Irish Sailing and Yacht Club News. Regattas, Race Reports & Results
Big Breeze and Thrills and Spills as Calves Week 2023 Ends on a High in Schull Harbour
11th August 2023 Calves Week
There were thrills and spills – particularly in the Spinnaker fleets – in the final race of CD Environmental Calves Week Regatta in Schull Harbour, West Cork, on Friday. Race officer Alan Crosbie started all fleets in the harbour in…
Cruinniú na mBád Gathering for the 44th Year Opens in Kinvara, Co Galway
11th August 2023 Galway Hookers
Kinvara’s annual Cruinniú na mBád takes to the water this weekend, with racing confined to Sunday due to weather conditions. A small craft warning for Saturday means the festival’s activity will be shore-based for the first day of the 44th…
Although the announcement that Howth Yacht Club had become the latest MG Motor “Sailing Club of the Year 2023” was made at the beginning of the year following outstanding achievements at home and abroad by the club and its members…
Three Rescued from 28ft Yacht Grounded on Cockle Island by Bangor RNLI
11th August 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
Three people were rescued by the Bangor RNLI lifeboat after their 28ft yacht ran aground on Cockle Island, Groomsport. The incident occurred on Thursday evening, August 10th. The RNLI received a request from Belfast Coastguard to assist with the recovery…
Harland & Wolff Group's Belfast shipyard has been awarded a contract to undertake repairs on a semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel, the MV Sun Shine. The vessel built in 2009, is owned by the South Korean-based Pan Ocean Group and this is…
Neil Colin's FFuzzy topped a 13-boat turnout in the Flying Fifteen class for Thursday night's AIB-sponsored DBSC Summer Series on Dublin Bay. The DMYC boat beat the National Yacht Club's Ken Dumpleton in Rodriguez, with Adrian Cooper's Rockafella taking third.…
Landowners Fined Over Environmental Destruction at Rivers in Laois and Tipperary
11th August 2023 Environment
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured combined fines of €8,500 against two separate landowners for destroying stretches of their local rivers in Laois and Tipperary. In Co Laois, Michael Hosey was convicted of carrying out works on 800 metres of…
Lough Derg RNLI were requested to launch at noon on Thursday 10 August) to assist two people on a 40ft cruiser with engine failure and at anchor by navigation buoy H, close to Terryglass Bay. The inshore lifeboat Jean Spier…
Breezy Fastnet Rock Race Sets Up Calves Week for Thrilling Friday Finale
10th August 2023 Calves Week
The race around the Fastnet Rock on day three of CD Environmental Calves Week saw new boats perform as the West Cork regatta enters its podium-deciding final round on Friday. All seven fleets started in Schull harbour in foggy, damp…
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The Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School have launched their Autumn recruitment campaign. While the Summer programmes in the Dun Laoghaire Sailing School are still in full swing preparations are underway for the September – November period, which requires an…
Galway Harbour RNLI Volunteers Respond to Three Callouts in One Evening
10th August 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
Galway Harbour RNLI's volunteer crew responded to three separate calls for assistance in a single evening on Wednesday (09 August), demonstrating their readiness to deal with any situation that arises. The first callout came at around 5.30 pm when the crew…
It is looking likely that the Government is to seek expressions of interest from international shipbuilders before the end of the year, for the construction for the Naval Service of a €200m-plus multi-role-vessel (MRV). The MRV as the name suggests, is…
A new flagship ferry of the Isle of Man Steamship Company which is the biggest in the history of the operator is to make its maiden voyage next week. The £76m newbuild Manxman is due to make its first passenger…
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At BJ Marine, we have been incredibly excited about the re-emergence of the First range and what it could mean for offshore racing, round the cans racing and fast performance cruising in Ireland and the Irish Sea. After a couple…
Two Northern Ireland Boats Will Compete in ISORA's Holyhead to Strangford Lough Race
10th August 2023 Northern Ireland Waters
Two Northern Ireland boats are entered into the ISORA race from Holyhead to Strangford Lough, which starts on Friday at 19.30 hrs. Ross Boyd’s Elan 40 Evenstar from Royal Ulster Yacht Club (RUYC) on Belfast Lough, Quoile YC on Strangford…
The pinnacle of the 44Cup’s 2023 season sets sail on Thursday (10 August) with the opening races of the 44Cup Cowes World Championship, and Irish Fastnet Race winner Cian Guilfoyle is competing on Frecnh entry Aleph. The Solent, one of…
Royal St. George's Tim and Gillian Pearson sailing Little Tern took the gun out of 18 starters in a nice 6 to 8 breeze in Wednesday night's DBSC Water Wag race staged inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Overall, Puffin, sailed by…
Dickson is Lough Ree Yacht Club Shannon One Design Weekend Series Winner
10th August 2023 Shannon One Design
With four race wins, David Dickson finished top on a 32-boat Shannon One Design fleet to win the Lough Ree Yacht Club Weekend Series at Athlone in County Westmeath. After six races sailed, Dickson was nine points clear of Andrew Mannion on 15…
Lough Erne's J24 Crazy Horse is 2023 Oyster Pearl Trophy Winner at Carlingford
10th August 2023 Racing
The long trail for the crew of the J24 Crazy Horse from the western county of Fermanagh to Carlingford Lough in the east between County Down and County Louth was worthwhile as they went home with the top prize in…
The Moneley Oyster Pearl Dinghy Regatta in Carlingford Lough between Co Down and Co Louth was held last weekend, with racing on a windward/leeward course on both days. So close was the racing that Diarmuid and Aine Gorman, in their…
