Historic Boats
The Richard Mille Fife Regatta will return to Scotland’s Clyde coast from 4-12 June 2026. First held in 1998, the event brings together classic Fife-designed yachts to race on their original home waters around the west coast of Scotland. A…
Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival from 22nd to 24th May in West Cork was blessed with glorious weather, much welcomed after successive blowouts in recent years writes Rob O’Leary. The last of the rain fell on the Friday night, but that…
Crosshaven’s Traditional Sail Festival will return from 12–14 June with a weekend of maritime celebrations on Cork Harbour. The annual gathering attracts traditional boats, crews and sailing enthusiasts from across Cork and beyond. The Oar overlooks Crosshaven harbour, one of…
Royal Irish Yacht Club Classic Regatta Opens With Early Bird Discount
21st May 2026 Royal Irish Yacht Club
The Royal Irish Yacht Club has opened entries for its 2026 Classic Boats Regatta, with a 10% early bird discount available until 29 May. The two-day event will take place from 20–21 June and marks the opening of the club’s…
The Government has been called on to confer national heritage status on the Galway Hooker. Senator Seán Kyne, Fine Gael’s candidate in the Galway West by-election, says that “an bád mór is more than a working boat to the people…
West Cork is a State of Mind as much as anything else. But the programme on 22nd to 24th May for the annual Baltimore Woodenboat & Seafood Festivals suggests that “easygoing” is not the adjective that would immediately spring to mind…
The Richard Mille Cup will return in 2026 with Scotland’s Clyde coast hosting a fleet of classic yachts from June 15th to 25th. The regatta will feature eight races on some of the world's most historic sailing waters. The event…
The historic yacht Solveig will headline the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Great Veterans Race on May 9. The Halvorsen 36 is one of the most iconic boats in Sydney Hobart history. She claimed Line Honours in 1953 and overall…
Classic yachts delivered a standout display on Day 2 of the Antigua Classics Regatta in steady Caribbean trade winds. The fleet raced the Caterpillar course in 15–18 knots, offering a mix of reaching, tacking and downwind sailing. Conditions allowed the…
There are times you feel so much history-minded verbiage and other memorabilia is being newly churned out in Ireland, adding to the vast quantity already available, that we have urgent need of an Editor-in-Chief every bit as much as we…
Danish Warship At Centre of Nelson Battle in 1801 Found In Copenhagen Harbour
6th April 2026 Historic Boats
A Danish warship has been discovered by archaeologists in Copenhagen harbour over 200 years after it was sunk by Admiral Horatio Nelson and the British fleet. As The Guardian reports, the 48-metre (157ft) Danish flagship, the Dannebroge, was at the…
Dublin Bay Keeps Kilrush Busy With Classic Boatbuilding And Hospitality Skills
30th March 2026 Historic Boats
Time was when the citizens of Limerick bound for their annual summer holiday at Kilkee would take the Shannon steamer down the long estuary to Cappagh pier at Kilrush, and then be conveyed by jaunting car or something similar across…
A new book on Donegal’s Dunfanaghy currach has been published by artist and traditional boat expert Dónal Mac Polin. Named after a small village on Donegal’s Sheephaven Bay, the Dunfanaghy currach is Ireland’s oldest sea-going “skin boat”, as Mac Polin…
Buttimer To Launch 2026 Meitheal Mara Community Services Programme In Cork
27th March 2026 Boatyards
The 2026 Community Services Programme Open Call will be launched at Meitheal Mara in Cork on Monday, 30 March. The event will be led by Jerry Buttimer, Minister of State for Community Development, Charities and Rural Transport. Proceedings begin at…
A legendary offshore racing yacht is being given a second life as a high-speed luxury superyacht. The former maxi-catamaran Team Adventure, once among the fastest sailing boats in the world, is undergoing a major transformation aimed at combining racing performance…
The historic steam yacht Cangarda has been launched following a major restoration at RMK Yachts in Istanbul. The 38-metre vessel will now serve as a permanent exhibit at the Rahmi Koç Museum in Haliç, Istanbul, highlighting more than a century…
