are being built inverted but will, when finished and upright, be fitted on the original ballast keels, thereby maintaining the boat’s continuity of existence, the presence of the true spirit of the ship.

It will be a gunter-rigged sloop. It was decided a simpler yet clearly vintage rig was needed for the time-constrained sailors of the 21st Century. So, far from bringing the original and almost-mythical gaff cutter rig with jackyard topsail back to life above a traditionally-constructed hull, the project is content to have an attractive gunter-rigged sloop – “American gaff” some would call it.

The first DB 21 to get the treatment was Naneen, originally built in 1905 by Clancy of Dun Laoghaire for T. Cosby Burrowes, a serial boat owner from Cavan.

On Dublin Bay. Dublin Bay Sailing Club granted a racing start for 2020 Tuesday evening racing starting in 2020, but it was deferred due to COVID-19.
Initially, two Dublin Bay 21s will race then three as the boat building project based in Kilrush on the Shannon Estuary completes the six-boat project.
The restored boats will be welcomed back to the Bay in a special DBSC gun salute from committee boat Mac Lir at the start of the season.
In a recollection for Afloat, well known Dun Laoghaire one-design sailor Roger Bannon said: "They were complete bitches of boats to sail, over-canvassed and fundamentally badly balanced. Their construction and design was also seriously flawed which meant that they constantly leaked and required endless expensive maintenance. They suffered from unbelievable lee helm which led to regular swamping's and indeed several sinkings.

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