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On the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of September, Cullaun Sailing club hosted the Wayfarer Inland championships in conjunction with the club's annual mixed fleet regatta.It was a heart lifting sight to see so many cars in the car…

After a wet and windy season the weather gods conjured up a new and unusual challenge for the finale of the RORC 2011 season: light airs and thick fog. Speaking after the race the overall winner, RORC Vice Commodore, Mike…

Flor O’Driscoll, who recently retained his J24 National title and won Class 3 in the Dublin Bay Challenge, added to his season’s haul of trophies by winning the Malahide Marina-sponsored J24 Eastern Championships hosted by Malahide Yacht Club last weekend.…

Questions over the next step for juniors after the RS Feva point to the bigger RS200 writes Feva sailor Ciara Byrne The RSFeva has become the world's best selling two-person dinghy in recent years with fleets also growing in clubs…

New to our Boats for Sale site is a Westerly Konsort 29. She is a nice example of a popular model. She comes with twin keels and a 2001 Volvo 28HP diesel engine. She has a good inventory including a…

Nick Craig chats to Robert Deaves after his record-equalling fourth OK Dinghy World title How times have changed. A little over seven years ago, no British sailor had ever won the OK Dinghy World Championship. It was a commonly held…

Our five most popular stories from the last week here on afloat.ie have been... 5. Kieran Cotter and Jerry Smith Named Sailors of the Month for August 4. Rosanna Davison Goes Back to Her Roots Sailing with Team Sanya 3.…

An exotic weekend in Dun Laoghaire with the start of an Olympic class keelboat event plus the arrival of a Volvo 70 into the harbour but Irish weather meant all did not go to plan. Click our links for a…

Plans for an SB3 flotilla to escort Volvo Ocean Race Chinese entry, Team Sanya in to Dun Laoghaire harbour today were scuppered when winds reached gale force for a time this afternoon. Regular Dun Laoghaire fleet Sunday racing was to…

Andrew McCleary and Colin Dougan from Killyleagh Yacht Club won this weekend's the East Coast Flying Fifteen championships, hosted this weekend by Cushendall Sailing and Boating Club. Strangford Sailing Club's Brian McKee and Ian Smyth finished second after five races…

Today, the new, improved NATO Shipping Centre (NSC) website goes live providing more comprehensive and timely information about pirate activity around the Horn of Africa for the shipping community. Having received a briefing on the new website, the Commander of…

Thirteen boats from an entry list of 24 came to the start line for the M2 Buoy day race, the tenth race in the 2011 ISORA Offshore series. Due to the forecast of light winds on the day it was…

It was electric and certainly no picnic, that's the verdict after 28-knot gusts put paid to the first days racing of the Star European's on Dublin Bay this afternoon. Howth Race Officer David Lovegrove opted to send the 27-boat fleet…

Perfect sailing conditions off Sherkin Island yesterday with a steady 12-16 knot breeze provided champagne conditions for Mark Mansfield and Terry English and the crew onboard Gut Rut to secure the championship with a 10 point lead and a race…

Saturday's racing in the ISAF World Team Racing Championships in Schull Harbour began in light southwesterly winds which developed into a fresh northwesterly by late morning. First action was the semi-final stages of the World Youth Championship. Here, the host…

Chris Johnston sailed his Beneteau 31.7 Prospect sailed to success in yesterday's Dublin Bay Sailing Club Race beating Levante (B.Leyden/M.Leahy) and Gerry Jones's Thirty Something. DBSC Results for 3 SEPTEMBER 2011 BENETEAU 31.7 Echo - 1. Levante (B.Leyden/M.Leahy), 2. Attitude…

The 91st annual Dublin Liffey Swim sponsored by Dublin City Council took place today, Saturday 3rd September 2011. This year's swim, extended to 2.4 kilometres, started at Watling Street Bridge (opposite Guiness Brewery) at 14.45 hrs and finished at the…

Mark Mansfield holds the lead after six races at the 1720 Corona Euro Championships in Baltimore, West Cork. Nicholas O'Leary onboard T-Bone owned by Crosshaven duo Tom Durcan and Clive O'Shea is now in second place having discarded an ocs…

Rosanna Davison will revisit her Miss World connections when the Team Sanya yacht arrives into Dublin Port on Monday (5th September) at 2pm. It is the build-up to this year's Volvo Ocean Race. Skipper and past race winner Mike Sanderson…

Kieran Cotter and Jerry Smith of Baltimore are the Afloat.ie/Irish Independent "Sailors of the Month" for August in recognition of the key roles they played in the superb rescue of all 21 of he crew of the capsized super-maxi Rambler…