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With only 57 days to go the Olympic regatta Irish sailing enters the dock tomorrow for an appeal over one of its nominations and, as it was for Athens, it is the Star keelboat selection that is in deep water.…
SOUNDINGS – JUNE/JULY 2008 Malahide Yacht Club is its own little bit of heaven on a gently sunny spring evening. From within the friendly bar, it provides a vista of quiet enchantment across its sandy estuary. The last of the…
SEASCAPES – JUNE/JULY 2008 “This Island Nation...” are words which I have used to introduce Seascapes on RTÉ Radio 1 for nearly 20 years. They have come to be used regularly in everyday conversation to describe how this country is…
One boat was added to the Round Ireland entry list today - hardly worth a mention, you might think. Bringing the total entry from 45 to 46 is no major milestone for the race, but it has huge importance for…
Green Team have put an end to months of speculation, announcing a large portion of their crew for the Volvo Ocean Race. Three of Ireland's top offshore sailors are on the panel in lynchpin roles, as watch leader, navigator and…
The tenth edition of Galway Bay Sailing Club's Round Aran race kicks off on Friday night, offering the last opportunity to break the record before a fleet of Volvo 70s descends on Galway next summer.
The big players in Ireland's IRC fleet are gathering in the Solent for the UK IRC Nationals, with tricolours proudly flown near the top of every fleet. Racing begins tomorrow, continuing through until Sunday.
Here at Afloat HQ, we're working hard to allow boating enthusiasts of all shapes and sizes engage more and more with the conversation around our sport. And with the new and improved Afloat.ie, there's more ways than ever to do…
The Irish Mirror Class has extended an open invitation to clubs and sailors to come and see what the class, in its newest plastic fantastic guise, has to offer.
As the Star debacle prepares to draw to a close, one of Ireland's three campaigners is getting on with business, signing up as RTE's face of sailing.
The Mitsubishi Motors/Irish Independent Sailing Club of the Year 2008 award has been presented jointly to the Shannon One Design Association and Lough Ree Yacht Club in a ceremony at LRYCs clubhouse in Ballyglass near Athlone.
As the Olympic Council of Ireland prepares to hear the appeal over Ireland's Star nomination, Afloat wants to hear what you would do on Saturday if you headed up the three-person panel. Who would you send to Qingdao, if anyone?
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ROUND IRELAND '08 - The BMW Round Ireland fleet has swelled yet again, bringing the total entry to 45 boats. However, there is still no sign of entry forms from two very significant Johnny-Come-Latelys.
ROUND IRELAND ’08 – With 10 of the 45 entries in this year’s Round Ireland Yacht Race doublehanders, one crew is making a name for itself in the Solent. And with two former Round Ireland winners on board, they could…
As the Olympic Council of Ireland prepares to hear the appeal over Ireland's Star nomination, Afloat wants to hear what you would do on Saturday if you headed up the three-person panel. Who would you send to Qingdao, if anyone?
Champagne corks were popped in Wexford as the tape was cut on a new lifeboat house. Meanwhile, the maroons were fired on the far side of the country, launching two separate rescues on the west coast over the weekend.
You wouldn't usually advertise a big fight on the quays as a tourist attraction, but when it's a staged Viking brawl, part of the official farewell to the Sea Stallion Viking longship, it's a different story.
Final entry deadlines for ACC Bank Cork Week and the BMW Round Ireland Yacht Race expired over the weekend, but late entries in both are being accepted. The deadline saw a slight rise in entries for the Round Ireland, bringing…
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