Archive for December, 2007
Volvo Dun Laoghaire makes Christmas TV line-up
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Volvo Dun Laoghaire makes Christmas TV line-up on RTE 1 Saturday, December 22 at 4.20pm Competitors at this year’s Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta will get a chance to re-live the action this Christmas, as RTE broadcasts a half-hour documentary feature on the event. The production, entitled The Regatta, was shot over four days during an […]
Irish yachts to the rescue in mid-Atlantic
Monday, December 10th, 2007Two Irish yachts have each rescued other sailors in the mid Atlantic. The Mayo-based polar exploration yacht Northabout saved two French sailors in a difficult mid-Atlantic rescue yesterday. The 14 metre aluminium yacht, best known for undertaking the first westward circumnavigation of the North Pole, was en route from the Canaries to Grenada with a […]
New No Naked Flames
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Following on their three year success story with the J-109 No Naked Flames, the Belfast team of brothers Andrew and Niall Allen and Colm Monahan ordered a new boat from the design board of Wicklow-based Mark Mills. It has just been splashed in New Zealand. More info about the 36 footer, which will be the […]