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15th November 2011 Boat Sales
#BOATS FOR SALE – In spite of the doom and gloom boats are still selling through Afloat and we've had a great testimonial from Crosshaven Boatyard of the Afloat boats for sale site. Here's they're note which maybe of interest…
#JOBS – Royal Cork Yacht Club (RCYC) is recruiting an Administrator on a fixed term contract for its Cork Week 2012 regatta. Cork Week, a major biennial event, the next hosting of which will take place from the 7th July…
#JOBS – Three Irish Sailing Clubs are seeking sailing instructors for the 2012 season. The National Yacht Club is seeking a senior sailing instructor for its summer courses that run from from the 4th June to the 6th of July…
#PHOTO–Yachting photographer Rick Tomlinson has been awarded the Inmarsat Pioneer of Media Award at the Volvo Legends Regatta in Alicante, the presentation coinciding with the publication of his 2012 award winning calendar. The photographer who originally hails from from the…
# FASHION –In addition to this evening's fashion show in aid of the development fund for the Maritime Institute of Ireland's maritime museum in Dun Laoghaire, as previously reported on Afloat.ie, a maritime morning of free lectures will be presented…
#JOBS & CAREERS - Canoeing Ireland, the national governing body for canoe sports in Ireland, has a vacancy for a general manager based at its headquarters in Dublin. http://www.afloat.ie/resources/business/jobs-and-careers http://afloat.ie/watersport/canoeing/ The successful candidate will "lead the organisation, its members and…
#BOATS FOR SALE – In spite of the doom and gloom boats are still selling through Afloat and we've had good news from one customer this week who sold his yacht within a few weeks of the advert going up…
#MOTORBOAT – The owner of a Princess 42 luxury motor yacht has pleaded guilty to carrying more people than licensed to do so between Strangford to Peel, Isle of Man. The merchant vessel 'Sarah May III' is registered in the…
#JOBS AND CAREERS-The Marine Institute's Student Training Programme for recent graduates is designed to provide work experience opportunities in an area in which they are interested. As part of Fisheries Science Services, interested graduates will provide administrative support to the…
We count down the top ten most popular stories on afloat.ie from the past couple of weeks... 10. Dublin Port outlines plans for a dedicated Cruise Terminal 9. New scheme introduced to measure the sound pollution from wave energy 8.…
#MARITIME MUSEUM – Independent T.D.'s Richard Boyd Barrett, Luke'Ming' Flanagan and Mick Wallace are to don 'conservative' attire, albeit briefly!..wearing collars, ties and suits for a 'Fashion Show Extavaganza' to aid the re-opening of the National Maritime Museum in Dun…
#SAILING SCHOOL – Tralee Bay Sailing School was one of the 15 winners, out of over 600 applicants, in the Island of Ireland 'Coca-Cola 125 Years Thank You Fund' awards. Tralee Bay Sailing School has been awarded €5,000 euro to…
#NEWS UPDATE - The Irish Times reports that rescue teams searching for a Finnish student who fell off a cliff on Achill Island have found a body. http://www.afloat.ie/resources/news-update/ http://afloat.ie/safety/rescue/ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1104/breaking22.html The 22-year-old student was thought to be visiting the area…
Paris-based photographer Gilles Perrin is exhibiting 'People of the Sea' which is a documentary of photographs taken of the Irish Fishing industry, which is currently running in Dublin's Alliance Française Cultural Centre on Kildare Street until 26th November, writes Jehan…
#BOATS FOR SALE – New to our Boats for Sale site is this Tony Castro 3/4 Tonner. "Strictly Business" is a one off Tony Castro 3/4 Ton design. She was built in 1988 and named "Bateleur 88" and was successfully…
#DEHUMIDIFIER – Meaco, distributed in Ireland by CH Marine, have redeveloped the popular DD8L dehumidifier and introduced a brand new model into the range the Meaco DD8L Junior which together make up the next generation of energy saving desiccant dehumidifiers.…