Irish Coastal Rowing News. Training and Preparation for Events
![Steve Morris Steve Morris at the centre of the skiff-building group in Kilrush. Pandemic mask precautions are a good idea in any case when you’re using epoxy resins](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000WP3zeTy6NA0/s/500/I0000WP3zeTy6NA0.jpg)
Kilrush Adds St Ayles Skiff to Shannon Estuary’s Growing Traditional Fleet
22nd February 2022 Coastal Rowing
Kilrush may be best known internationally these days as the place where the Dublin Bay 21 fleet - originally from 1902 - is being re-born through the developing skills of the Steve Morris-led boat-building team in the south Clare harbour…
![Cork harbour’s Ocean to City race An Rás Mór, Cork harbour’s Ocean to City race returns this June](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000TTfLboMH8cg/s/767/I0000TTfLboMH8cg.jpg)
An Rás Mór, Cork harbour’s Ocean to City race, returns to the water this June after a break of two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Registration will open on March 1st for the multi-craft rowing and paddling race set…
![Jean-Jacques Savin’s row boat Audacieux was found overturned and empty off the Azores on Friday 21 January Jean-Jacques Savin’s row boat Audacieux was found overturned and empty off the Azores on Friday 21 January](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000haoNIiqLkKU/s/500/I0000haoNIiqLkKU.jpg)
A French adventurer who previously crossed the Atlantic in a barrel is missing and presumed dead at sea just weeks after beginning a solo crossing by row boat. Jean-Jacques Savin, who was 75, had set out on 1 January from…
![Karen Weekes Dr Karen Weekes speaks to Lorna Siggins on her solo row across the Atlantic](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007_1Nyk6kbLY/s/767/I00007_1Nyk6kbLY.jpg)
A spectacular meteor shower, a close encounter with a hammerhead shark and a brief refuge for exhausted storm petrels – these are just some of the recent experiences recorded by Dr Karen Weekes on her solo row across the Atlantic.…
![Dr Karen Weekes and Dr Suzanne Kennedy Dr Karen Weekes and Dr Suzanne Kennedy in Puerto de Mogán in the Canaries before Weekes set off on her 3,000-mile row to Barbados.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00008OFvldFzSxc/s/635/I00008OFvldFzSxc.jpg)
Irish Rower Karen Weekes & Her Solo Row Across the Atlantic to Barbados (Podcast with Shore Manager Suzanne Kennedy)
24th December 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Dr Karen Weekes will be spending Christmas Day, New Year’s day and more at sea on her 3,000-mile row from the Canaries to the Caribbean in her bid to become the first Irish woman to row solo across the Atlantic.…
![All In A Row Charity Challenge “Well lads, how’s the GDP going this week then?” The very special 1954-vintage George Bushe-built Crosshaven skiff Lorelei moves sweetly past the Central Bank on Dublin’s River Liffey, rowed by the Stella Maris club of Ringsend in last weekend’s All In A Row Charity Challenge](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000y_FOlNdk6VY/s/767/I0000y_FOlNdk6VY.jpg)
‘All in a Row’ Marathon Charity Challenge on Dublin’s River Liffey Provides A Great Boat Show Afloat
16th December 2021 Coastal Rowing
When we revealed the background to the Crosshaven-built George Bushe rowing skiff Lorelei of 1954 vintage, many sailors of traditional outlook could have been forgiven for reckoning this innovative craft would still stand out as decidedly unusual in any gathering…
![Karen Weekes Solo row across the Atlantic - Karen Weekes anticipates it will take about 70 days to row from Gran Canaria to Barbados, without any support vessel](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000V3OPbixGnRA/s/767/I0000V3OPbixGnRA.jpg)
Sports psychologist Dr Karen Weekes is due to set off from the Canaries to the Caribbean today in her bid to become the first Irish woman to row solo across the Atlantic. Weekes will undertake the 4,800 km (3,000 miles)…
![All In A Row 2021 All In A Row 2021 - Forty skiffs, kayaks, canoes and currachs will all be on the water](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000R4t8.s663uo/s/767/I0000R4t8.s663uo.jpg)
‘All in a Row’ Marathon Liffey Rowing Challenge Aiming to break 1,000km Target
26th November 2021 Dublin Bay
‘All In A Row 2021’ is coming back to the capital’s River Liffey on Saturday 11th December with a rowing challenge for the teams to smash a 1,000km target in eight hours. Forty skiffs, kayaks, canoes and currachs will all…
