Irish Sailing and Yacht Club News. Regattas, Race Reports & Results
The ICRA Cruiser-Racer National Championships at Howth Yacht Club, which incorporates the J24 National Championships, is gearing up to be a strong event, with over 70 boats expected to participate. Organisers have now revealed the class bands for the three-day…
Irish Rowers Impress on Day One of 2023 World Rowing Championships in Serbia
3rd September 2023 Rowing
Skibbereen rower Jake McCarthy is into the repechage of the men's lightweight scull after a fifth place finish in his heat on day one of the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Serbia. Right up until the final 200 metres McCarthy…
National Yacht Club's Johnston Leads Beneteau 31.7 Nationals on Dublin Bay
2nd September 2023 Beneteau 31.7
Defending Beneteau 31.7 champion Chris Johnston sailing Prospect leads after the three races sailed at the Royal St. George hosted 2023 National Championships on Dublin Bay. Racing in a sea breeze of up to ten knots and with strong spring…
Sunday, September 3, marks the beginning of the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. This is the first opportunity for the rowers to qualify Ireland for the 2024 Paris Olympics. This year, Rowing Ireland has 28 athletes competing across…
Irish Sailor Tom Dolan Wins Stage 1 of French Solo Offshore Race and Plots Safe Strategy for Light Wind Leg 2
2nd September 2023 Figaro
Tom Dolan, the winner of Stage 1 of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, has been making waves in the sailing world as the first Irish skipper to win a leg of the French solo offshore race in 25 years. The…
National Yacht Club's Mathews and Poole Lead at the Flying Fifteen National Championships
2nd September 2023 Flying Fifteen
Saturday, 2nd September, dawned windless on Belfast Lough for the second day of the Irish Flying Fifteen National Championships at County Antrim Yacht Club. It stayed that way sufficiently long for the Race Officer to fly a postponement flag ashore.…
Royal Irish's 'Raptor' Recovers To Take Second After Recall in DBSC Cruisers One Saturday Race
2nd September 2023 DBSC
It's not often Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) racers don shorts and T-shirts for AIB Saturday Series racing – and rarer still in September – but today's 2nd September fixture presented such an opportunity with a warm sea breeze of…
West Cork Lifeboat Station to Unveil New Shannon Class Lifeboat 'Val Adnams' in Honour of Lifelong RNLI Supporter
2nd September 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
An historic West Cork lifeboat station is set to officially name a new Shannon class lifeboat 'Val Adnams' during a ceremony at 1:45 pm on Saturday, September 9. The guest of honour on the day will be Val Adnams herself,…
With a remarkable skill and determination display, the Irish Water Safety team made a big splash at this year’s European Junior Lifesaving Championships. Ireland won five gold medals, ten silver medals and nine bronze medals at the championships. The European…
Wexford-based Business Atlantis Seafood to Launch Ireland's First Fish Pet Food with BIM's Support
2nd September 2023 BIM
Atlantis Seafood, one of the most reputed seafood businesses based in Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford has partnered with Killiney-based pet food company, Harley & Marley, to create a new range of pet food made wholly from fish. The new pet…
New French Operator Makes Irish Debut With Anchorage Visit off Dun Laoghaire Harbour
2nd September 2023 Cruise Liners
A new French cruise operator, Compagnie Française de Croisières, made its first presence in Irish waters when their Renaissance arrived to anchor off Dun Laoghaire Harbour, writes Jehan Ashmore. The Marseilles based CFC Croisières has just a single cruise ship,…
Ponds Better for Biodiversity Than Rivers and Lakes - An Taisce Publication
2nd September 2023 Marine Wildlife
Creating and managing a pond for wildlife is the theme of a new publication by An Taisce. Ponds are a “low cost” and “straightforward tool” to tackle biodiversity loss and improve local environments, it says. The pamphlet/poster has been drawn…
Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) officers confiscated 48 live undersize crawfish off the southwest coast late last month. The SFPA says that the crawfish were “returned safely to sea” after the discovery during a routine patrol. It says that a…
The Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa) is seeking guarantees from Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan that pilots and winch operators flying for the Irish Coast Guard will remain in employment once the contract transfers from CHC Ireland to Bristow. As…
National Yacht Club Announces Dun Laoghaire Match Racing Cup for Later This Month
2nd September 2023 National YC
The National Yacht Club has announced the Dun Laoghaire Match Racing Cup to take place on Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October. Ten teams will complete in the club’s Elliott 6M fleet on what promises to be an action-packed…
Marine Institute Welcomes Unique European Science Expedition to Galway
2nd September 2023 Marine Science
Over the next two weeks, the Marine Institute will host a first-of-its-kind European science expedition when it makes a stop in Galway. The European Molecular Biological Laboratory (EMBL) is carrying out a pan-European census of coastal ecosystems and their response…
Double Header Weekend for Howth With Start of Autumn League and Rescheduled Gibney Classic
2nd September 2023 Howth YC
With the forecast showing the makings of an Indian summer, Howth Yacht Club is looking forward to decent weather for the start of its Autumn League in just two weeks’ time on Saturday 16 September. While Howth’s keelboats are understandably…
Cargo quantities in dry-bulk at Dundalk Port for the first half of this year fell sharply by 31% when compared to the first six months of last year according to an Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) report. The Co. Louth…
D'Arcy and McClemon Lead Flying Fifteen Nationals at County Antrim Yacht Club
1st September 2023 Flying Fifteen
Two races were sailed on Friday at the Flying Fifteen Nationals, hosted by County Antrim Yacht Club on Belfast Lough. Wind that varied from 10 - 15 knots from ENE was the order of the day with a lumpy sea.…
Yesterday (Friday), Afloat.ie listed eight of our “Sailor of the Month” awards for August 2023. As most involved either double-handed teams or helmsmen representing more numerous crews, in total, the achievements mentioned highlighted the successful sailing performance of 22 people…