Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
#Rowing: Ireland’s coxed four had the perfect start to their challenge at the European Junior Championships in Essen in Germany. The crew of Matt Gallagher, James O’Donovan, Jack Dorney, John Kearney and cox Leah O’Regan won their heat to secure…
BJ Marine Angling Team Qualifies for Finals of Beneteau Barracuda Tour in France
18th May 2019 BJ Marine
An Irish BJ Marine sponsored angling team have qualified for the grand final of the Beneteau Barracuda Tour in France today. As Afloat previously reported here, the team comprising of former Howth Yacht Club Commodore Joe McPeake, Joe Gough and Tommy Squires were…
Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race 2019: The “Little Big One” With Everything
18th May 2019 W M Nixon
You’ll seldom if ever hear anyone who has actually done the biennial Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race dismissing it in an offhand way as some sort of Round Ireland Lite writes W M Nixon. It may only be 280…
Chief executive Dr Peter Heffernan is representing the Marine Institute at European Maritime Day 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal this week. Concluding today, Friday 17 May, European Maritime Day is one of the largest marine science and policy meetings of the…
Vintage Barges Bring ‘Floating Fringe Festival’ To Mountshannon For June Bank Holiday Weekend
17th May 2019 Maritime Festivals
Vintage barges and fantastic events are promised in the line-up as the Mountshannon Arts Festival returns this June Bank Holiday, Thursday 30 May to Monday 3 June. Inspired by this year’s theme, ‘Roots and Wings’, the festival features all facets…
Windsurfing Champion Hits Out At World Sailing’s Retention Of RS:X For Paris 2024 Without Sea Trials
17th May 2019 World Sailing
The dinghy classes are not the only subjects of open letters to World Sailing chiefs as they meet in London this weekend, with Dutch windsurfer Dorian van Rijsselberghe issuing his own missive criticising the retention of the RS:X class without…
In the US importers and their logistics providers are preparing for further US-China tariffs and a possible fresh rush to front-load deliveries to beat the next tariff deadline, after the US confirmed its intention to impose 25% duties on further…
Irish Finn Sailors Sign Open Letter To World Sailing Over Class Removal From Paris 2024
17th May 2019 Olympic
Fionn Lyden and Oisin McClelland — who are currently competing at the Finn Europeans in Athens — are among dozens of concerned Finn sailors who have put their names to an open letter to sailing chiefs over the removal of…
16 boats raced in last night's Royal Cork Yacht Club's Thursday night series in Cork Harbour sponsored by UK Sailmakers Ireland in a light ESE breeze writes Bob Bateman Spinnaker fleets one and two took a beat to Corkbeg (RCYC course 93) across an ebbing tide and eased…
The Irish Continental Group (ICG) has said it is totally prepared to meet the challenges posed by Brexit, whatever way those challenges emerge. At the group’s annual general meeting, John McGuckian, ICG chairman, said, “we’re confident that whatever happens, we…
Dublin Port Ban Could Bring Fears Signalling An 'End of an Era' for Cruiseships in Belfast
17th May 2019 Cruise Liners
An enormous cruiseship Celebrity Reflection sails into Belfast this morning, bringing thousands of deep-pocketed North Americans to the city's visitor attractions, shops, pubs and restaurants, there are fears it could be the 'end of an era' for this type of…
Oisin McClelland and Fionn Lyden are lying 38th and 39th respectively at the 84-boat Finn Europeans in Athens this week but an injury for Lyden means he is unlikely to finish the regatta. The Baltimore sailor, who was a 2017…
Top 20 for Ireland's Star Sailors Peter & Robert O'Leary on Day Two of European Championships
16th May 2019 Star
Cork Harbour's Peter and Robert O'Leary - and Ireland's sole entry - are 19th from 90 at the Star Sailors League Grand Slam Breeze and European Championship. Download full results here Robert Scheidt and Henry Boening (BRA) delivered another masterclass on…
Strong Silver Fleet Performance by Annalise Murphy & Katie Tingle in 49erFX Euros
16th May 2019 Tokyo 2020
There was consolation of sorts for Annalise Murphy and Katie Tingle who posted their best results of the week at the European 49er Championships in Weymouth Bay today. Racing in the 49erFX silver fleet, with lighter, easterly winds of around…
Despite a terrific turnout of 135 boats this evening (including 100% in the Beneteau 31.7 Class) the wind died on Dublin Bay at 8 pm and all DBSC racing was abandoned.
The excitement is building for the first regional event of the year with the Flying Fifteen Northern Championships being hosted this weekend by Strangford Sailing Club. It is one of the first events to be held since the rebuilding of…
Portaferry Man in a Storm – The Irish Marine Salvage Specialist Who Helped Save D-Day
16th May 2019 Coastal Notes
#coastalnotes - With just weeks leading up to D-Day, 75 years ago, one of the operation’s crucial components was still lying on the bottom of the sea off southern England, reports The Irish Times. It comprised a vast amount of…
Research from Dr Katie Thomas of the Marine Institute has investigated the mechanisms for growth mark formation in scales of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar Linnaeus) and the cause of variations in scale growth measurements. Dr Thomas recently graduated with her…
Rumball & White Bring Jedi Man Overboard Lecture To RORC In London Tonight
16th May 2019 Round Ireland
Kenneth Rumball and John White are taking the Irish National Sailing and Powerboat School’s popular ‘man overboard’ lecture to the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s London clubhouse this evening (Thursday 16 May). On 29 June 2018, the J109 yacht Jedi started…
Ireland’s fisheries resource is set to come alive at the Natural History Museum this summer at a free event called Fishy Fun. A range of interactive activities suitable for all the family will be part of the special one-day event…