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Royal Cork Yacht Club Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble stays top of the Spinnaker 1 - IRC fleet after two more races at Kinsale Yacht Club's Axiom Spring Series. After a fortnight of cancellations due to big winds and fog, the KYC league…

Baltimore RNLI was called out to provide a medical evacuation yesterday evening (Thursday, 20 April) from Sherkin Island off Baltimore, West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 8.20 pm, following a request from the Irish Coast…

Kinsale Yacht Club will begin midweek sailing for cruisers on Wednesday, May 3. One Design keelboats Squibs and Dragons will start their evening sailing on the following evening, Thursday, May 4. The club’s Keelboat Regatta, sponsored by the Kingston Kinsale…

Anyone who doesn't respond at several emotional levels to the atmosphere in an ancient boat-building shed when a traditional wooden boat is being re-created in the time-honoured style can only be soul-dead. And when the boat in question is Conor…

Fog may have shrouded the reappearance of the classic 33-metre superyacht Mariette off Kinsale Harbour County Cork yesterday, but there was no mistaking the silhouette of the two-masted gaff schooner. Designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff in 1915, Mariette arrived…

With over 80 entries already registered, the Simply Blue Group-sponsored Sovereign’s Cup has less than 20 places left at Kinsale to reach its official cap. The biennial regatta takes place 21st to 24th June in Kinsale Yacht Club and this year,…

With over 40 confirmed entries already, Calves Week Regatta in Schull Harbour, West Cork, from August 8th-11th, is expected to reach its 70-boat cut-off by early summer. The top end of the entries looks particularly competitive, with seven J Boat models…

The events in Ireland this week with President Joe Biden and others marking the 25th Anniversary of the signing of Good Friday Agreement in Belfast on 10th April 1998 are a reminder that, at exactly the same time just a…

After four races, host club sailors lead two divisions competing for 2023 Munster ILCA/Laser Championship honours in Balimore, West Cork. Fionn Lydon tops the ILCA 7 division with youth sailor Sorcha Ní Súilleabháin in charge of the ILCA 4s. The threat of…

There’ll be celebrating in West Cork this Easter, and rightly so, as the 1902-vintage cutter Lady Min – designed, built and sailed in Schull by the O’Keeffe family during 120 years – has been garlanded with honours at this week’s…

Yet again, Ireland's classic boat restorers have found themselves on the peak of the podium, this time at last night's International Classic Boat Awards 2023 in London. The O'Keeffe family's gaff cutter Lady Min, designed and built in Schull by…

The first annual Seafood Trade Report of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has a few interesting statistics about how Ireland’s fishing industry is doing outside of the European Union. Three countries account for 63% of Irish seafood exported to…

Nigeria, Egypt and China are the leading export markets for Irish seafood outside of the EU. A report by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) states that 93.4 per cent of seafood exported last year comprised pelagic species, including blue…

Cork South West Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan recently hosted Billy Kelleher MEP for a series of meetings with key fishing sector representatives in West Cork. The discussions, which took place in Castletownbere, Baltimore and Union Hall, focused on a range of…

Here’s a rare opportunity to join renowned marine photographer Rick Tomlinson in the field for a special workshop at Fastnet Rock during this summer’s Rolex Fastnet Race. From 23-27 July, four lucky marine photography enthusiasts will join Rick on a…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has launched an ‘all abilities’ accessible angling facility in West Cork to enable wheelchair users to fish safely and conveniently. The bespoke €106,000 fishing platform at Shepperton Lake, 3km from Skibbereen, provides access to wheelchair users…