![Wicklow Rowing Club Mercedes The Wicklow Rowing Club has support of the Mercedes-Benz organisation in Ireland towards its participation at the World Rowing Coastal Championships which take place in Portugal next month. Pictured at the announcement was Mercedes-Benz Chief Executive, Paddy Finnegan (second left) with team members Marc Nichols, Shay Dunne, Andrew Breen, Chris Dunne and Peter Doyle.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000KQ3xJ0NInhY/s/500/I0000KQ3xJ0NInhY.jpg)
Wicklow Rowing Club Gets Mercedes-Benz Support for World Coastal Rowing Championships in Portugal
15th September 2021 Coastal Rowing
The Wicklow Rowing Club has will be supported by the Mercedes-Benz organisation in Ireland towards its participation at the World Coastal Rowing Championships which take place in Oeiras, Portugal next month. Recognising the important role that the Club will have…
![Ocean to City Youth Event, Some 50 participants in over 20 boats took part in the Ocean to City Youth Event, covering the 4.5km from Blackrock Village to Lapp’s Quay.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000096YwVf7Y.Ns/s/767/I000096YwVf7Y.Ns.jpg)
Meitheal Mara's Traditional Currachs Make Welcome Return in Ocean to City Youth Event
5th September 2021 Currachs
The river Lee was bustling with young people in traditional currachs as Meitheal Mara hosted their first physical event in Cork Harbour almost two years. Some 50 participants in over 20 boats took part in the Ocean to City Youth…
![Olderfleet Rowing Club Olderfleet Rowing Club is going from strength to strength with 97 members at Larne](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000PRAtyz0aE5Q/s/500/I0000PRAtyz0aE5Q.jpg)
Busy Olderfleet Rowing Club Gets Teens Out on the Water at Larne
21st June 2021 Northern Ireland Waters
The only similarity between the Viking ships that raided Larne Lough in the ninth century and the boats used by the Olderfleet Rowing Club is that they are slender. The name 'Olderfleet' is thought to be a corruption of Ulfrecksfiord…
![30ft racing skiff The mystery boat of Crosshaven – whoever built this 30ft racing skiff knew what they were at](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000oYxq1fcIes4/s/500/I0000oYxq1fcIes4.jpg)
If you were to bring together even half of the boats built with the involvement of the late great George Bushe of Crosshaven, you'd have the makings of a fascinating maritime museum. The master boatbuilder – whose skills live on…
![Karen Weekes Karen Weekes aims to become the first Irish female to complete the solo crossing](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000V3OPbixGnRA/s/500/I0000V3OPbixGnRA.jpg)
Rower Karen Weekes Aims to Be First Irish Female to Complete the Solo Atlantic Crossing
13th May 2021 Wavelength Podcast
“A near-collision with a drilling ship, two capsizes, lots of peanut butter and Nutella consumed” was how Jasmine Harrison (21) of North Yorkshire described her successful Atlantic crossing earlier this year. Harrison set a new world record for the youngest…
![Cormac Devlin TD (left) and Councillor Justin Moylan Cormac Devlin TD (left) and Councillor Justin Moylan at Coliemore Harbour on Dublin Bay which has been allocated €100,000 to repair the harbour following rockfall damage](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000N366dfoQg78/s/500/I0000N366dfoQg78.jpg)
Dublin harbours are set to receive over €8.4m in funding for harbours in Fingal (Loughshinny Harbour, Skerries and Balbriggan Harbours) with Howth Harbour receiving €8.2m for specific improvements and two harbours in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (Dún Laoghaire Harbour and…
![solo row A solo row at dawn for rower Simone Sav in Killiney Bay](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000l6j0NkjCmmU/s/500/I0000l6j0NkjCmmU.jpg)
Dun Laoghaire Harbour's St. Michael's Rowing Club Row Round the World in 80 Day Virtual Challenge
28th April 2021 Coastal Rowing
As we emerge from what we hope will be the country's last lockdown, St. Michael's Rowing Club based a Dun Laoghaire Harbour, is nearing completion of its longest race yet. Inspired by Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg, over the last 80…
![Réamonn Byrne with Frank Wolf Réamonn Byrne with Frank Wolf, a Canadian explorer who had been on the boat’s previous expedition around the North West Passage.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000vQRI5oUFvEQ/s/500/I0000vQRI5oUFvEQ.jpg)
A Waterford man is set to row across the Atlantic in aid of a charity that repatriates Irish people who die overseas. Réamonn Byrne, originally from Kilmacthomas but now based in New York City, is the driving force behind ‘The…