Saturday 22 July is the date to mark in your diaries for this year’s Bull Run for Fun.

Organisers are hoping to best 2022’s turnout of 47 boats from around Ireland, ranging from a 5m open rib to a 1450 Redbay Stormforce, that came together in Kenmare for Europe’s most westerly RIB rally.

Boats will set out on the 90-nautical mile run from Dromquinna to the Bull Rock and back via Dursey Sound, Skellig Michael and other landmarks of the wild Atlantic coast.

Already more than 37 RIBs and other boats are registered and places are filling up fast, making great progress towards breaking the 50-boat mark this year. Email [email protected] to register your spot.

WAC (Wild Atlantic Challenge) Kenmare is a new coastal rowing event taking place on Saturday, 13th May on Kenmare Bay. It is a multi–craft rowing event for competitors of all abilities, with a distance to suit your crew and boat.

Whether you are a 30km Titan or a 5km fledgling, the organisers are inviting all comers to experience the challenge of the bay and the beauty of the sheltered Kenmare coastline, encompassing both the Beara and Iveragh peninsulas.

'We would also very much welcome Master or recreational rowers to make this a great event', says organiser Mike Donovan.

More details attached on the PDF flyer for download below.

#MCIB - Basic water safety precautions were not taken before a canoe capsize incident that led to the drowning of a man off Kenmare almost a year ago.

That’s the main conclusion of the official report into the tragedy in Kenmare Bay in which local man Bill Topham died, as previously reported on Afloat.ie.

Topham had been canoeing to islands in Kenmare Bay with a friend for a duck shoot when their two-man vessel overturned in high winds on the afternoon of 31 January 2016.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board report identified that neither passenger on the canoe was wearing a personal flotation device.

It also concluded that their decision to undertake their trip amid adverse weather conditions with a fully laden canoe, including two boisterous dogs, greatly increased the “inevitable element of natural risk” involved.

The full MCIB report into the incident is available to download below.