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A generally light easterly breeze produced close racing across Dublin Bay on Thursday evening (August 13), with Valentina, ...

Afloat.ie records with profound regret the death of American sailing writer and historian John Rousmaniere at the age of 82. He was best known on this side of the Atlantic as the author of the ...

Ireland's Ger Owens and Mel Morris take a commanding 24-point lead into the final day of the GP14 World Championships on Belfast Lough after Thursday's light and patchy conditions produced… Ireland's ...

As The Irish Times reports, Sebastian Achim (27) was fishing with four others some 6.5km from Ram Head, Ardmore, Co Waterford on Tuesday. A shark which was caught by Achim “some time earlier” lunged ...

Ger Owens and Mel Morris have strengthened their grip on the 2026 GP14 World Championship at Royal North of Ireland Yacht ...

Achill Island RNLI volunteers were involved in a 16-hour operation after a 24-metre sailing vessel carrying 25 people made contact with a fish farm off the Mayo coast and began taking on water. The ...

A south-easterly wind was gusting above 20 knots in the harbour as the fleet rigged, prompting class captain Tim Pearson to call for all boats to sail with reefed mains. The fleet was racing for the ...

The RNLI’s Saving Lives at Sea returns for an 11th series, marking 10 years on the BBC with dramatic rescues from crews ...

The incident occurred at a tributary of the Moynalty River north of Kells, with dead fish observed over a 9km stretch of the ...

The Port of Cork has lost a case over a public right of way on deepwater quay land. The Currency reports that the case taken by the port against a group of community activists in Cobh collapsed ...

Bantry Bay had a 'first' of two cruise ships at the same time as its ‘cruise ship visitor season came to an end.’ "The sight of two cruise vessels was both unusual and welcoming, demonstrating the Bay ...