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Last week saw Bray Sailing Club’s partnership with Lakers return for the 2023 season. Lakers is a local sports and activities club for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Blue skies, sunshine, and perfect wind conditions greeted the volunteer Instructors…

CD Environmental Calves Week Regatta race committee at Schull in West Cork will include a race mark in the vicinity of Crookhaven Harbour on this year’s course list. Schull Harbour Club Commodore Mark Murphy has announced that, subject to weather,…

A hundred years ago next Tuesday, June 20th, Conor O'Brien (1880-1952) of Foynes took his departure with some fanfare aboard his 42ft Saoirse from the harbour her skipper preferred to call Dunleary, though most of its citizens saw it as…

Dalkey Rowing Club (DRC) hosts its first regatta on Saturday (June 17th) since 2019 due to the pandemic and bad weather last year.  The coastal rowers are marking their 90th year, so there's an added buzz and excitement in the air…

All five VO65s left The Hague in full racing trim on Thursday afternoon (15 June), heading into Stage 3 of the VO65 Sprint Cup. Unfortunately, the same couldn’t be said for the IMOCA fleet, where a dramatic collision has left…

Under blue skies this Bloomsday, the launch of an Arklow Shipping cargoship took place at a shipyard in the north-east of The Netherlands , writes Jehan Ashmore. Near the Dutch city of Groningen the Arklow Glen (yard no. 455) built…

The Ruffian 23s are congregating in Portaferry on Strangford Lough to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Irish-designed and built one-design class this weekend.  As Afloat reported earlier, Heather Kennedy, the late boat designer Billy Brown’s daughter, is one of the…

Though there are no confirmed Irish entries so far, at least two Irish big boats, one from Dublin and one from Cork, are expected to compete in this year's 44th Rolex Middle Sea Race organised by the The Royal Malta…

Howth Yacht Club has nominated Dave Maguire's 'Team Valkyrie'  to represent Ireland and HYC at the Rolex New York Invitational Cup 2023 in the autumn. Two top Irish sailing teams, one from Dublin and one from Cork, will contest the Cup this September…

The 100-footer (which set the race record in 2012 as Esimit Europa 2), crossed the finish line in Genoa at 11:33:16 after 26h 30m 16s of racing. It was an impeccable regatta for the big maxi which led the fleet…

The Ultim trimarans are set to become especially newsworthy over the next months with the first ever race for five of these extreme 32m long by 23m wide flying trimarans, around the world, non-stop, singlehanded, setting sail from Brest, France…

Just 17 minutes into the start of the final leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23 on Thursday evening (15 June) and during the short, inshore race course, 11th Hour Racing Team’s 60-foot race boat was hit by competitor Guyot environnement…

Leslie Parnell's First 34.7, Black Velvet was the winner of Thursday night's (June 15th) Class Two IRC AIB DBSC Summer Series racing on Dublin Bay. The Royal Irish yacht finished 4 seconds ahead on corrected time over Brendan Foley's First 8, Allig8r from…

Waterways Ireland wishes to advises all masters of vessels on and users of the Royal Canal that a canoe polo event will be taking place in Kilcock Harbour this Sunday 18 June. In order to facilitate the event, navigation in…

Waterways Ireland advises all masters of vessels on and users of the Lower Bann navigation that emergency repair works are being carried out on Movanagher Lock until next Friday 23 June. Passage through the lock southwest of Ballymoney in Co…

Stewardship of our coastal waters, our rich seaweed resource and its potential to mitigate climate change is the theme of a discussion involving two leading marine experts at the Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas this Saturday, June 17th.…

Stena Line’s latest addition to its expanding Irish Sea ferry fleet, Stena Vision, has departed a shipyard in Gdansk, Poland following a major refit investment programme and is bound for Rosslare Europort. The 39,178 gross tonnage cruise ferry for the…

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) finds that many of the necessary conditions for the entry into operation of the Entry/Exit System (EES) [1] and (EU) 2017/2225 are not yet met. The level of implementation of the EES in most countries is…

CHC Ireland has confirmed that it has initiated a High Court challenge to the validity of the tender procedure for the Irish Coast Guard’s new search and rescue contract. Earlier this month, Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan confirmed that Bristow…

The Volunteer lifeboat crew of the Aran Islands RNLI was requested to launch their All-weather Severn Lifeboat at 1.58am on Wednesday June 14 to attend to a woman with an injured ankle in need of further medical attention on Inis…