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Marine Notice No. 33 of 2013 

This Marine Notice Supersedes Marine Notice No. 50 of 2008

Amended 04/10/2013

Notice to all Shipowners, Fishing Vessel Owners, Agents, Shipmasters, Skippers, Fishermen, Yachtsmen and Seafarers

Approved Training Course Providers under STCW 78/95

The Department of Transport Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) wishes to advise of the current list of Training Course Providers approved to provide training for the various ancillary courses under the provisions of STCW 78/95 as amended.

The Annex to this Marine Notice contains the names, addresses and contact details for the various approved training course providers. The Annex is available on request from the Maritime Safety Directorate or on our website at: www.dttas.ie

It is important to note that this annex is an evolving document and is therefore subject to change. It is recommended that the website is used to see the most recent copy.

Director General,
Maritime Safety Directorate,
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport,
Leeson Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland.

 

Training Course Providers approved by Ireland under STCW 78/95 Chapters IV, V and VI

Training for the issue of Certificates of Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques STCW 78/95 Regulation VI/I and STCW Code Section A-VI/I Paragraph 2.1.1

BIM Marine Services Division, Tel: 353 (0) 1 214 4100
P.O. Box No 12, Fax: 353 (0) 1 284 1123
Crofton Road, Web: www.bim.ie
Dun Laoghaire, Email: [email protected]
Co. Dublin.

B.I.M. National Fisheries College, Tel: + 353 (0) 77 81068 / 81099
Greencastle, Fax: + 353 (0) 77 81278
Co. Donegal. Email: [email protected]

B.I.M. Regional Fisheries Centre, Tel: + 353 (0) 27 70450
Castletownbere, Fax: + 353 (0) 27 70858
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 497 0600
Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci.ie

Sea & Shore Safety Services Ltd., Tel: + 353 (0) 1 295 5991
"Happy Valley", Fax: + 353 (0) 1 295 7705
Glenamuck Road, Email: [email protected]
Dublin18 Web: www.seaandshore.ie

Bow Waves, Tel: + 353 (0) 91 560 560
Galway Sailing and Powerboat School, Email: [email protected]
Harbour Enterprise Park, Web: www.bowwaves.com
Galway.

SeaTec Maritime Training Tel: + 353 (0)98 27772
Tawneyamon, Email: [email protected]
Westport,
Co. Mayo.

Training for the issue of Certificates of Proficiency in Elementary First Aid STCW 78/95 Regulation VI/I and STCW Code Section A-VI/I Paragraph 2.1.3

Bord Iascaigh Mhara, (BIM) Tel: + 353 (0) 1 214 4100
P.O. Box No. 12, Fax: + 353 (0) 1 284 1123
Crofton Road, Web: www.bim.ie
Dun Laoghaire,
Co. Dublin.

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 497 0600
Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci.ie

B.I.M. National Fisheries College, Tel: + 353 (0) 77 81068 / 81099
Greencastle, Fax: + 353 (0) 77 81278
Co. Donegal. Email: [email protected]

B.I.M. Regional Fisheries Centre, Tel: + 353 (0) 27 70450
Castletownbere, Fax: + 353 (0) 27 70858
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]

Sea & Shore Safety Services Ltd, Tel: + 353 (0) 1 295 5991
"Happy Valley", Fax: + 353 (0) 1 295 7705
Glenamuck Road, Email: [email protected]
Dublin18 Web: www.seaandshore.ie

Irish Sailing Association, Tel: + 353 (0) 1 280 0239
3 Park Road, Email: [email protected]
Dun Laoghaire,
Co. Dublin.

SeaTec Maritime Training Tel: + 353 (0) 98 27772
Tawneyamon, Email: [email protected]
Westport,
Co. Mayo.

Firstaider.ie Tel: + 353-(0)1- 2022428
IDEA House Email: [email protected]
Killarney Road Business Park Web: www.firstaider.ie
Killarney Road,
Bray,
Co. Wicklow

Effective Offshore Tel: +353-(0)74-9135999
Unit 3 Ballyconnell Industrial Estate Email: [email protected] Falcarrach,
Co. Donegal

Heartbeat Safety Ltd, Tel: +353-(0)59-8623975
Unit 3, Crookstown Business Park, Email: [email protected]
Crookstown, Web: www.heartbeat.ie
Co. Kildare

Chris Mee Safety Engineering (CMSE) Tel: + 353 (0) 21 4978100
Euro Business Park, Email: [email protected]
Little Island.
Co.Cork

First Aim Tel / Fax: +353 053 9422330
Park Avenue Email: [email protected]
Gorey
Co. Wexford

Bow Waves, Tel: + 353 (0) 91 560 560
Galway Sailing and Powerboat School, Email: [email protected]
Harbour Enterprise Park, Web: www.bowwaves.com
Galway.

