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Global Growth: World Sailing’s new three-year partnership with FarEast will provide boats and equipment to support international events, development projects and grassroots sailing worldwide.
World Sailing has signed a three-year global partnership with marine manufacturer Shanghai FarEast Co. Ltd, with boats and equipment to be supplied for international events and development programmes around the world. The agreement, announced on Wednesday (12 August), makes FarEast a…
Tom Dolan at the controls aboard his Figaro Kingspan as he prepares to return to offshore racing in L’Adventura
Irish offshore sailor Tom Dolan is preparing to return to racing later this month aboard the repaired Figaro Kingspan, teaming up with longtime friend and mentor Gildas Mahé for the season-ending L’Adventura. The double-handed race starts from Port Bourgenay on…
New York Harbour at dusk near the Statue of Liberty, where a fatal boat capsizing left a mother and her five-month-old daughter dead and led to federal charges against the vessel’s captain.
A boat captain is facing federal charges after a vessel carrying 14 people capsized near the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour, resulting in the deaths of a 27-year-old woman and her five-month-old daughter. The incident occurred at approximately…
Rescue Response: Ballycotton RNLI’s Trent-class all-weather lifeboat The Austin Lidbury, which joined Youghal RNLI and Rescue 117 during a multi-agency rescue following a suspected shark bite off Ardmore.
A person was airlifted to hospital following a suspected shark bite off the Waterford coast on Tuesday afternoon, in a multi-agency rescue involving Ballycotton and Youghal RNLI and the Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 117. Ballycotton RNLI was requested to…
Belfast Icons: The Samson and Goliath gantry cranes symbolise the engineering and maritime heritage of Harland & Wolff shipyard, which, after two decades, are to return to service for constructing naval newbuilds.
Belfast Harbour’s iconic yellow gantry shipyard cranes, Samson and Goliath, are returning to regular service for the first time in over two decades at the Queen's Island site, according to a report from Yahoo Finance. As IndexBox writes, the cranes,…
Irish cruising yacht under sail on the Irish coast
Irish Sailing is inviting southern cruising skippers to help identify the obstacles facing coastal cruising in Ireland at a meeting in Crosshaven later this month. The Irish Sailing Cruising and Representation Policy Group (IS CRPG) will hold the meeting at…
Dragon Charge: A packed Dragon fleet races on the Solent, where 49 boats will contest the 2026 Edinburgh Cup and UK Grand Prix at Cowes.
Four Irish boats will line up at Cowes for the 2026 Dragon Edinburgh Cup and UK Grand Prix, where a 49-strong international fleet will contest the largest edition of the regatta in 30 years. Ireland’s challenge includes former Edinburgh Cup…
RNLI lifeboat crew and lifeguards feature in the eleventh series of Saving Lives at Sea, which marks 10 years of the lifesaving programme on the BBC.
The RNLI’s Saving Lives at Sea will return to television screens for an eleventh series this month, marking ten years since the lifesaving series first aired on the BBC. The new 10-part series, featuring RNLI lifeboat crews and lifeguards from…
Worlds bound: Seven members of Ireland's eight-strong Team Racing World Championship squad before travelling to Stockholm. Henry Higgins was unavailable for the team photograph
Ireland's eight-strong squad for the World Sailing Team Racing World Championship brings together sailors with backgrounds ranging from Olympic classes and team racing to match racing, keelboats and offshore competition. The championship begins in Stockholm on Wednesday (12 August), with…
A dead trout found by IFI in a fish kill at a tributary of the Moynalty River north of Kells
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and its statutory partners are investigating another “significant” fish kill, this time near Kells in Co Meath where more than 500 brown trout have died. The incident occurred at a tributary of the Moynalty River north of Kells,…
File image of the Marine Institute research vessel Tom Crean, which will be engaged in survey work for the DMAP from Friday 14 August
The Department of Transport has been notified by the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE) that they will undertake hydrographic and geophysical surveys in the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP) to inform future offshore renewable energy…
Colourful Contest: The GP14 fleet streams downwind under a vivid spread of spinnakers as crews tackle the light and shifting conditions at the 2026 GP14 World Championship on Belfast Lough.
