AFLOAT Magazine (Ireland)
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Afloat, in over 50 years of production, is a vibrant specialist magazine in print online which has continually adapted to the demands of its readership, with an industry insight which is quite simply unique. Edited by David O'Brien (50), a former European and World sailing champion and Olympic sailor from the 2000 Games, it is produced by a group of dedicated watersports enthusiasts and has become essential reading for all those who have more than a passing interest in the development of Irish watersports. Afloat is the only publication dedicated to serving the needs of the sector, and it does so with a truly independent voice. Afloat's association with the industry's twin governing bodies the ISA and IMF allows it to offer an insider view, but the magazine maintains independent editorial control. Packaged as a glossy magazine with an emphasis on colour photography, no other specialist magazine in Ireland offers such an impressive range of comment, information and advice in such an attractive format. Source
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| Language | English |
| Country | Ireland |
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has refused to intervene in a dispute over the handling of Ireland’s fisheries interests at EU level during Ireland’s EU presidency. Mr Martin was responding in the Dáil earlier this week to a request from Sinn Féin marine and fisheries spokesman Padraig MacLochlainn. Mr MacLochlainn asked him to intervene in the row over a decision by Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine Martin Heydon to represent fisheries at all Agri-Fish councils during Ireland’s EU presidency.
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One of the world's larger classic superyachts has made a visit to Dublin Bay, anchoring off Dún Laoghaire Harbour this week. The 52.4-metre Big Eagle was photographed at anchor in Scotsman's Bay, where she was visited by a Dublin Port pilot vessel during her stay. Built by Japanese shipyard Mie Zosen and delivered in 1980, Big Eagle is the builder's flagship. The steel-hulled motor yacht was designed for long-range cruising and has a reported range of around 5,000 nautical miles.
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The British government has reversed a decision to cut volunteer pay in the Coast Guard. As Afloat has reported, the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) wanted to cut the training fee of 11 pound sterling an hour for some 3,500 volunteers. However, it faced a backlash when up to half said they would suit the service or reduce their hours if it went ahead.
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A lone sailor was brought safely to Rosslare Harbour after his yacht began taking on water off Raven Point, Curracloe, on Saturday afternoon. Rosslare Harbour RNLI was tasked by the Irish Coast Guard after the skipper of the eight-metre yacht raised the alarm while in difficulty off the Wexford coast. The station's all-weather lifeboat launched at 4.23pm and reached the casualty vessel 10 minutes later.
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The Department of Transport has been advised that a grab sample survey will be undertaken in the Irish Sea off the Wicklow and Wexford coast) to maintain an up-to-date understanding of sediment chemistry to facilitate the sustainable development of the Arklow Bank Wind Park 2 project. The survey will involve the use of drop-down video (DDV) to record footage of the seafloor and the lowering of a day grab to take a 0.1 sqm sample of the sediment for analysis.
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Aran Islands RNLI’s lifeboat volunteers responded to four separate taskings over a 24-hour period last weekend — including two medical evacuations, a Mayday call and an overdue vessel. The first call-out came in at 9.40am on Sunday (12 July) when Valentia MRSC tasked the Aran Islands Lifeboat to a medical evacuation from Inis Oírr, the smallest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay.
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Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) says it welcomes the publication of a new report providing the first major assessment of the extent of interbreeding between wild Atlantic salmon and fish farm escapees in Irish rivers. The GeneFlow study, as previously reported on Afloat.ie, was led by University College Cork and undertaken in collaboration with IFI and Teagasc. For the analysis, IFI collected samples of salmon in rivers from 133 locations across Ireland between 2023 and 2025.
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WOW!, another Cork Week has just flown by, my 18th - an unbroken run since 1990 - a most epic half-life sentence! As always, your North Sails team were there on and off the water supporting and helping all competitors which we hugely enjoy. My colleague Shane Hughes was racing onboard Mike & Richie Evans J112e "The big Picture" as trimmer, winning IRC with a string of first places. Shane was also kept out of mischief every night running the North Sails Cork Week Service programme.
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A fresh north-easterly of 15–20 knots and bright sunshine produced exhilarating conditions for those who ventured onto Dublin Bay on Saturday as the AIB Dublin Bay Sailing Club Summer Series continued. The brisk breeze kept numbers down in some fleets but rewarded those who raced with lively conditions and several close corrected-time finishes.
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A British crew leads the Irish Dragon National Championship after six races at the Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dún Laoghaire, where a fresh north-easterly produced fast, physical racing on Dublin Bay. With one discard now applied, David Tabb's Send in the Clowns heads the 15-boat fleet on 11 net points after a consistent series that includes a race victory and four other top-three finishes.