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Over 78 Afloat.ie Sailors of the Month in 2024 demonstrate the strength and diversity of the sport of sailing in Ireland. Afloat's review of individual sailors, pairings and crews (below)…
Ferries from Holyhead Route Redirected to Other UK Ports in …
Dec 12, 2024 · Once again, the Port of Holyhead for the fifth full day remains closed to ferries, causing severe disruption to freight hauliers and passengers on the vital Ireland-UK route and leading to knock-on effects elsewhere, writes Jehan Ashmore.. It was on Saturday during Storm Daragh, an incident caused weather infrastructure damage at Holyhead Port, where Irish Ferries and Stena Line jointly use a ...
Kinsale Gunsmoke Bell Trophy Race to be Held on St. Stephen's Day
Dec 17, 2024 · The annual Gunsmoke Bell Trophy Race will be sailed at Kinsale Yacht Club on St.Stephen’s Day with a noon start.. The dinghy Frostbite Series will start on January 26 and run for six weeks. As Afloat reported earlier, the club has opened entries for the Sovereigns Cup, which will be sailed from June 25 to 28.The event will include the ICRA National Championships.
Aran Islands RNLI Crew Rescues Four Stranded Dolphins on Inis Mór
Dec 16, 2024 · Aran Islands RNLI lifeboat crew rescued four stranded dolphins on Inis Mór on Thursday (12 December).. Two adult and two juvenile common dolphins were discovered ashore near Cill Éinne pier on Inis Mór by crew member Ronan MacGiollapharaic on Thursday night.
Jakub Ziemkiewicz from Cork Harbour Set for McIntyre Mini Globe …
Dec 11, 2024 · In just two weeks, on 28 December 2024, a fleet of ALMA Globe 5.80 19ft /5.8mtr plywood home-built yachts will set off from Marina de Lagos, Portugal, for the third Class Globe 5.80 Transat Race, and, as regular Afloat readers know, Ireland has an entry in the form of Jakub Ziemkiewicz from Cork Harbour.. After their ‘warm-up’ leg to Marina Rubicon Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, the ...
Harland & Wolff Completes Dry Docking of Northern Ireland's …
Jan 3, 2025 · During the backdrop of Harland & Wolff being acquired by a Spanish state-owned shipbuilder, Navantia, its Belfast facility last month had the research vessel RV Corystes receive its annual dry-docking and maintenance period.. The work carried out at the shipyard was in partnership with the vessel managers, Heyn Engineering, on behalf of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), a UK ...
MGM Boats Busy with Winter Brokerage - afloat.ie
Jan 3, 2025 · MGM Boats December. boat sales (clockwise from top left): The Axopar 28 was sold in Dublin and is now berthed in Kinsale, the Sun Odyssey 32i was sold in Dun Laoghaire and remains on the Dun Laoghaire Marina with her new owner, the Merry Fisher 815 is being sold through the Cork office and will be based out of Fenit Co Kerry and the Ribeye 785 was sold in Cork will now be enjoyed in Co Clare ...
Dublin Bay, Dun Laoghaire and Sandycove Live Webcams - Afloat.ie
Dublin Bay and Dun Laoghaire East Pier Webcam. This live stream of Dun Laoghaire Harbour looks northwards from the Scotsman's Bay shoreline at Sandycove, County Dublin, Ireland out into Dublin Bay.. Left of screen is Dun Laoghaire's West Pier lighthouse, the harbour mouth and the back of the East Pier itself, showing the town bandstand, the Boyd monument and the lighthouse at the pierhead.
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SUMMERTIME IN COBH The exotic if brief spell of summer as we all remember it from childhood may be drawing to a close writes W M Nixon. But while it was at its height, photographer Bob Bateman captured the mood in Cobh with this gallery of images which get the unique flavour of that extraordinary Cork Harbour town, terraced above the sea, as it puts on its best face for the annual visit of the ...
Tom Dolan, Solo Offshore Sailor - Afloat.ie
Tom Dolan, Solo Offshore Sailor. Even when County Meath solo sailor Tom Dolan had been down the numbers in the early stages of the four-stage 2,000 mile 2020 Figaro Race, Dolan and his boat were soon eating their way up through the fleet in any situation which demanded difficult tactical decisions.