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TG4 to Broadcast Volvo Ocean Race Sailing Action Live from Lorient and Galway
26th June 2012 Maritime TV
#VOR – Catch all the latest action and news from the Volvo Ocean Race on TG4 . TG4 will broadcast the in-port race live from Lorient next Saturday as well as the start of Leg 9 on Sunday. On Saturday…
#JUNE JAZZ JETTY – The Waterways Visitor Centre in the heart of the Grand Canal Dock, Dublin is the place to be with the venue buzzing to the sounds of the 'Jazz on the Jetty in June'. The free event…
#NEWS UPDATE - BBC News reports that Carrickfergus Sailing Club in Co Antrim has been destroyed in a fire overnight. Firefighters were called to the scene at Rodgers Quay shortly after 11.30pm last night Friday 22 June. No injuries have…
#NEWS UPDATE - The body found in a river in the Polish town of Bydgoszcz has been confirmed to be that of missing Irish football fan James Nolan. As RTÉ News reports, Nolan was last seen in the early hours…
#mbe – Whale Managing Director, Patrick Hurst has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in recognition of services to the Northern Ireland business community. Patrick is currently involved in a number of business activities, which include…
Afloat's Bumper Summer 2012 is in shop's now and here's a sneek peek at what's inside... News Over a dozen pages of Irish maritime news from the biggest trout landed since 1894, runaway speedboats, new initiative to boost sailing, refitting…
#boatsforsale– Crosshaven boatyard has just reduced the price of a 1982 Beneteau First 32 on its books from €25,900 to €19,900 which broker Hugh Mockler says reflects 'excellent value'. Full details of the yacht are on the boats for sale…
#SYMPOSIUM: SPANISH ARMADA - As part of the four-day long Celtic Fringe Festival, there will be an International Symposium on The Spanish Armada Wrecks in Ireland held on the weekend of 23 and 24th June. The symposium is to be…
#Maritime TV Programmes – A new series Life Patrol: On The Banks Of The Foyle starts tomorrow night at 10.35pm on BBC 1 Northern Ireland. The series gets exclusive access following the work of the Foyle Search and Rescue, the…
#NEWS UPDATE - A Northern Irish sailing charity has been fined by a court for failing to keep proper records, following an investigation into a sinking incident two years ago. BBC News reports that the activities of the Ocean Youth…
#PRESIDENT REOPENS MARITIME MUSEUM- President Michael D. Higgins officially performed the reopening ceremony of the €4m restored National Maritime Museum of Ireland in Dun Laoghaire today, reports Jehan Ashmore. An ecumenical service was held by Canon Victor Stacey, Dean of…
#IRISH SAILING UPDATE – Ireland's out of the Commodore's Cup, Team Toy Yot are sailors of the month, watch out today for big tides, there's a full moon, diamond sailing on Loch Fyne, we have the pics, a Bangor couple…
#JUBILEE FLOTILLA - A couple from Bangor in Co Down will cruise their boat among the hundreds of vessels packed in the River Thames today for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee flotilla. As BBC News reports, Robin and Evelyn Clark believe…
#BOATSFORSALE – The 1995 Maxi 1000 for sale through Crosshaven Boatyard in County Cork has been reduced from €72,500 to €69,500 She is in excellent condition accordinhg to the broker and can be viewed out of the water in Crosshaven.…
#SAILSPREE – TV personality and keen sailor Kathryn Thomas launched a new initiative to encourage people to get on the water this summer in a special weekend of activites that the Irish Sailing Association (ISA) says will be like 'Culture…
Marine Notice: Standards of Materials, Fixtures and Fittings Acceptable on Class-Exempt Unlicensed Vessels
27th May 2012 News Update
#MARINE NOTICE - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) outlines the standards of materials, fixtures and fittings acceptable for use on class-exempt unlicensed vessels, defined as boats carrying passengers for the purpose of…
