News
Moorings and Berths not to be included in Scottish Visitor Levy plans
The Government has now agreed to a Stage 2 report which will see the exemption of boat moorings and berthings from this plan, unless they are permanently moored and used for accommodation. The fear was Read more…
News
Cormac McHenry 1936-2023
by WM Nixon Cormac McHenry of Dun Laoghaire, who died on December 22nd at the age of 87, was a highly regarded sailing enthusiast with a particular interest in short-handed long-distance cruising, a quietly determined enthusiast Read more…
News
Sailing to Antarctica
by Joe Phelan Following 40 years working in the Irish Health Service, Joe Phelan retired. With his family grown it was time for adventure. Colleagues and friends wished him well, enthusing about all the golf Read more…
Events
Historic re-enactment of Conor OBrien’s epic journey
David Beattie reports from the Saoirse Centenary rally Ilen departing Dun Laoghaire 20 June, 2023 During the afternoon of 20 June, 1923, following ‘a good lunch’ in the Royal Irish Yacht Club, Conor OBrien slipped Read more…
Articles
“Stupid Me”
By Alex Blackwell You know you are stupid, at least I think I am, when something ‘hits you in the eye, like a big pizza pie’. It is like when you are sailing along at Read more…
Articles
Ireland’s centenaries ashore are matched by sailing centenaries afloat
By WM Nixon (From Afloat Ireland) In Ireland, we’re living through the Decade of Centenaries in terms of marking conflict-laden historical events and major national happenings ashore. So it says everything about the blissful sense Read more…