Ger Owens and Mel Morris have strengthened their grip on the 2026 GP14 World Championship at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, holding a two-point advantage after five races as a difficult, shifting breeze tested the 90-boat fleet. Owens and…
Tough Nut races past the rocky shoreline off Howth during Howth Yacht Club’s annual Double Handed event, where crews of two faced a varied course in 10–14 knot conditions.
Howth Yacht Club’s annual double-handed race attracted a record entry across three classes on Sunday, 9 August, as crews tested their shorthanded boat-handling skills in 10-14 knots and August sunshine. The fleet was divided between Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker and Puppeteer classes, bringing…
Majestic Princess cruise ship alongside at Cobh Cruise Terminal in Cork Harbour
One of the largest cruise ships visiting Cork Harbour this year, the 143,700-tonne Majestic Princess, made another call to Cobh Cruise Terminal on Tuesday (11 August). The 330-metre Princess Cruises vessel, which can accommodate around 3,560 passengers, arrived at Cobh…
The 2026 McIntyre Golden Globe Race fleet brings together 17 provisional skippers from 11 countries for a solo, non-stop circumnavigation starting from Les Sables-d’Olonne on 6 September
The 17 provisional skippers preparing for the 2026 McIntyre Golden Globe Race will meet the media in Les Sables-d’Olonne on Thursday, 13 August, less than a month before the solo round-the-world race starts. The press conference will take place at the…
Shallow Water: Carrybridge RNLI volunteers navigate in just 0.8 metres of water while responding to a 13-metre Dutch barge aground west of Kilmore Quay with two people and two dogs aboard.
Carrybridge RNLI volunteers were called into action on Monday afternoon after a 13-metre Dutch barge carrying two people and two dogs ran aground on Lough Erne. The station's inshore lifeboat, Douglas Euan & Kay Richards, launched at 3.49 pm on…
The RNLI Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat Ruby Robinson powers through heavy seas during a training exercise. The Atlantic 85 Mk4 will introduce upgraded crew seating, improved casualty recovery and new onboard technology.
The RNLI has published details about the upgrading of the Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat to the Atlantic 85 MK4. “The Atlantic 85 is the third generation of B-class lifeboat. Its predecessors were the Atlantic 21 and Atlantic 75. With over…
Healthy Oceans, Healthy Minds: Belfast Harbour's Jenni Barkley (left) and Live Here Love Here's Fern Keeney launch the 2026 Healthy Oceans Healthy Minds campaign, encouraging people to explore and protect Northern Ireland's blue spaces throughout August.
Live Here Love Here's Healthy Oceans Healthy Minds campaign has returned for a sixth year, with a month-long programme of events encouraging people across Northern Ireland to connect with the region's coastline, rivers and waterways. Sponsored by Belfast Harbour and…
Seven members of Ireland's Team Racing World Championship squad in Dún Laoghaire ahead of their departure for Stockholm
Ireland has set its sights on a semi-final place at the Team Racing World Championship in Stockholm, where racing gets underway this week. Team captain Jamie McMahon says the eight-strong Irish squad is "quietly confident" after a summer of J/80…
Navantia UK’s new deck cargo pontoon, NUK Seahorse is to transport modular blocks for three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships, from their Appledore shipyard, England to Harland & Wolff, Belfast where final assembly is to take place. The pontoon is for unmanned towing operation, principally the carriage of FSS modules between fabrication facilities, but also for unrestricted navigation, deep sea tows carrying and a variety of deck cargoes. The Appledore yard, under other owners, built all six ships of the Irish Naval Service P50 and P60 OPVs.
A new transport barge, built by Navanita UK's one of two facilities in Scotland, will carry shipyard-built blocks between Appledore, England, and Belfast, supporting the delivery of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships, writes Jehan Ashmore. The…

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