Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
#MOCR – A fourth place finish in light winds in the double points medal race saw Peter O'Leary and David Burrows move up one place to fifth overall at the Miami Olympic classes regatta in Florida yesterday. Single-hander Annalise Murphy…
ROWING: Over 500 crews competed at the St Michael’s Head of the River at O’Brien’s Bridge today. Category wins were spread across the country. St Michael’s were the fastest senior eight and the NUIG intermediate crew fastest overall on a…
ROWING: The men’s intermediate eight from NUIG recorded the fastest time at the St Michael's Head of the River at O’Brien’s Bridge today. Behind them, the time of of the host club's senior eight - 10 minutes and seven seconds…
#INLAND WATERWAYS - Waterways Ireland has taken delivery of its third tug boat from Mooney Boats of Killybegs. Designed by Marine Design International, the Inish Fendra is an 11.2-metre LOA steel-built tug which has been specifically tailored for operation on…
#NEWS UPDATE - The Irish Coast Guard told RTÉ News that it has received an "overwhelming" response from the diving community to its appeal to join the search in West Cork for two missing fishermen. Skipper Michael Hayes and crewman…
#SHANNON - Waterways Ireland has just released details of its scheme for renting berths for houseboats on the Grand Canal at Shannon Harbour. Under the scheme, boaters can rent one of eight fully-serviced berths for their houseboat on a 12-month…
#MOCR – Two top ten results overall at the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta means medal race participation is guaranteed for Ireland's Star and Laser Radial tomorrow even though medals are most likely just out of reach for both Peter O'Leary/David…
#SAILING BY THE LEE – Maritime journalist Bob Fisher entertained over 200 guests today at the annual RNLI "Sailing by the Lee" Lunch 2012 in Cork. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS BELOW BY BOB BATEMAN. The large crowd from the maritime…
#MODEL YACHTS – A large turnout is expected at the RC Laser Sailing Club racing this Sunday from 2pm at the National Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire. Eight boats are already signed up for the model racing fixture that starts from…
#YOUTH SAILING – The Dublin Bay 2012 Youth world sailing championships sponsored by Four Star Pizza looks set to break the record for the most numbers of countries attending. The full list of 33 countries entered into the regatta so…
#DALKEY ISLAND PROSPECT – An urgent meeting to discuss calls for a public enquiry in respect to the Dalkey Island Prospect is to be held in Dun Laoghaire next Tuesday (31st January). The meeting which is to address the serious…
#CLIPPER – The founder and chairman of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, has been awarded with an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Hull. The award was made in recognition of his work with the…
#MARINE – Simon Coveney, T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will be a keynote speaker at 'The Atlantic Area Conference, the Marine Economy' – a key component of the EU Integrated Strategy for the Atlantic Area", hosted by…
#PORTS & SHIPPING – Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd (H&W) have secured a contract to dry dock and service the Searose (2004/139,950dwt) a Canadian east coast based floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel later this year. The 272…
#FERRY NEWS - Approximately €500,000 is to be sought from three local authorities in the south-west region so to help restart the Cork-Swansea route which was served by the M.V. Julia (1982/22,161grt) until sailings ceased in November last year. Representatives…
#MOCR – A place in this weekend's medal race is the likley prize for Olympic Star keelboat pair Peter O'Leary and David Burrows who have scored top ten results for the third day in a row at the Miami Olympic…
#BOATS FOR SALE – A 'lightly used' Dufour 385 built in 2006 has been further reduced by €15,500 and is now available at €99,000. The family cruiser is described online as 'solid and well equipped'. The yacht, which can be…
#CORK WEEK – South Africa's Tokoloshe, Holland's Tonnerre de Breskens, Hong Kong's Signal 8 and Ireland's own Ker 39 Antix will make up one of the most competitive class zero divisions for Cork Week in many years and the early…
April 12-15 Dun Laoghaire's Youth Nationals, Royal St. George, Dun Laoghaire May 10-19 470 World Championship 11-18 Finn World Championship 25-27 ICRA Cruiser National Championships, Howth June 8-10 1720 Nationals, Royal Cork 9 Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club Regatta 9…
On Saturday 21st January Suzuki Motor Corporation launched two new fuel-efficient and high performance four stroke outboard motors – the all-new DF20A and the new generation DF15A. These new models were unveiled at the Düsseldorf Boat Show and are the…