Training for the issue of Certificates of Proficiency in Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities STCW 78/95 Regulation VI/I and STCW Code Section A-VI/I Paragraph 2.1.4

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 497 0600
Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci.ie

Sea & Shore Safety Services Ltd, Tel: + 353 (0) 1 295 5991
"Happy Valley", Fax: + 353 (0) 1 295 7705
Glenamuck Road, Email: [email protected]
Dublin18 Web: www.seaandshore.ie

Bow Waves, Tel: + 353 (0) 91 560 560
Galway Sailing and Powerboat School, Email: [email protected]
Harbour Enterprise Park, Web: www.bowwaves.com
Galway.

SeaTec Maritime Training Tel: + 353 (0) 98 27772
Tawneyamon, Email: [email protected]
Westport,
Co. Mayo.

Training for the issue of Certificates in Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting STCW 78/95 Regulation VI/I and STCW Code Section A-VI/I Paragraph 2.1.2

Cantwell Keogh & Associates, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 486 4044
Castlewarren Safety Centre, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 437 0934
Barnahely, Email: [email protected]
Ringaskiddy,
Co. Cork

Chris Mee Safety Engineering (CMSE) Tel: + 353 (0) 21 437 5021
Unit 1, Portgate Industrial Park Fax: + 353 (0) 21 437 5060
Raffeen, Email: [email protected]
Ringaskiddy, Web: www.cmse.ie
Co. Cork

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 497 0600
Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci

B.I.M. National Fisheries College, Tel: + 353 (0) 77 81068 / 81099
Greencastle, Fax: + 353 (0) 77 81278
Co. Donegal. Email: [email protected]

Bow Waves, Tel: + 353 (0) 91 560 560
Galway Sailing and Powerboat School, Email: [email protected]
Harbour Enterprise Park, Web: www.bowwaves.com
Galway.

Training for the issue of Certificates in Advanced Fire Fighting STCW 78/95 Regulation VI/3 and STCW Code Section A-VI/3

Cantwell Keogh & Associates, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 486 4044
Castlewarren Safety Centre, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 437 0934
Barnahely, Email: [email protected]
Ringaskiddy, Web: www.cmse.ie
Co. Cork.

Chris Mee Safety Engineering (CMSE) Tel: + 353 (0) 21 437 5021
Unit 1, Portgate Industrial Park Fax: + 353 (0) 21 437 5060
Raffeen, Email: [email protected]
Ringaskiddy,
Co. Cork

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 497 0600
Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci.ie

B.I.M. National Fisheries College, Tel: + 353 (0) 77 81068 / 81099
Greencastle, Fax: + 353 (0) 77 81278
Co. Donegal. Email: [email protected]

Training for the issue of Certificates of Proficiency in Medical First Aid aboard Ship STCW 78/95 Regulation VI/4 and STCW Code Section A-VI/4 Paragraphs 1 to 3

B.I.M. National Fisheries College, Tel: + 353 (0) 77 81068 / 81099
Greencastle, Fax: + 353 (0) 77 81278
Co. Donegal. Email: [email protected]

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 497 0600
Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci.ie

Cantwell Keogh & Associates, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 486 4044
Castlewarren Safety Centre, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 437 0934
Barnahely, Email: [email protected]
Ringaskiddy,
Co. Cork.

