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#LECTURES – Following last month's opening lecture, the Killiney & Ballybrack Historical Society will be hosting a talk presented by Jim Robinson on 14 November. The topic "Lady Nelson" The People of Lady Nelson, was a vessel that traded between…
#JOBS & CAREERS - Anyone considering a change of career into the marine sector would do well not to miss the Careers at Sea Expo in Galway. Minister of State for Training and Skills Ciaran Cannon will be on hand…
#BUYING A BOAT - With the current economy making everyone think twice before they spend, the question of whether to buy or rent a boat is one being asked more and more often in the marketplace. But what should you…
#SAIL TRAINING - A new website designed to help make it easier and quicker to find boating training courses across the UK, US, Europe and worldwide has just been launched. The Boating Hub is aimed at both beginners and more…
#MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - It took eight years to cross the Atlantic, but a message in a bottle sent by two girls from eastern Canada finally found a recipient - in Co Waterford. As the Irish Independent reports, 10-year-old…
#islandnation – NUI Galway have awarded Afloat correspondent Tom MacSweeney an honorary Degree of Master of Science, honoris causa at the Autumn Conferrings today in the Bailey Allen Hall at the University. Almost 4,000 students will graduate from NUI Galway…
#pirates – This morning while conducting routine surveillance off the Somali coast, HNMLS ROTTERDAM the flagship for the NATO 'OCEAN SHIELD' counter piracy mission, came under sustained fire from groups of suspected pirates. A boarding team from Rotterdam was making…
Fifteen RS 400s, from as far South as Glandore and as far North as Cushendall formed the main appetiser for the latest RS Ireland traveller series event. A smaller group of RS200s and RS Fevas also battled it out over…
#MARKETPLACE - "Dog eat dog" competition on the high street prompted Dubarry's managing director to reposition the shoe company as a supplier of premium boating clothing and footwear, as The Irish Times reports. Eamonn Fagan explains how he saw an…
#LECTURES – "Below the Surface" is a new series of six monthly held maritime lectures which are aptly to take place on board the replica barque Jeanie Johnston. The tallship built in Blennerville a decade ago, is now a floating…
Our Autumn Issue goes on sale on October 24th 2012, order it from your local newsagent now or Subscribe online and get it delivered to your door! Some of the highlights include... Picking up birds in Kilmore Quay A solo trip from…
#LONDON SHIP SHOW - The 2012 London International Ship Show, will be held on Saturday 27th October at the Royal National Hotel, Bloomsbury, London, writes Jehan Ashmore. The show organised by the Ocean Liner Society, will have exhibitors stands in…
#NEWS UPDATE - The Independent reports that the wreckage of a vessel has been found in the search for a missing yachtswoman off the Devon and Cornwall coast. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, 65-year-old Ona Unwin left Falmouth in Cornwall…
RTÉ One Screening 'A Grand Experience' on the Royal Canal Tomorrow Night
15th October 2012 Maritime TV
#MARITIME ON TV - Be sure to tune in to RTÉ One tomorrow night (Tuesday 16 October) for a special one-off TV documentary following three very different artists on a voyage of inspiration along the Grand Canal. A Grand Experience,…
#INSS – A sailing school training boat and an outboard engine have been stolen from The Irish National Sailing School (INSS) at the West Pier in Dun Laoghaire. The 'FunYak' boat was stolen last Saturday night and the an 8hp…
A 65-year-old woman who left Cornwall, in a yacht purchased the day before has sparked a search and resuce operation after she failed to arrive home in Devon. The £32,000 Seagair sloop was purchased in Falmouth last Thursday. Relatives in…
