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#ISAYOUTHNATS – Although there is a Portuguese leader of the Irish Laser Radial class championships, Dun Laoghaire's Finn Lynch is only three points adrift of Pedro Roque after the first two races in light airs of the Mitsubishi Irish Youth…
Dublin Bay Prawn Festival Celebrates Scampi, Nephrop and Langoustine
12th April 2012 Maritime Festivals
MARITIME FESTIVAL – A Dublin Bay Prawn Festival will be held in Howth, Co. Dublin from April 27th – 29th. The Dublin Bay Prawn is highly regarded around the world, appearing on the menus of many of the world's best…
#ICRA – Over 50 boats have aready entered the ICRA Nationals in Howth and another 50 are expected but the offer of a reduced entry feef from €175 to €125 for the BMW sponsored event expires this weekend.The offer includes…
An 88-berth Cork Harbour Marina located in Monkstown was officially opened on Saturday (7th of April) by Minister for the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD. Phase one of the planned 300-berth marina facility in Monkstown Co. Cork, aptly named 'Cork Harbour…
#JUMBLE – A Boat Jumble in Cork city planned for this weekend at Custom House Quay has been 'postponed' following organiser concerns about a 'low level of participation'. The plan is to tweak the event format to encourage a greater…
#BOOK REVIEW – This is a book which documents the entire output of the Belfast shipyards since construction of the first ship "Silistria", launched in 1854, was begun by Robert Hickson. Interestingly Belfast had no natural advantages for the building…
#KINSALE – Easter Monday dawned overcast and breezy for the second week of the KYC Spring Series, sponsored this week by Cheeky Cherubs crèches writes Peadar Murphy. By the time the hardy competitors were out on course they were faced…
#OYSTER – A Cork yacht has taken a class win in the prestigious Oyster Regatta in the British Virgin Islands. Stephen and Aileen Hyde's Oyster 56 from Crosshaven, A Lady did not win a single race but their consistent form…
#CRUISER RACER –-Buoyed up by some early successes abroad Irish cruiser racer fans are in for a treat at home now with Howth Yacht Club staging three cruiser events before the end of May giving a major kick-start to the…
#INLAND – The Shannon navigation is now open following dredging in the vicinity of the Hunt Museum and Custom House Moorings in Limerick say Waterways Ireland. The Hunt Museum moorings will remain closed however until notice.
46 craft have put pen to paper for WIORA, and it is envisaged that 50 craft will be taking to the water's of the Shannon Estuary for Foyne Yacht Club's golden jubilee and it hosting of the West of Ireland…
The Irish RS Dinghy Class Association Inland Championship is set to take place at Lough Ree Yacht Club on the weekend of the 28th and 29th of April. This will be the first time the Feva class will join up…
#SAILOR OF THE MONTH – Our new Irish Independent/Afloat.ie "Sailor of the Month" is a boat enthusiast who does good work by stealth. In fact, "under the radar" is the apt term in every way when talking about Hal Sisk's…
#COAST GUARD – The operation to remove the remaining 24,000 litres of fuel oil, along with oily water and other hazardous materials from the grounded vessel 'Carrier' was completed yesterday evening. The vessel, which ran aground on 4 April near…
After more then 7,500 nautical miles of racing from Auckland, starting with a first-night battering as bad as any in the race's history and on through brutal conditions in the Southern Ocean and around Cape Horn, PUMA's Mar Mostro crossed…
#YOUTH NATIONALS –The GBR Youth Sailing team is showing the depth of its ambition by arriving in Dun Laoghaire a full week ahead of the Irish Mitsubishi Youth National Championships this weekend. They are part of an influx of foreign…
Councillors to Consider New Dun Laoghaire Harbour Sea Baths
9th April 2012 Dun Laoghaire Baths Project
Funding for a new sea baths located inside Dun Laoghaire harbour on Dublin Bay will be considered tomorrow by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Councillors. The new sea baths proposal is part of Dun Laoghaire harbour company's master plan launched last June…
#OFFSHORE – Solent winds finally came good for the last day of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's (RORC's) Easter Sailing Challenge on Easter Sunday with Irish boats from Royal Cork YC , Howth YC and Royal Irish YC, Dun Laoghaire…
#OYSTER – Stephen and Aileen Hyde's Oyster 56 Lady A from Royal Cork Yacht Club is in the mix for an overall trophy at the Oyster Regatta in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) following dazzling conditions for the third race…
Team GBR Named for Dublin Bay ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships
8th April 2012 Dublin Bay 2012 Youth Worlds
#DUBLIN BAY 2012 – As the RYA Volvo Youth National Championships 2012 came to a close on Friday (6 April) after four days of adrenaline-charged racing in Cardigan Bay, Sarah Webb Gosling OBE who represented Britain twice at the ISAF…
