Irish Marine Federation
A triathlon swimming practice will take place between Athlone Town Bridge and 200m North of the White Railway Bridge, tomorrow, 8 July, from 13.15 hrs until 13.55 hrs. The swimmers will be accompanied by safety boats and Masters of vessels…
Schull Harbour Sailing Club have confirmed that Howard Holding Plc will once again be title sponsors for the 2009 Calves Week sailing festival which will run from Friday, July 31st to Sunday, August 9th writes Claire Bateman. They will be…
Cruiser fleets sailed deep into Scotsman's Bay this evening to escape a flooding tide as they headed south to Bulllock harbour in a Dublin Bay Sailing Club Race. John Hall's J109 Something Else faired best in Cruisers one IRC handicap…
Dave Mannion of NUIG got through the first round in the prestigious Diamond Sculls at Henley yesterday when he beat Hugh Mackworth-Praed with a late sprint. NUIG’s visitors’ four and the London/Old Collegians quadruple scull also won. An Irish crew…
A vast armada of 450 boats from France, Spain, the British Isles and sailing clubs all over Ireland will converge on Dun Laoghaire tomorrow for the start of Ireland’s largest regatta, the four-day 2009 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR). Besides…
There may only be five Cork entries in a fleet of 450 but it has not stopped some of Crosshaven's finest heading north next week for VDLR. As well as Anthony O'Leary and son Robert sailing Antix Dubh and Antix…
Ireland's two Star teams are in action in the Star Europeans in Kiel this week. At the top of the 88-boat fleet sit a triumvirate of medallists, with England's Iain Percy leading Brazilian Robert Scheidt and Freddy Loof from Sweden,…
With just over six hours until first gun, the weather looks favourable for day one of Ireland's biggest sailing event in Dun Laoghaire. The Dun Laoghaire harbour weather station is showing nine knots in the harbour, with gusts of up…
The Irish Times publishes this morning, with front page billing, the entire 450 boat entry list for this afternoon's Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta . The entry list over an entire page, appears on page 27 as part of an article…
Dun Laoghaire sailor Annalise Murphy has become the first Irish sailor to win a Europa Cup laser event in 13 years. Murphy, the longest-standing member of the ISA Academy, topped out a 76-boat Radial fleet in the Netherland venue of…
We all know at this stage that the Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta's 450 boats will be crammed into one venue, but what about the bigger numbers for the event? Like the 9109 results calculated, or the kilometres of chain that…
Ireland's biggest sailing regatta in Ireland less than 24 hours from first gun, with entrants moored and ready and an onshore army of volunteers primed to provide one of the biggest marine spectacles in the country this year. A vast…
Sailmaker Des McWilliam of One Sails and Prof O’Connell of North Sails have been in touch about arrangements for sail repairs over the course of the VDL Regatta .
Everything tightens up in Irish SB3 fleet in run up to Nationals
8th July 2009 News From the Afloat.ie Archive
In the end, any one of three teams could have taken the SB3 Ireland Eastern Championships (hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club on the 4th and 5th July) and all three have a story to tell.
After the frustration of light winds for the opening day of the ICRA Championships on Thursday, resulting in a five hour wait for wind, and with just one race completed, yesterday turned out to be a much better day writes…
With regard to the Shannon Navigation, River Suck/Coreen Ford, Marine Notice No 62 of 2009 is now withdrawn.
