Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
It was a day of mixed weather but good fortune for Ireland's 18-boat team at the Aberdeen Asset Management Dragon World Championships off Dun Laoghaire yesterday. Although Britain's Gavia Wilkinson–Cox emerged the eventual winner of yesterday's opening race it was…
In Qingdao, a young Irish squad completed the final rounds of the pre-Olympic regatta this week with two of five crews making it in to the final medal race. The Chinese Test Event is seen as a major indicator in…
The Government is seeking submissions from the public on its proposals for a new national register of vessels, which include a stipluation that all registered vessels must fly the Irish flag. Vessels under seven metres in length are exempt, unless…
Ger O’Rourke’s historic Fastnet race victory last week topped a season of sailing highs that strengthens Ireland’s reputation as a force in world offshore racing. It is only the latest in a string of successful events that confirms Ireland’s suitability…
Irish squad fortunes, lifted by Tim Goodbody's country qualification in the Olympic regatta on Wednesday, could be boosted again today (Friday) with the prospect of a second slot in the mens 470 class. Securing a second country qualification on today's…
Dublin bay will fill with sails this afternoon (Thursday, July 12th) when a huge fleet leaves Dun Laoghaire harbour to compete in the capital's biggest ever sailing regatta that runs until Sunday.From the Baily lighthouse to Dalkey island, the bay…
Fresh from last week's success at Block Island Race Week Colm Barrington is this side of the Atlantic this morning for the first race in the British IRC championships on the South Coast of England.Barrington's core crew are the same…
Chief Executive of the Volvo Ocean race Glenn Bourke travels to Galway next Wednesday to formally announce the west coast port as a stop over city in the 2008/9 race but the businessmen who have brought the race to Ireland…
One of the busiest shipping lanes in the country is to close temporarily to facilitate Ireland's largest yachting regatta on Dublin Bay in eight weeks time.A fleet of over 500 boats will compete on nine separate courses at Volvo Dun…
New fangled technology designed to give a winning edge in last year's Commodore's Cup has gone overboard in Cork this season in favour of aconventional method that is already producing results.Following a debut season of mixed performances on the 37–footer…
The drive to rekindle Ireland's love affair with coastal and offshore racing continues, this time with the first Irish feeder race of the season. Chairman of the Irish Cruiser Racer Association (ICRA),Fintan Cairns, is recruiting entries for the 170-mile distance…
Tokyo Olympians Eddie Kelliher and Harry Maguire's presence at the Royal St. George YC on Tuesday was a link not only to Dun Laoghaire's long tradition in the Dragon keelboat but a reminder that until 1972 this three man keelboat…
Two times winners of the Sovereign's Cup, Anthony O'Leary will be back in action – but in a new boat – in June for a double helping of regattas in the space of a fortnight.First the Saab Irish Cruiser Racer…
Irish Laser champion Roger Craig put his overall Eurolymp standings to one side in this week's regatta on Lake Garda to come to the aid of a competitor in distress but has been awarded average points following an appeal by…
Limerick's Cork Dry Gin Sailor of the year Ger O'Rourke is the latest to join the Volvo Dun Laoghaire fleet for July's regatta that has also attracted the bulk of last year's Commodore's cup teams.The four day week got a…
A class win in the Sydney Hobart race was rewarded at home yesterday (Thursday) when Limerick's Ger O’Rourke lifted the Sailor of the year trophy at the Boat show in the RDS, Dublin.O’Rourke won his class in a strong wind…
A Dun Laoghaire sailor Leslie Ryan (40) is to play a leading role in Britain's next America's Cup team announced yesterday (Thursday) in London.Sir Keith Mills, the British businessman who ran London’s winning bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games…
The Sailforce campaign mounted by the Irish Disabled Sailing Association (IDSA) to encourage sailing clubs to make facilities inclusive for disabled sailing have been given a Christmas boost with the news that the country's biggest marina is to provide berthing…
"A fast boat makes a chap look good" was always an Alf Delany dictum. The veteran Olympian who died on Wednesday, December 13 was in more ways than one the sage of Irish dinghy sailing.He knew a thing or two…
Ireland's Commodore's Cup performance will come up for more than allusion tomorrow (Saturday) at the National cruiser-racer conference especially with the news this week that Cork has taken action to deal with one of the domestic side-effects of Ireland's involvement…