Sea & Shore Safety Services Ltd, Tel: + 353 (0) 1 295 5991
"Happy Valley", Fax: + 353 (0) 1 295 7705
Glenamuck Road, Email: [email protected]
Dublin18 Web: www.seaandshore.ie

Bow Waves Tel: +353-(0)91-560560
Galway Sailing and Powerboat School Email: [email protected]
Harbour Enterprise Park Web: www.bowwaves.com
Galway

Training for the issue of Certificates of Proficiency for persons in charge of Medical Care on board Ship STCW 78/95 Regulation VI/4 and STCW Code Section A-VI/4 Paragraphs 4 to 6

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 497 0600
Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci.ie

Training for the issue of Certificates of Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than fast rescue boats STCW 78/95 Regulation VI/2 and STCW Code Section A-VI/2 Paragraphs 1 to 4

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 497 0600
Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci.ie

Training for the issue of Certificates of Proficiency in fast rescue boats STCW 78/95 Regulation VI/2 and STCW Code Section A-VI/2 Paragraphs 5 to 8

Sea & Shore Safety Services Ltd, Tel: + 353 (0) 1 295 5991
"Happy Valley", Fax: + 353 (0) 1 295 7705
Glenamuck Road, Email: [email protected]
Dublin18 Web: www.seaandshore.ie

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 497 0600

Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci.ie

Training for the issue of Certificates of Proficiency in Crisis Management and Human Behaviour STCW 78/95 Regulation V/2 paragraph 8 and STCW Code Section A-V/2 Paragraph 5

Sea & Shore Safety Services Ltd, Tel: + 353 (0) 1 295 5991
"Happy Valley", Fax: + 353 (0) 1 295 7705
Glenamuck Road, Email: [email protected]
Dublin18 Web: www.seaandshore.ie

Training for the issue of Certificates of Proficiency in Passenger Safety, Cargo Safety and Hull Integrity on board Ro-Ro Passenger Ships STCW 78/95 Regulation V/2 paragraph 7 and STCW Code Section A-V/2 Paragraph 4

Sea & Shore Safety Services Ltd, Tel: + 353 (0) 1 295 5991
"Happy Valley", Fax: + 353 (0) 1 295 7705
Glenamuck Road, Email: [email protected]
Dublin18 Web: www.seaandshore.ie

Training for the issue of Certificates of Competency in GMDSS Radiocommunications STCW 78/95 Regulation IV/2 and Section A-IV/2

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 497 0600
Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0) 21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci.ie

B.I.M. National Fisheries College, Tel: + 353 (0) 77 81068 / 81099
Greencastle, Fax: + 353 (0) 77 81278
Co. Donegal. Email: [email protected]

Bord Iascaigh Mhara, (BIM) Tel: + 353 (0) 1 214 4100
P.O. Box No. 12, Fax: + 353 (0) 1 284 1123
Crofton Road, Web: www.bim.ie
Dun Laoghaire,
Co. Dublin

B.I.M. Regional Fisheries Centre, Tel: + 353 (0) 27 70450
Castletownbere, Fax: + 353 (0) 27 70858
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]

Moher Technologies Tel: +353 (0)65 7074565
Doonagore, Fax:+353 (0)65 7074655
Doolin, Email: [email protected]
Co. Clare

Training for the issue of Certificates of Proficiency for Ship Security Officers STCW 78/95/2010 Regulation VI/5 and STCW Code Section A-VI/5

National Maritime College of Ireland, Tel: + 353 (0)21 497 0600
Ringaskiddy, Fax: + 353 (0)21 497 0601
Co. Cork. Email: [email protected]
Web: nmci.ie

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#MarineNotice - The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised that the survey vessel the Normand Subsea (Call Sign: 2CQP8) will commence well works on the Corrib Gas Field, off the coast of Co Mayo, in early October 2013. The works will include replacement of subsea control modules and clamp system replacement.

The vessel, which is expected to be on location for a period of approximately 3 weeks, will be listening on VHF Channel 16 throughout the project. This Marine Notice will be updated if there are any significant changes to either the location or duration of the project.

All Mariners are reminded of the Safety Zone that is in place around the Corrib Gas Field development, referred to in Marine Notice No. 21 of 2006. The co-ordinates of the safety zone are:

Latitude (N)

Longitude (W)

54° 20’ 20.170”

011° 03’ 26.819”

54° 19’ 09.119”

011° 02’ 54.963”

54° 20’ 51.418”

011° 02’ 15.465”

54° 19’ 11.136”

011° 04’ 15.419”

 

All vessels, particularly those engaged in fishing, are requested to give the Normand Subsea a wide berth of at least 500 metres and to keep a sharp lookout in the relevant areas.

All vessels are required to comply fully with the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea and to manoeuvre their vessels accordingly. The attention of all is drawn to Marine Notice No. 17 of 2007, which gives general advice in relation to the activities of vessels engaged in survey work for hydrographic, seismic, fishing research and underwater operations.

