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The 2016 Irish Sailing Annual published this week at €6.50 includes a sailing season review, a preview of an action packed 2016 including an ISA calendar of events plus a line up of Afloat's Sailors of the Year. Check out the annual contents below. 

The annual is on sale now in all good newsagents nationwide or by ten issue subscription posted through your letterbox. Don't miss it!

Irish Sailing Annual 2016

Irish Sailing Association Foreword 2016 will be a pivotal year for sailing's national governing body

News Mixed sportsboats for DBSC; Cork to host IRC Euros 2016 and ICRA Nationals 2017; Ireland's Paralympians are in; Gale wrecks NYC launch; Toxic Rio water; Mermaid revival planned; CH Marine's Laser guided; Award for Ilen doc; Sutton Dinghy Club settles with former Instructor over finger incident; Sligo Heli rescue record plus lots more maritime news from around the coast

Marine Industry news O'Sullivan's Marine turns the tide

2016 Sailing Preview Three, Two, One... 2016 Here We Come!

2015 Sailing Review Bad weather was good for Irish sailing by WM Nixon

Afloat's class of 2015 Reviewing Ireland's sailors of the month for 2015

Racing round up Howth Yacht Club's Autumn league, Royal Cork's October series plus a look at winter racing around the country

DBSC 2015 Season An array of ancient yachting silverware was awarded across DBSC's 22 classes at its 131st prizegiving in Dun Laoghaire in November

Brokerage The latest boats and equipment in Ireland’s marine marketplace

Classifieds A selection of Afloat.ie's online classified adverts

Dubarry Nautical Crossword A nautical crossword with a great boating prize of Dubarry deck shoes

Soundings Huff's return perfectly timed

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#sailingannual – Afloat's packed 80–page 2014 Irish Sailing Annual hits the news stands next weekend (Saturday, 14 December) with all the latest Irish sailing news and reviews.

It's got great photo spreads from the 2013 season including that trimaran capsize in Dun Laoghaire plus action pics from Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta as well as the Sovereign's Cup in a comprehensive season review by W M Nixon.

There is a roll call of our class of 2013, our sailors of the year with details of each monthly achievement on water.

We preview the 2014 sailing calendar too with news of Cork week, Round Ireland racing plus an ICC cruise a multi worlds and GP14 dinghy worlds too.

In our latest news section, there's been a top prize for David Kenefick at the Paris boat show, news of some All round sailing heroes, 
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company is seeking pier interest, a Dublin Bay club 
slashes fees, a radio fault factor has been detected in brothers'
 deaths at sea. There is a photo review of how the country's biggest sailing club 
celebrated 175 years of champions plus 50 more Irish boating stories.

Plus the following Irish boating stories:

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First Maritime Web awards
Getting your marine message across has 
 never been easier thanks to the power of 
 the internet. Here's some of the best 
 Irish sites, according to our judges

sailingpreview

2014 Sailing Preview
It's a Cork Week and Round Ireland year 
 but 2014 has a lot more besides including 
 the GP14 worlds and the Formula 18 
 Worlds, both to be staged north of the 
 border

sailingreview2013

2013 Sailing Review
In this review of 2013, W M Nixon looks back 
 on a year of the unexpected.

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How I won the Euros
A win for Annalise Murphy on home waters 
 made up for so much heartbreak in 2012.

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CH Marine Autumn League
Bob and Claire Bateman's report from 
 Royal Cork's annual October League

brokerage

Classifieds
our classified adverts for th latest brokerage deals

PLUS:

Inland Waters
Brian Goggin ponders the cut in budgets 
 for Ireland's waterways in 2014

Dubarry Nautical Crossword
A bumper crossword for Christmas

Soundings
WM Nixon describes harvesting the gold 
at the IFDS Worlds off Kinsale

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The Star keelboat is a 6.9 metres (23 ft) one-design racing keelboat for two people designed by Francis Sweisguth in 1910.

The Star was an Olympic keelboat class from 1932 through to 2012, the last year keelboats appeared at the Summer Olympics at which Ireland's representatives were Peter O'Leary and David Burrows.

Ireland has performed well in the class internationally thanks to some Olympic campaigns including a bronze medal at the Star World Championships in 2000, won by Mark Mansfield and David O'Brien.

The boat is sloop-rigged, with a mainsail larger in proportional size than any other boat of its length. Unlike most modern racing boats, it does not use a spinnaker when sailing downwind. Instead, when running downwind a whisker pole is used to hold the jib out to windward for correct wind flow.

Early Stars were built from wood, but modern boats are of fibreglass and carbon construction.

The boat must weigh at least 671 kg (1,479 lb) with a maximum total sail area of 26.5 m2 (285 sq ft).

The Star class pioneered an unusual circular boom vang track, which allows the vang to effectively hold the boom down even when the boom is turned far outboard on a downwind run.

Another notable aspect of Star sailing is the extreme hiking position adopted by the crew and at times the helmsman, who normally use a harness to help hang low off the windward side of the boat with only their lower legs inside.

At A Glance – Star Specifications

Designer Francis Sweisguth
Year 1910
Crew 2 (Skipper + Crew)
S + 1.5 C ≤ 250 kg (550 lb)[1]
Draft 1.016 m (3 ft 4 in)
Hull Type keelboat
Hull weight ≥ 671 kg (1,479 lb)
(including keel)
LOA 6.922 m (22 ft 9 in)
LWL 4.724 m (15 ft 6 in)
Beam 1.734 m (5 ft 8 in) at deck
1.372 m (4 ft 6 in) at chine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type bulb keel
401.5 ± 7 kg (885 ± 15 lb)
Rig
Rig type sloop
Mast length 9.652 m (31 ft 8 in)
Sails
Mainsail area 20.5 m2 (221 sq ft)
Jib/genoa area  6.0 m2 (65 sq ft)
Upwind sail area ≤ 26.5 m2 (285 sq ft)

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