Yachting Life
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Britain's biggest sailing magazine North of the South. Yachting Life is a monthly publication featuring racing and cruising in Scotland, North of Ireland, the North of England and the Isle of Man. A team of ten regular correspondents in the north of the country ensures that Yachting Life offers national coverage of local yacht club, keelboat and dinghy stories, as well as providing..
Yachting Life
2w ago
Belfast Harbour has become the focal point for discussions related to innovative space-age ideas as it hosts the first-ever European Space Agency (ESA) Port Decarbonisation and Environmental Sustainability Workshop. The event, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 17th, will… Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News ..read more
Yachting Life
2w ago
Two of the three prestigious events hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire over the first half of September included five competing boats from Northern Ireland. John Minnis's Archambault 35 Final Call II and Paul Prentice's Sigma… Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News ..read more
Yachting Life
2w ago
Portaferry RNLI were paged by Belfast Coastguard just after midnight on Friday night (13 September) to assist two people onboard a fishing vessel which had run aground close to the entrance of Ardglass Harbour on Northern Ireland’s east coast. The… Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News ..read more
Yachting Life
1M ago
Last weekend seventy five members of East Down Yacht Club on the west shore of Strangford Lough made the trip either by boat or car to the annual gathering at Strangford Sailing Club on Audleys Roads near the Narrows at… Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News ..read more
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Bangor RNLI came to the aid of three people in consecutive call-outs yesterday (Monday, 9 September) after a report of a sailing boat with engine difficulty close to Bangor harbour and again later that evening to a sailor in distress… Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News ..read more
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Carrybridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat Douglas Euan & Kay Richards diverted from a planned course to neighbouring Enniskillen RNLI lifeboat station on Saturday afternoon (7 September) to assess a six-metre vessel with engine difficulties some 2.5 miles downstream from Carrybridge. Winds… Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News ..read more
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Ninety five dinghies from Northern Ireland and the Dublin area gathered at Strangford Lough Yacht Club at Whiterock on the western shore of the Strangford Lough for the annual RYA NI Youth Championships last weekend. Jordan Conway, Charlie O'Malley, and… Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News ..read more
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Portaferry RNLI’s pagers sounded at 2.42pm on Thursday afternoon (22 August) to assist three young adults and two dogs stranded on Rough Island after the incoming tide covered the Island Hill causeway. Lifeboat helm Scott Blackwood, with volunteer crew members… Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News ..read more
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Enniskillen RNLI’s inshore lifeboat, the John and Jean Lewis, was launched on Saturday evening (24 August) at the request of Belfast Coastguard following reports that two people had come off their jet ski on the north side of Inish Davar.… Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News ..read more
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Bangor RNLI received a donation from three local children following a recent garden sale. On Wednesday evening (21 August), Daisy Bailie, Daniel McGinty and Zoe Johnston visited the Belfast Lough lifeboat station and presented volunteer crew members James Gillespie and… Northern Ireland Sailing & Boating News ..read more