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Royal Cork Yacht Club member Christian Zugel, racing Volvo 70 Tschüss 2, skippered by Howth's Johnny Mordaunt, has set a new Monohull Race Record for the Cowes Dinard St Malo Race. Tschüss 2 completed the 151nm course in an elapsed time…

The Flying Fifteens saw a significant increase in their numbers for Day 2 of VLDR 2023, and they were “rewarded” with three races in robust conditions. “Rewarded” is used judiciously as the fleet gathered in the National Yacht Club to…

 The O'Leary Antix crew defending their Irish crown in style after the first day of racing in tough Dublin Bay conditions at the Cape 31 Irish Nationals at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Antix, who were the UK's top Corinthian Cape…

Royal Irish Yacht Club Commodore Jerry Dowling leads the SB20 fleet at the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta with three straight wins scored in blustery conditions on Friday.  Lying second overall to Dowling's Bád/Kilcullen in the ten-boat fleet is clubmate Colin Galavan's Carpe…

Royal St. George's Sean and Heather King sailing Puffin have three wins from three races in the Water Wag class of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Racing inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour, the husband and wife duo are six points clear…

After five races on the Tour de Bretagne à la Voile, the Irish-French pairing of Tom Dolan and Kévin Bloch, racing the Irish skipper’s Smurfit Kappa–Kingspan, are holding fifth place in the 26-boat fleet as of Friday (7 July). Still…

The National Yacht Club's Chris Johnston in Prospect counts two wins and a second place to lead the Beneteau 31.7 fleet at the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Sailing on the North Course, the national champion commanded the nine-boat fleet from the…

Ballyholme Yacht Club’s online Baycam had a very prominent red line on Friday (7 July) with the southerly offshore wind forecast to reach 37 knots in the gusts, putting paid to the first day of the 2023 Topper Nationals. In…

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has welcomed the adoption by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of a revised 2023 strategy on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships. Significantly, this includes a provision for an economic element on the basis…

Scotland's leading offshore skipper Jonathan Anderson seems to have gone native in Dun Laoghaire, as he registers himself and his J/122 El Gran Senor as racing for the Royal Irish YC in the crack Offshore Class of the 2023 Volvo…

Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta organisers released a bird's eye view film of an action-packed day two of sailing on Dublin Bay. Ireland's largest yacht racing event was captured by drone by Dun Laoghaire sailor Mark Nolan of Lotus Media when…

Users of recreational craft including canoes, kayaks, rowing boats, sailing craft and paddle boards are reminded of the importance of planning their voyage and avoiding dangerous weather and sea conditions. As the high summer period approaches, the Department of Transport…

Three men have been fined in relation to the illegal capture of 27 salmon and the use of 861 metres of illegal nets off the coast of Mayo. Patrick O’Donnell, Milan Funket, and Marek Radomsky were observed by Inland Fisheries…

Royal St. George Dragon ace Neil Hegarty sailing Phantom and crewed four-up, has moved straight into the lead of the 12-boat Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. The local crew of Hegarty with David, Hillary and Emma Williams scored 2,1,1 in the three…

You'll sometimes hear complaints that the impressive JPK range from France are marginally under-canvassed boats, but what's not to like about that when racing on Friday's slowly easing rough and tumble? Paul O'Higgin's well-proven JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI (RIYC) took…

Former and current champions in various major regattas are battling for honours in IRC 1 in the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Mike & Richie Evans's well-starred J/99 Snapshot (Howth YC) got the best of it in today's first race…

The tough first race of IRC Two at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta saw the rugged veteran X-302 Dux (Gore-Grimes family, HYC) loving it, but as things settled down a bit, Olympian Andy Beadsworth in James Dwyer's legendary Half Tonner c (Royal…

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) has opened entries for eligible yachts for the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The 78th edition of the historic 628 nautical mile classic will start on Sydney Harbour at 1 pm on…

A long-awaited project to improve safety at the pier on the Aran island of Inis Oírr may begin by the end of the year, Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys has said. She announced this week that Galway…

Water users have been urged to “take precautions” after an outbreak of crayfish plague on the Munster Blackwater catchment. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), the Marine Institute and independent ecologists are monitoring what they…