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Marine Notice No. 45 of 2013

Notice to all Shipowners, Fishing Vessel Owners, Agents, Shipmasters, Skippers, Fishermen, Yachtsmen and Seafarers

Air Dispersant Training over the Irish Sea

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised that Air Contractors Ireland Ltd. will carry out Aerial Dispersant Training to provide the capability to spray oil dispersant in the event of an oil slick at sea. The training exercise entails spraying of water from a Hercules aircraft flying at 100 ft. above sea level over the Irish Sea. The training exercise will take place approximately 25 miles south-east of Dublin within the boundaries given in the table below.
Latitude
Longitude
52 ° 20' N
52 ° 20' N
53 ° 00' N
53 ° 00' N
005 ° 30'W
006 ° 00'W
006 ° 00'W
005 ° 30'W

The training exercise will take place on Sunday 15 th September 2013 between 1600h-1800h (local time) approximately. Timings may be altered due to the participation of the aircraft at the Flightfest Airshow in Dublin.

Vessels in the area are asked to stay clear of the zone outlined in the table above and to be aware that the Hercules Aircraft will fly at a very low altitude of 100ft above sea level.

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Marine Notice No. 44 of 2013
Amended 11/09/2013
Notice to all Shipowners, Fishing Vessel Owners, Agents, Shipmasters, Skippers, Fishermen, Yachtsmen and Seafarers
Corrib Gas Field Development, Broad Haven Bay,
North West County Mayo, Ireland

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised that Rock Placement works will commence along the pipeline/umbilical route from 54°20.34'N, 011°03.51'W to 54°19'54.851"N, 010°00'16.033"W (WGS84). Work will commence in late-September 2013 and is expected to be completed within three weeks

Scope of works
Subsea Rock Installation to protect subsea infrastructure.

Vessel involved:-
MV Stornes , operated by Van Oord Offshore (VOO).
Call Sign: PCKX
IMO: 9549035

All vessels in the vicinity are requested to keep clear of the works as these works progress along the pipeline route and to comply with requests from support vessel. Furthermore, all vessels are requested to monitor and comply with the Radio Navigational Warnings that will be broadcast for the duration of the works. All vessels involved in the operations will be listening on VHF CH 16 throughout the project .

All vessels are required to comply fully with the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea and to manoeuvre their vessels accordingly. The attention of all is drawn to Marine Notice No. 17 of 2007 , which gives general advice in relation to the activities of vessels engaged in survey work for hydrographic, seismic, fishing research and underwater operations.

The International Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) are implemented in Irish law by the Merchant Shipping ( Collision Regulations) (Ships and Water Craft on the Water) Order 2012 [S.I. No. 507 of 2012], and the Signals of Distress (Ships) Rules 2012 [S.I. No.170 of 2012] . See Marine Notice No. 06 of 2013 . These Statutory Instruments may be purchased by mail order from Government Publications, Office of Public Works, 52 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 6476834/1890-213434. They are also available online at: www.irishstatutebook.ie .

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#MarineNotice - The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised that rock placement works will commence along the pipeline/umbilical route at the Corrib Gas Field development off Co Mayo.

Work will commence in mid-September and is expected to be completed within three weeks.

The works vessel is MV Stornes, operated by Van Oord Offshore (Call sign: PCKX; IMO: 9549035), which will be installing subsea rock to protect the pipeline structure.

All vessels in the vicinity are requested to keep clear of the works as these works progress along the pipeline route and to comply with requests from support vessel.

Furthermore, all vessels are requested to monitor and comply with the Radio Navigational Warnings that will be broadcast for the duration of the works. All vessels involved in the operations will be listening on VHF Channel 16 throughout the project.

Full details of co-ordinates are included in Marine Notice No 44 of 2013, a PDF of which is available to read or download HERE.

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#MarineNotice - Osiris Projects is carrying out a geophysical survey off the east coast of Ireland for the next two weeks, according to the latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.

The survey began yesterday 26 August, and will last around 19 days, weather permitting. The works involve a side-scan sonar, magnetometer, multi-beam echo-sounder bathymetry and sub-bottom profiling throughout the entire survey area.

The vessel MV Chartwell (Call sign MHGV6) is scheduled to carry out the work during 24-hour operations and will display appropriate day shapes and lights during reduced visibility and night operations.

