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#nsr – Team Great Britain with Irish youth sailors James O'Mahony and Simon Johnson on board may have been new to the Nord Stream Race this year, but they are certainly not letting that hinder their performance, as they have…

#nordstream  – The Nord Stream Race 2013 currently taking place in the Baltic Sea, with two Irish youth sailors among the entrants racing 800 nautical miles from Flensburg, Germany to Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Five teams are competing, Team GBR, Team Russia,…

#Offshore - A catamaran sailing from Ireland to Cornwall has arrived safely at Newlyn harbour after a 22-hour journey troubled by poor weather. As This Is Cornwall reports, the vessel was being monitored by Falmouth Coastguard after its original plans…

#middlesearace – Two Irish Beneteau designs, Paddy and Dermot Cronin's First 40.7 Encore (IRL8407) and Tony Tennyson/Des Kelliher's First 44.7 Gallileo (IRL 1944) from the National Yacht Club are already entered for the 34th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, starting and finishing in…

#Offshore - A retired US couple bound for Ireland on their sailing yacht encountered a storm of a different kind when they sought safety from hurricane-force winds in the Port of New Bedford. According to Massachusetts news site South Coast…

#vanisle360 – As his younger brother became the youngest ever Irish skipper to complete the Figaro race in Dieppe, France this morning, on the far side of the Atlantic George Kenefick steered the J109 Diva to victory in the marathon…

#2013Van – George Kenefick, Afloat's 2011 Sailor of the Year, steering a J109, leads the Canadian Van Isle 360 offshore race, the Pacific northwest's so called version of the Fastnet or Sydney-Hobart. Kenefick, now based in Canada, is sailing on Jim…

#Offshore - BBC News reports that a sailor who went missing last week during a solo voyage from Plymouth to Portugal has been located and airlifted to hospital after falling overboard. The 66-year-old man set off last Monday 10 June…

#TransatJV – Kerry's Damian Foxall will use this week's Irish stop of the Route des Princes Multihull race to announce his next International offshore sailing campaign. The new venture by the Irish Volvo Ocean race winner and his French skipper Sidney…

Francis Joyon has shattered the North Atlantic record: 5 days, 2 hours, 56 minutes and 10 seconds or in other words a time that is 16 hours, 34 minutes and 30 seconds less than the previous record set by Thomas…

#RTIR - Winning tactical advice from some well-known names and faces associated with the Round the Island Race has been posted online ahead of the latest edition of the iconic annual event at the Isle of Wight. Later today (31…

They have already joined forces on land – and now two rising stars of solo sailing have teamed up on the water to launch a top-level double-handed racing campaign. Fiancées Dan Dytch and Emma Creighton will put their relationship through…

Francis Joyon is in North Cove Marina in New York taking care of his maxi trimaran IDEC. Today, the official stand-by began as he awaits a weather opportunity to tackle the North Atlantic record between Ambrose Light and the Lizard.…

100 yachts are expected in Le Havre from 3 to 9 June for the eighth running of Normandy Sailing Week. Around ten series will be racing during the week-long competition in Baie de Seine, North-East France. A number of events…

The Discover Ireland sailing team that featured in WM Nixon's Saturday Sailing blog debuted on Galway bay in the Clarenbridge trophy offshore race yesterday. The race is sailed over a course from the GBSC start line at Renville to Finis…

#SailingApps - Two new smartphone apps are just the ticket for anyone looking for an easy-to-use reference guide while out on the water as this summer's sailing season gets into full swing. Safe Skipper - for iOS and Android devices…