AFLOAT MAGAZINE - Thursday, June 11 2015
LOUGH DERG RNLI LIFEBOATS ASSISTS 5 ON BOARD GROUNDED CRUISER At 1.20pm, Thursday afternoon, June 11, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat to launch to assist five people on board a 49ft (15m) yacht reported aground by Castletown Harbour on the County Clare shore. The lifeboat launched at 1.30pm with helm Eleanor Hooker, Keith Brennan and Lorna Walsh on board. Winds were northeasterly, Force 2/3, visibilit... |
AFLOAT MAGAZINE - Thursday, June 11 2015
SAM DAVIS AND TEAM SCA SEIZE VOLVO OCEAN RACE LEG 8 WIN Skipper Sam Davies (GBR) and her Team SCA crew struck a resounding blow for women's offshore sailing in the early hours of Thursday morning when they gloriously clinched Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The comfortable victory was the first leg win in offshore sailing's toughest challenge since Tracy Edwards' Maiden clinched two stage wins in Class D of the 1989-90 race,... |
AFLOAT MAGAZINE - Tuesday 09 2015
ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST TALLSHIP WINDJAMMERS IS DUBLIN PORT BOUND Dublin Port Company and the Mexican Embassy in Dublin have announced that one of the world's largest Tall Ships, the 1,800 tonnes, 270 foot long Cuauhtémoc will sail into Dublin Port on Wednesday 17th June for a five day visit to the capital. In a time honoured naval tradition, the Cuauhtémoc will salute the city just before entering the port with a canno.. |
AFLOAT MAGAZINE - Monday, June 08 2015
IRELAND'S FIRST NATIONAL MARITIME FESTIVAL LAUNCHES ON WORLD OCEAN DAY Marking World Oceans Day across the globe today (Monday 8 June), Marine Minister Simon Coveney announced the first national celebration of Ireland's oceans next month. The inaugural national maritime festival SeaFest will take place in Cork Harbour on 10 and 11 July and will see thousands of visitors enjoying the fruits and pleasures of the sea, from boating trips, y... |