MV Chartwell will be listening on VHF Channel 16 throughout the project and will also be transmitting on AIS.

The work vessel will be towing survey equipment up to 200m and will be restricted in her ability to manoeuvre. All vessels, particularly those engaged in fishing, are requested to give the MV Chartwell and her towed equipment a wide berth and keep a sharp lookout in the relevant areas.

Full details of co-ordinates of the relevant survey area are included in Marine Notice No 43 of 2013, a PDF of which is available to read or download HERE.

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#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notices from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) remind all mariners of the importance of safety at sea - both in seeking help and staying safe till help arrives.

Marine Notice No 38 of 2013 details guidelines for the care and maintenance of Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons or EPIRBs, which if installed correctly will automatically operate if a vessel capsizes, notifying the nearest emergency services of your location.

Meanwhile, Marine Notice No 39 of 2013 informs all owners, charterers, masters, skippers and crew of fishing and commercial vessels that correctly selected and worn lifejackets or personal flotation devices (PFDs) save lives.

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#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises of a previously uncharted rock outside the approaches to Dingle's Fishery Harbour Centre.

The rocky outcrop or shoal was identified by the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) vessel RV Geo recently, and appears to be part of the shoreward extension of the Crow and Colleen-oge Rocks.

Full details of its depth and position are included in Marine Notice No 37 of 2013, a PDF of which is available to read or download HERE.

In other news, the Marine Institute is conducting a pipeline and platform superstructure (or 'jacket') survey in the Celtic Sea.

The survey, on behalf of Kinsale Energy Limited, was scheduled to commence last Monday 22 July and will continue till Friday 30 August.

Works are being conducted by the MV Granuaile (Call sign EIPT) which is carrying out underwater operations using a remote operated vehicle (ROV) making 0.4 to 0.7 knots over the ground. The vessel is listening on VHF Channel 16 throughout the project.

All vessels, particularly those engaged in fishing, are requested to give the MC Granuaile a wide berth and keep a sharp lookout in the relevant areas. Full details of co-ordinates are included in Marine Notice No 36 of 2013.

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#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises of a 3D seismic survey in the Porcupine Basin off the Kerry coast to begin in early July for a period of seven weeks, weather permitting.

Polarcus, on behalf of Kosmos Energy Ireland, is scheduled to carry out the work over an area of more than 5,700 square kilometres in a region previously identified as having potential for enormous oil reserves.

Carrying out the survey will be the seismic vessel M/V Polarcus Amani (Call sign: C6ZD3). The vessel will be towing 10 cables, each 7.2km long and 150m apart, at a depth of 10m. The total width of the array is 1.35km. A buoy with a radar reflector and navigation strobe light will be deployed at the end of each cable.

The seismic vessel will also be accompanies by the support vessel M/V Bravo Sapphire (Call sign: ZDJY8) and chase vessel M/V Calvin (Call sign: 3EGU4). All three will be listening on VHF Channel 16 throughout the project.

The work vessels will also be restricted in their ability to manoeuvre while carrying out the survey, and all other vessel are requested to give these operations a wide berth and keep a sharp lookout in the relevant areas.

Full details of co-ordinates and a map of the work area are included in Marine Notice No 28 of 2013, a PDF of which is available to read or download HERE.

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Marine Notice No. 27 of 2013

Notice to all Shipowners, Fishing Vessel Owners, Agents, Shipmasters, Skippers, Fishermen, Yachtsmen and Seafarers
Umbilical Installation between Corrib Gas Field and Broad Haven Bay, North-West County Mayo, Ireland

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised by Shell E&P Ireland Limited that two offshore guard vessels have been deployed to protect the umbilical installation at the location below:

From: 54°20.34'N, 011°03.51'W (Corrib Offshore Field location)
To: 54°17.00'N, 009°49.24'W (landfall).
The area of activity stretches along the route of the existing Corrib offshore gas pipeline.

The guard vessel details are as follows:
Neptun 10 ZDJQ8
Neptune Mariner ZDIW8

The Neptun 10 is on location west of Erris Head and will remain there until Mid-September. The Neptune Mariner is in the Corrib Field and will also remain until Mid-September..

