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It was a beautiful night for a night race (Race 5, July 24, 2009). Clear skies, light winds and strong tides. The forecast was for westerly winds 10–12k dropping during the early morning. The tides were very strong springs that…

Glandore is the ideal location for a classic regatta. It is the only town, village or hamlet in all of Ireland where the pubs and village square look right out on to the harbour, and the village park falling away…

Mirror Worlds Day One: It has been a great day for the family crew pairings on the first day of the 2009 Mirror World Championship in Pwllheli, North Wales. All three races were won by brother and sister or father…

We see that Copper Point's new 55-home development in west Cork has come on the market. Described as truly unique, the fully-fitted quality homes start at 375,000 euro – you may have seen them on the RTÉ programme 'Showhouse'. With…

 

Restrictions to navigation around the 13th and 14th Lock on the Grand Canal (marine notice no. 75) have now been withdrawn.

Tiller man is trying to link lost youths with Fireballs . He also says there's a crash coming to sailing, thanks to budget cuts. Why has no one answered Paulie , a beginner looking for advice? And does anyone ageree…

This August Bank Holiday weekend, Irish Water Safety (IWS) want us all to bear in mind that, though a poor weather forecast is likely to raise water levels flowing in to our rivers, harbours and bays, thousands of people will…

Ben Rogerson and his Mini-Transat 6.50m yacht 'Mini Minx' returned triumphant to Cowes with a successful completion of 1,924 Nautical Mile Solo Non-Stop Round Britain and Ireland Passage at 0625 hrs UTC Saturday 25 July 2009 in a total of…

The RORC Channel Race started in beautiful sailing conditions with 10-12 knots of wind and bright sunshine but as the fleet beat East down the Channel, the wind built and by Royal Sovereign Lighthouse was at over 20 knots. The…

Mount Gay Rum is going all out to make its presence felt throughout this year’s Cowes Week. With a mix of promotions and competitions on the cards, this heritage brand is really mixing it up to reaffirm its loyalty to…

New and improved from Niro-Petersen –  a deck fitting to open their Gennaker Pin that makes it even easier to remove the pin by removing the bolts, and it can be easily lifted up and stored away.

Preparations are now being finalised to welcome both Irish and overseas youth sailors and their families to the Irish Optimist National and Open Championships 2009, which is being hosted on behalf of IODAI, the governing body of the Optimist class…

Howth Yacht Club played host to the inaugural Dublin Match Racing Open on Saturday and Sunday. Chief umpire Mike O’Conner and PRO Dave Lovegrove put on a superb weekends racing – 11 teams from around Ireland and one from the…

Nexus Marine AB, specialists in the design and manufacture of navigation instrumentation for racing and cruising yachts, has announced the launch of a new large digit repeating instrument – the XL20 – into its family of NXR instruments.

Ireland won the junior women’s match by one point from England at the Home International Rowing Championships in Nottingham. England were best in the senior women’s and men’s matches, and pipped Ireland by two points in the junior men’s match.…