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The overnight leader Marco Sorgassi of the host club, emerged as the overall winner after six races sailed in the 6-rig at the Irish  ILCA Masters' Championships sailed under the burgee of the Royal St. George Yacht Club. The consistent…

James Matthews, David Good, Harry Lewis and Fergal O’Hanlon of the host club were the overall winners by three points of the O'Leary Life Irish South Coast Dragon Championships sailed at Kinsale Yacht Club from 26th – 28th May. A fleet…

Dublin Port Company in conjunction with The Irish Nautical Trust are promoting a Safe Passage Communication Course for all users of leisure craft in the Dublin Bay and Dublin Port area. Call VTS Channel 12 and contact your home club…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has announced the 24 projects awarded a total of €999,272 from the Salmon and Sea Trout Rehabilitation, Conservation and Protection Fund. The competitive fund, administered by IFI, supports sustainable development initiatives to ensure native salmon and…

Change may be coming to The Ocean Race. Since the opening leg from Alicante to Cabo Verde, skipper Kevin Escoffier and his rotating cast of characters on Team Holcim-PRB have been firmly positioned at the top of the IMOCAs’ overall…

The European Rowing Championships on Lake Bled, Slovenia are over, and Ireland won't be coming home with any medals. Brian Colsh showed his strength in the middle of the C Final of the Men's Scull. Passing the first 500m mark…

The volunteer lifeboat crew of Howth RNLI launched their inshore lifeboat to two separate incidents this weekend to boats which had suffered engine failure. On Friday night, shortly after 21:30, the lifeboat was launched to reports of a sailing yacht…

Royal Cork Yacht Club's Dave Kenefick crew have won the 1720 Southern Championships at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club from start to finish after five races sailed in Cork Harbour. What a difference a day makes! Saturday's Mediterranean conditions gave way to a dull…

A relative of corals and jellyfish, which can live for thousands of years, has been used to study the developmental potential of adult stem cells. A research team in the Centre for Chromosome Biology, University of Galway, selected the cnidarian…

Barrel jellyfish have been washing up in unusually large numbers along the entire coastline as far as Cork in the past few months. As The Irish Times reports, sightings have been recorded from Lough Foyle off Derry, right around to…

Colin Byrne in the XP33 Bon Exemple continued his winning run in the IRC One division of Dublin Bay Sailing Club's AIB Summer Series on Saturday, taking his second wind from five races sailed.  In yet another light wind outing,…

Irish Olympic silver medalist Annalise Murphy is back in competition but not in sailing; now, the Irish Laser sailing superstar is winning in the velodrome.  Murphy, seven years on from her silver medal in Rio 2016, is making headlines again…

The Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association Diamond Anniversary sail down the River Liffey and out into Dublin Bay was completed in fine style on Saturday lunchtime (May 27th), thanks to some gentle easterly winds and warm sunshine. The 60th anniversary weekend…

Royal Cork Yacht Club's Dave Kenefick crew lead the 1720 Southern Championships at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club after two races sailed in Cork Harbour. It was T-shirts and shorts weather for the sportsboats crews in a strong fleet of 20 boats representing…

The Scottish Series 2023 on Saturday was dominated by changeable conditions. Although the wind was always present, it could be classed as extremely variable, which made the race officers' jobs very difficult when it came to setting a course. A…

Records are being set and then broken again on Leg 5 of The Ocean Race 2022-23. First it was 11th Hour Racing Team, powering to a new standard only to be eclipsed a short time later by Team Holcim-PRB, who…

Day three of the European Rowing Championships on Lake Bled in Slovenia saw the A Finals of Ireland's Women's Four, Lightweight Women's Double and Lightweight Men's Double. Three finals are now completed and seven more are to come. Philip Doyle…

Gareth Martel from Royal Ulster Yacht Club on Belfast Lough, and his crew and runners on the Beneteau 40.7 Pippa VI had a very successful Scottish Islands Peaks Race finishing second overall. Gareth was delighted with the result “It was…

Marco Sorgassi of the host club leads after three races sailed in the ILCA 6 rig at the Masters' Championships sailing under the burgee of the Royal St. George Yacht Club. The regatta opened in light easterly winds and bright…

The last time we saw the VO65 fleet in The Ocean Race was in January and the teams had just completed the opening stage of the VO65 Sprint, from Alicante in Spain to Cabo Verde. The Polish-flagged WindWhisper Racing Team…