All mariners are reminded of their responsibilities under the International Collision Regulations and are reminded of Marine Notice No. 17 of 2007 , which gives general advice in relation to the activities of vessels engaged in survey work for hydrographic, seismic, fishing research and underwater operations.

The International Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) are implemented in Irish law by the Merchant Shipping ( Collision Regulations) (Ships and Water Craft on the Water) Order 2012 [S.I. No. 507 of 2012], and the Signals of Distress (Ships) Rules 2012 [S.I. No.170 of 2012] . See Marine Notice No. 06 of 2013 . These Statutory Instruments may be purchased by mail order from Government Publications, Office of Public Works, 52 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 6476834/1890-213434. They are also available online at: www.irishstatutebook.ie .

 

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Howth 17 information

The oldest one-design keelboat racing class in the world is still competing today to its original 1897 design exclusively at Howth Yacht club.

Howth 17 FAQs

The Howth 17 is a type of keelboat. It is a 3-man single-design keelboat designed to race in the waters off Howth and Dublin Bay.

The Howth Seventeen is just 22ft 6ins in hull length.

The Howth 17 class is raced and maintained by the Association members preserving the unique heritage of the boats. Association Members maintain the vibrancy of the Class by racing and cruising together as a class and also encourage new participants to the Class in order to maintain succession. This philosophy is taken account of and explained when the boats are sold.

The boat is the oldest one-design keelboat racing class in the world and it is still racing today to its original design exclusively at Howth Yacht club. It has important historical and heritage value keep alive by a vibrant class of members who race and cruise the boats.

Although 21 boats are in existence, a full fleet rarely sails buy turnouts for the annual championships are regularly in the high teens.

The plans of the Howth 17 were originally drawn by Walter Herbert Boyd in 1897 for Howth Sailing Club. The boat was launched in Ireland in 1898.

They were originally built by John Hilditch at Carrickfergus, County Down. Initially, five boats were constructed by him and sailed the 90-mile passage to Howth in the spring of 1898. The latest Number 21 was built in France in 2017.

The Howth 17s were designed to combat local conditions in Howth that many of the keel-less boats of that era such as the 'Half-Rater' would have found difficult.

The original fleet of five, Rita, Leila, Silver Moon, Aura and Hera, was increased in 1900 with the addition of Pauline, Zaida and Anita. By 1913 the class had increased to fourteen boats. The extra nine were commissioned by Dublin Bay Sailing Club for racing from Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) - Echo, Sylvia, Mimosa, Deilginis, Rosemary, Gladys, Bobolink, Eileen and Nautilus. Gradually the boats found their way to Howth from various places, including the Solent and by the latter part of the 20th century they were all based there. The class, however, was reduced to 15 due to mishaps and storm damage for a few short years but in May 1988 Isobel and Erica were launched at Howth Yacht Club, the boats having been built in a shed at Howth Castle - the first of the class actually built in Howth.

The basic wooden Howth 17 specification was for a stem and keel of oak and elm, deadwood and frames of oak, planking of yellow pine above the waterline and red pine below, a shelf of pitch pine and a topstrake of teak, larch deck-beams and yellow pine planking and Baltic spruce spars with a keel of lead. Other than the inclusion of teak, the boats were designed to be built of materials which at that time were readily available. However today yellow pine and pitch pine are scarce, their properties of endurance and longevity much appreciated and very much in evidence on the original five boats.

 

It is always a busy 60-race season of regular midweek evening and Saturday afternoon contests plus regattas and the Howth Autumn League.

In 2017, a new Howth 17 Orla, No 21, was built for Ian Malcolm. The construction of Orla began in September 2016 at Skol ar Mor, the boat-building school run by American Mike Newmeyer and his dedicated team of instructor-craftsmen at Mesquer in southern Brittany. In 2018, Storm Emma wrought extensive destruction through the seven Howth Seventeens stored in their much-damaged shed on Howth’s East Pier at the beginning of March 2018, it was feared that several of the boats – which since 1898 have been the very heart of Howth sailing – would be written off. But in the end only one – David O’Connell’s Anita built in 1900 by James Clancy of Dun Laoghaire – was assessed as needing a complete re-build. Anita was rebuilt by Paul Robert and his team at Les Ateliers de l’Enfer in Douarnenez in Brittany in 2019 and Brought home to Howth.

The Howth 17 has a gaff rig.

The total sail area is 305 sq ft (28.3 m2).

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