Irish Sailing and Yacht Club News. Regattas, Race Reports & Results
Recently crowned National champion Anthony O'Leary had to be content with second in yesterday's coastal course of the Sovereign's Cup when Neil White's Independent Bear bested the Royal Cork champion in the opening race of the four day regatta. Ten…
The cargoship Arklow Rebel (2,999 gross tonnes) which loaded scrap metal in Wicklow Port today, is believed to be the largest Arklow Shipping Ltd vessel to dock in the east coast port, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 7-year old Dutch-built vessel…
The report by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board into the loss of a kayaker in Castletownshend last year has found the death was caused by hypothermia and heart failure due to a pre-existing condition. Didier Heneault, 56, died while kayaking…
A new EU-funded project is tracking the movements of seabirds along the Atlantic coastlines of Ireland, the UK, France, Spain and Portugal. The Future of the Atlantic Marine Environment (FAME) project aims to pinpoint areas that are important for Europe's…
Waterford Harbour's Shane Statham leads Cruiser II IRC after the first two windward-leeward races of the Sovereign's Cup today. The opening races were sailed in 12-15 knot perfect north-westerly breezes allowing the Kinsale event to live up to its pre-event…
Lord Mayor of Dublin and Admiral of Dublin Port, Gerry Breen, performed the 523 year-old "Casting of the Spear" ceremony in Dublin Bay on midsummer's day, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 'casting' for yesterdays' re-enactment by the Lord Mayor took place…
MGM Boats, who recently opened a new brokerage office in Kinsale, is a sponsor of this week's Sovereign's Cup. The event, which started this morning, welcomed 100 boats for a fantastic four day sailing and social programme. The boating firm,…
A Mayday alert prompted the immediate launch of both RNLI lifeboats based in Baltimore to avert a life threatening situation at sea when a 21 ft potting boat with two persons on board was disabled and drifting down on a lee…
Irish J24 Champion Flor O'Driscoll and his crew on 'Hard on Port' won the first J24 regional event of the season – the Western Championship at Lough Ree Yacht Club – last weekend but not with his usual margin of…
A 'Bag-Packing Day' in aid of the Maritime Museum in Dun Laoghaire is to start tomorrow, writes Jehan Ashmore. The fund-raising activity will also run on the Friday and Saturday at the Tesco Bloomfield Shopping Centre off Lower Georges Street.…
HOWTH YACHT CLUB. TUESDAY SERIES 2 (RACE) 21/06/2011 Puppeteer SCRATCH: 1, Ibis S Sheridan; 2, Yellow Peril N Murphy; 3, Ile Molene Byrne/Stanley; Squib SCRATCH: 1, Puffin E Harte; 2, Pot Black I & R McMurtry; 3, Fantome N MacDonell;…
Jonathan O'Rourke's Tiller Girl was the winner of tonight's Mermaid race on Dublin Bay. The National Yacht Club entry beat Oonagh (J&M Griffith). In the PY class Evan Dolan beat Theo Lyttle, both of them racing Lasers. DUBLIN PORT Dublin…
Kinsale Yacht Club was buzzing tonight with news of a new Sovereign's Cup trophy that will be presented this week writes Claire Bateman. The high wind and driving rain of the day had given way to evening sunlight which created…
Torpedoes and bulbs will be a topic of conversation in Kinsale this week at the Sovereign's Cup. The much sought after Kiwi Quarter tonner, Black Fun that competed in last week's ICRA Nats is entered for the regatta and eagle…
As another day at the Fireball World Championships is lost to the weather, the plan now is to stage four races on Thursday writes Cormac Bradley. Today's racing in Sligo has not taken the regatta any further forward in terms…
Come the first weekend of July 2011, the sheltered waters of Donegal's Lough Swilly will come alive with sails big and small, with the slap of oars and paddles. The shoreline and the golden sands of its beaches will play…
Anglers in Cavan and Monaghan have launched a new organisation to stamp out what they argue is a growing wave of illegal poaching. Members of the Lake Watch group told The Anglo Celt at a recent meeting that a number…
The ICRA Nationals were a great success in Royal Cork Yacht Club last weekend building on the integrity of the previous events writes ICRA Chief Barry Rose. The conditions were sparkling with two tough days sailing followed by a peach…
Hundreds of schoolchildren protested at Stormont last week to call for new laws to protect Northern Ireland's coastal waters, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The group handed a petition with 4,000 signatures to Environment Minister Alex Attwood urging the introduction of…
An Irish rower last week cut short his attempt to cross the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland. Sean Moriarty told CBC News that he called for a rescue after two days at sea when his boat was flipped repeatedly in…
