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#BOAT JUMBLE – Three Irish boat jumble sales including a new venue in Cork kick the 2012 boating season off in March and April. The jumbles commence on Sunday March 25th at the Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire. They continue…
#TITANIC - Every seat has been snapped up for a special black-tie dinner in Galway next month that will recreate one of the last meals served on the Titanic. Two menus recovered from the ship have provided the inspiration for…
#BOATS FOR SALE – A 'highly spec'd and well maintained' 2007 Elan 340 has just come on the market. According to the broker Crosshaven Boatyard in Cork 'the yacht has the unique advantage of earning an income for her new…
#NEWS UPDATE - RTÉ News reports that a body found in Glandore Harbour today is that of Tit Bonhomme skipper Michael Hayes. The body of the 52-year-old from Helvick Head in Co Waterford, who went missing more than three weeks…
#BOATS FOR SALE – A 1995 Nauticat 32 that the broker says is 'a really good example of this quality pilot-house cruising yacht', a 1984 Jeanneau Arcadia 29 designed by Tony Castro, a 2005 Beneteau First 36.7 with a rig…
#MARITIME LECTURES – This weeks 'Thursday' Night Talk organised by the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) is indeed about the very strange tale of the "Ouzel Galley". Not many folk are aware that Dublin had its own maritime mystery…
#MARITIME EXHIBITION – The Loughshinny & Rush Historical Society is to host a maritime exhibition of artefacts next Thursday (9th February) at the Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Many items trawled in the locality of the fishing harbour will…
#DALKEY ISLAND PROSPECT – Environment Minister Phil Hogan has rejected a call by Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and others for a public inquiry into Providence Resources foreshore licence application to survey and drill for oil and gas in Dublin Bay, the…
#NEWS UPDATE - The search for two fishermen still missing after their boat went down off West Cork nearly three weeks ago will be wound down next week, The Irish Times reports. Search teams have been combing the area for…
#NEWS UPDATE - Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney has launched a public consultation process on harnessing the potential of Ireland's vast marine resources. Our Ocean Wealth is calling for input into how Ireland can best capitalise on the trillion-euro…
#NEWS UPDATE - Breaking News reports that the search for a 38-year-old man who went kayaking near Cromane in Co Kerry in the early hours of yesterday will resume this morning. The alarm was raised yesterday morning after the man…
#NEWS UPDATE - The Irish Coast Guard told RTÉ News that it has received an "overwhelming" response from the diving community to its appeal to join the search in West Cork for two missing fishermen. Skipper Michael Hayes and crewman…
#BOATS FOR SALE – A 'lightly used' Dufour 385 built in 2006 has been further reduced by €15,500 and is now available at €99,000. The family cruiser is described online as 'solid and well equipped'. The yacht, which can be…
April 12-15 Dun Laoghaire's Youth Nationals, Royal St. George, Dun Laoghaire May 10-19 470 World Championship 11-18 Finn World Championship 25-27 ICRA Cruiser National Championships, Howth June 8-10 1720 Nationals, Royal Cork 9 Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club Regatta 9…
On Saturday 21st January Suzuki Motor Corporation launched two new fuel-efficient and high performance four stroke outboard motors – the all-new DF20A and the new generation DF15A. These new models were unveiled at the Düsseldorf Boat Show and are the…
#NORTH SAILS SEMINAR – US Sailmaker Bill Gladstone of North Sails returns to these shores for a nine stop lecture tour of Ireland starting this Saturday at the country's biggest club, the Royal St George YC in Dun Laoghaire. Gladstone…
