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#millsdesign – Wicklow yacht designer Mark Mills has unveiled details of the 'MAT1180', a next-generation IRC race boat design.

The interest says Mills was to investigate the changes in IRC affecting lighter designs in the 39' size range.

After a CFD program covering more than 20 hulls, Mills and his team produced a powerful hull shape that offers low drag when upright in light airs with increasing stability as the hull form immerses with heel in stronger winds. It became clear, says Mills, that there was 'space in IRC for an aggressively light and fast design if well-engineered and well-built to produce the right weight and distribution of mass'.

More on the Mills site here

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Shannon Foynes Port Information

Shannon Foynes Port (SFPC) are investing in an unprecedented expansion at its general cargo terminal, Foynes, adding over two-thirds the size of its existing area. In the latest phase of a €64 million investment programme, SFPC is investing over €20 million in enabling works alone to convert 83 acres on the east side of the existing port into a landbank for marine-related industry, port-centric logistics and associated infrastructure. The project, which will be developed on a phased basis over the next five years, will require the biggest infrastructure works programme ever undertaken at the port, with the entire 83 acre landbank having to be raised by 4.4 metres. The programme will also require the provision of new internal roads and multiple bridge access as well as roundabout access.