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Irish Interest Grows in Malta's Middle Sea Race as Entry Reaches 100 Yacht Milestone
6th September 2021 Middle Sea Race
With 50 days to the start of the 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race, the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) is preparing itself for a stellar fleet and there is Irish offshore sailing interest in the lineup too with Kinsale's XP50…
Ireland's Sailing is Healthy. It's the Shore Time That Causes Problems…
4th September 2021 W M Nixon
Let's hear it for coloured sails. On a grey day on a grey bay, every last spinnaker or asymmetric or gennaker or whatever with a splash of colour was more than welcome yesterday morning (Friday) to help bring the grimly…
Mayo Offshore Sailor Joan Mulloy Sails from Iceland to Greenland on Climate Change Mission
24th August 2021 Offshore
Joan Mulloy, a professional solo sailor from Ireland, has joined Team UMIAQ, a group of female athletes, filmmakers, scientists and technologists sailing from Iceland to Greenland to conduct research, drive awareness and start a new conversation around climate change. The…
Kinsale Yacht Freya Competing in Palermo to Monte Carlo Race (Tracker Here!)
21st August 2021 Offshore
Conor Doyle’s XP50 ‘Freya’ from Kinsale Yacht Club starts in Saturday's 450-mile Palermo to Montecarlo Race as the sole Irish entry in the Italian classic. An international fleet of 56 boats will race in the fixture organised by the Circolo…
This year the Rolex Fastnet Race featured on the Classe Figaro calendar. Unfortunately, the proximity of it to the mid-August start of La Solitaire du Figaro, the class’ premier event and the effective World Championship of solo offshore racing, meant…
Video footage shows what’s left of a luxury motor yacht after it was destroyed by fire off the south of France. As Marine Industry News reports, the 29m Sanlorenzo yacht Reine d’Azur had been on a charter trip off the…
Rumball & Lee Review 'Gruelling' Tour De Bretagne a La Voile & Prepare for Fastnet Race
27th July 2021 Fastnet
The Irish Offshore Sailing team RL Sailing, sponsored by Hanley Energy, recently completed the gruelling Tour De Bretagne a La Voile. The famous race was spread across several stages over nine days, with a combination of inshore and offshore racing…
Peter Coad’s Seamanlike Self-Reliance Displayed off Sherkin Island in Fastnet 500 Race
9th July 2021 Offshore
Once upon a time, it was a tradition of offshore sailing - whether racing or cruising - that self-reliance in all circumstances was the golden thread running through your every venture at sea. You’ll note we say “ventures”. The traditional…
Mixed Offshore European & World Championships Set for 2021 Marina Militare Nastro Rosa
8th July 2021 Offshore
World Sailing and the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF) have confirmed that the 2021 Hempel Offshore World Championship and the EUROSAF Mixed Offshore European Championship will be held alongside the 2021 Marina Militare Nastro Rosa regatta in Italy. In addition to…
IRC Zero represents the glamour end of the keelboat fleet in the Rolex Fastnet Race. It’s likely that we’ll see line honours go to one of the maxis in the class, perhaps George David’s 88ft defending line honour champion Rambler…
Offshore Sailing Duo Kenny Rumball & Pamela Lee Prepare for Tour de Bretagne à la Voile With New Sponsor
28th June 2021 Pamela Lee
RL Sailing, the shorthanded, offshore sailing team made up of joint skippers Kenneth Rumball and Pamela Lee have signed up a new sponsor for their next race in the 2021 competition calendar – the Tour de Bretagne à la Voile…
Almost six months after they competed in the world’s most brutal race — the singlehanded non-stop lap of the planet that is the Vendée Globe — many of the IMOCA fleet will be returning to the race course for the…
National Yacht Club's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race is Clarion Call for Ireland's 2021 Sailing Season
5th June 2021 W M Nixon
Way back whenever, as each wave of COVID seemed to sweep over its predecessor with a power worthy of Aileens herself, the incurable optimists among Ireland's sailors continued to hope that by some miracle we'd have reached a stage on…
Irish waters are the centre of attention for French offshore sailing fans today as the 12th CIC Normandy Channel Race races around the Fastnet Rock. The five leaders in the 12th CIC Normandy Channel Race rounded Fastnet at dawn this…
Royal Cork's Nin O'Leary Leads Irish Crew on Superyacht Aragon for Sardinia's Loro Piana Regatta
26th May 2021 Superyachts
Dublin Bay, Howth and Cork Harbour crews will race the latest 29-metre Aragon in Sardinia next week at the prestigious Italian superyacht Loro Piana Regatta. Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Cian Guilfoyle fresh from last week's RC 44 Cup as Afloat reported here,…
There was high drama at the Regata dei Tre Golfi, part of the Rolex Capri Sailing Week in Italy when one of the competitors collided with a tug boat and sank during an overnight passage race. A record fleet of over…