Ireland – Sailing By: Tales from our oceans, seas, coasts and inland waterways

‘Maybird’ sets records: Fastnet, 2011 and Round Ireland, 2018

The 2020 Round Ireland Race has been postponed until August, due to the Coronovirus pandemic. Looking back a couple of[…]

Built in Risor, Norway, 1957 and fitted out in Bermuda, ‘Marihona’ has crossed the Atlantic several times and returned to[…]

In October 1859 there occurred a storm that wreaked such havoc around the coasts of Britain that is probably unique[…]

In 2013 the Dublin Bay OGA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Association by presenting a new trophy in memory[…]

‘Cine Mara’ is a replica Galway hooker, built in steel by Rik, a Dutch member of the OGA. She is[…]

In this second part of an extract from the cruising log of W. F. Thompson, we join him sailing with[…]

‘Cruises of the Joan’ is from a delightful series, the Lodestar Library, featuring ‘interesting, the unusual, and the downright eccentric[…]

This extract is from the Illustrated London News, 8 January 1853 and reports on a horrific shipwreck and explosion with[…]

With the bad weather forecasts, most skippers have decided to head for Strangford Lough. Strong winds are forecast so ‘Step[…]

Sitting at the fire in December and thinking of next year’s sailing season we only remember the summer sunshine, so[…]