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Rosslare Harbour RNLI launched to the assistance of a 44ft sailing yacht with three people aboard on Tuesday (30 May) after it developed mechanical problems. The all-weather lifeboat was requested by the Irish Coast Guard at 2.27pm and within half…

Waterways Ireland advises masters of vessels on the Shannon Navigation that the in-river works for the construction of the Killaloe Bypass bridge are progressing as planned. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the bridge is being constructed around 1km downstream of…

A group of young kayakers in Galway were treated to a scarce sight at the weekend when an angelshark surprised them for a brief swim-around. Kayaking instructors Ronan Breathnach and Colm O’Loan from Galway Bay Sailing Club had the presence…

Cork Harbour Festival starts this week to celebrate Cork’s greatest natural amenities, Cork Harbour and the River Lee, through a packed festival programme across 10 days from 2 – 11 June. The festival highlights the incredible choice of attractions and…

Scottish government owned ferry operator CalMac have confirmed the new timetable for the catamaran MV Alfred which is to serve on the Forth of Clyde route between Ardrossan and the Isle of Arran. According to the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald,…

Irish Ferries celebrated the first day of sailings today of the cruiseferry Oscar Wilde, which is the largest and fastest on the Irish Sea and aims to live up to the famous Oscar Wilde quote “I have the simplest of tastes.…

“There’s a Japanese man coming, it’s probably revenge..would you just go away, I’m old; I don’t mind dying “ “I came back three hours later and they were on their third bottle of white wine..” That’s one of many memories…

Long serving RNLI lifeboat Coxswain John O’Donnell retired today (Wednesday, 31 May) after 21 years of saving lives at sea on the west coast of Ireland. Born and raised on Inis Mór on the Aran Islands, John has been Coxswain…

Royal St George Yacht Club's Michael O'Connor, Davy Taylor and Ed Cook have taken third overall in the SB20 class of the North Sea Regatta, the largest regatta on the Dutch North Sea. The consistent Dublin Bay crew are in training…

Tokyo 2020 UK stars John Gimson, Anna Burnet, and Emma Wilson will headline a stellar cast of athletes picked to represent Great Britain at the Paris 2024 test event that includes Dun Laoghaire's Saskia Tidey from the Royal Irish Yacht…

Finn Lynch will not be racing at the Allianz Regatta at The Hague this week, despite his silver medal performance at the North Sea Regatta at the same venue, because the Rio Olympian is focussing on preparations for the Olympic test event…

Tokyo 2020 Olympians Robert Dickson (Howth Yacht Club) with Sean Waddilove (Skerries Sailing Club) return to competition in the 49er Men's skiff event at Allianz Regatta in The Netherlands this week after a period of illness and a year after achieving…

Following a successful inaugural race in 2022, the date for the 2024 Kinsale Yacht Club Inishtearaght Race has been set to start on Friday, 24th May 2024. The date has been set to be one month before the Round Ireland…

CHC Ireland said it is “with regret” that it learnt it was unsuccessful in its bid to retain its contract for the Irish Coast Guard search and rescue (SAR) service. “CHC has served the people of Ireland for 20-plus years…

For some of the Northern Ireland boats which competed in the Scottish Series at Tarbert, the results were very pleasing. Of the nine who made the trip north, the best results were from Ballyholme-based Kevin Byers and Michael Russell’s Sigma…

One sailor has died and the search for a second has been stood down following two separate incidents in cross-Channel races at the weekend, as Marine Industry News reports. On Friday (26 May), a British man understood to be from…

The Our Shared Ocean funding programme, specifically designed to build strategic research partnerships between Ireland and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), has launched a suite of competitive calls to support capacity building in eligible SIDS partner countries in the areas…

Team Ireland will have strong representation in the Canoeing events at the European Games in Krakow, with eight Canoe Slalom athletes and one Canoe Sprint athlete named by the Olympic Federation of Ireland today. Jenny Egan is the sole competitor…

A UK father’s ambitious voyage across the Atlantic in a homemade yacht has ended as soon as it began as the “wheelie bin” vessel sank in a Canadian harbour. As MailOnline reports, 49-year-old Andrew Bedwell had intended to sail 1,900…

The J24 Northern Championship, hosted by Mayo Sailing Club, saw 14 teams from around the country compete in six races over the weekend of 27th and 28th May. The event was raced in moderate winds and sunshine against the picturesque…