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Courtesy of Padraig Whooley, Sightings Co-ordindator of Irish Whale & Dolphin Group (IWDG), the cetacean sighted and photographed by the crew of Miss Scarlett - IRL 4763 during the Round Ireland Yacht Race 20210 has been confirmed as a Minke whale. IWDG Sighting No. 15602 refers. The Minke whale was spotted at 12:20 hrs on the 25h June 2010 approximately 5 miles east of Maiden's Island off the

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With the advent of smartphones and the proliferation of many useful and educational applications being developed for them, here's an app for those tech freaks among you who like a challenge with a nautical twist - 'Fight the Pipe', the game for the iPhone! Challenge yourself in a very difficult mission. Become the best pipe plugger on earth and save the ocean! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/

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Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) 2010 Race 7, Dun Laoghaire to North India Cardinal Mark & back Night Race, takes place on Friday 23rd July. It is being organized in conjunction with the Royal Alfred Yacht Club (RAYC)/Lee Overlay Offshore Series using the same start at Scotsman's Bay, 35 nautical mile course (via Muglins to starboard, North India to port, Muglins to port) and finish

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Harrowing and powerful, The COVE - Academy Award Winner Best Documentary Feature 2010 - shows in chilling detail the illicit slaughter of dolphins at Taiji, a rural Japanese cove. Watch it on tv, Tues July 20th, on UK Channel More4 @ 22:00 hrs. The COVE campaign information HERE

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Link to the latest news (in his own words) about Mark Pollock, Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010 competitor: Optimist, Realist or Something Else? (Source: Mark Pollock's Blog. Published July 18, 2010.) Don't forget to leave a comment/response for Mark on his blog.

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Becalmed south of Rathlin Island, Miss Scarlett - IRl 4763 (Copyright 2010 Sailpix Ireland) Congratulations to Tonnerre de Breskens - NED 46 (Ker 46), deserved overall winner of the Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010 having comfortably taken Line Honours in the process. Best wishes to Tonnerre skipper Piet Vroon who had taken ill the night before the race start but who is thankfully back on his feet

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The Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010, run by Wicklow Sailing Club, begins at 12:00 hrs on 20th June at Wicklow. Visit the dedicated race website HERE and follow the progress of the competitors on the Race Tracker HERE. Plenty of fun is being provided onshore as well at the Round Ireland Sailfest Festival, for more information click HERE. Sailpix Ireland will be aboard Round Ireland entrant Miss

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ISORA (Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association) 2010 Race 5, organised in conjunction with RAYC (Royal Alfred Yacht Club), was held with the Lee Overlay/RAYC 2010 Offshore Series Dun Laoghaire to Dun Laoghaire Day Race using the same start at Scotsman's Bay, course and finish on Sunday 13 June 2010. The course took the fleet past Baily Lighthouse, Lambay Island (to port), Rockabill Lighthouse (to

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This month saw the installation of a new four-section floating breakwater pontoon at the Royal St George Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire - close to Carlisle Pier. The unsinkable pontoons have a styrofoam core encased in reinforced concrete and have been designed to endure storms, floods and hurricanes. Thirty tonnes of heavy steel chain and twenty-four five-tonne anchor blocks buried in the mud in the

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Our item on Carlisle Pier posted on 13 October 2009 is now updated. Link to Irish Independent (daily newspaper) story by Paul Melia on 19 May 2010 follows: Developer faces rebuilding at Victorian pier

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In fresh to strong, Force 5 to Force 6, NE breezy conditions on the Irish Sea, Saturday 8th May, Race 2 of the ISORA 2010 series in association with the Royal Alfred Yacht Club & Lee Overlay Offshore Series - Dun Laoghaire to North Arklow Cardinal Mark and back - proved to be somewhat of a roller coaster ride from start to finish. Commenting after the race, one skipper recounted: "It was the

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The ISORA (Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association), RAYC (Royal Alfred Yacht Club) Lee Overlay Day Race from Dun Laoghaire to North Arklow Cardinal Mark and back takes place on Saturday 8th May, 2010. The 52 nautical mile course starts in Scotsman's Bay and finishes between the two piers at Dun Laoghaire Harbour entrance. Sailing Instructions HERE (.pdf file)

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ISORA (Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association) 2010 Series - Race 1 Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead via the Kish Lighthouse and the North India Bank (75 nautical miles) was held on Saturday 24th April. Congratulations to Raging Bull - IRL 9666 (Sigma 400) 1st in Class 1 and to Katanca - IRL 31310 (Elan 31) 1st in Class 2 and 1st Overall. Miss Scarlett - IRL 4763 crossing the Irish Sea (Copyright 2010

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The 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race will visit eight stopover ports on five continents and race through four oceans in under nine months. The Volvo Open 70's will cover 39,270 nautical miles racing around the globe. The Fastnet Rock will be the last landmark the sailors will sail around before their final sprint up the west coast of Ireland to the finish in Galway. Hopefully the fleet will round Fastnet

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ISORA (Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association) 2010 Series Race 1, Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead, starts at 08:00 hrs on Saturday 24th April. The organizing authority is the Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association in association with the National Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire. The Course (75 miles approx) Start Line - located in Scotsman’s Bay between the DBSC ‘Pier’ mark and an adjacent committee boat.

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Sailmaker Philip Watson explains the finer points of headsail performance (Copyright 2010 Sailpix Ireland) With expert advice from sailmaker Philip Watson, the crew of Miss Scarlett - IRL 4763 squeeze every ounce of performance out of the headsail. The next event for the boat and crew will be the ISORA (Irish Sea Offshsore Racing Association) race from Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead on April 24th,

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Local sailing boats Zoom and Slack Alice at Dunmore East (Copyright 2010 Sailpix Irelan Local sailing boats Zoom and Slack Alice are back in the water at Dunmore East, County Waterford in preparation for the season ahead. 28 Mar 2010. Photo Gallery HERE (Regular updates to be posted) Map HERE

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 Face in the crowd, Torben Grael, skipper Ericsson 4, Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland) Torben Grael looks pleased to be in Galway as he walks past one of the city's institutions - McDonagh's Fish and Chip shop, Quay Street. It had taken Ericsson 4 just over seven days, ten and a half hours sailing before arriving from Boston to a tumultuous Irish welcome just after

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Grinding the jib, Miss Scarlett - IRL 4763 (Copyright 2010 Sailpix Ireland) 10:00 am, Sunday 07 March 2010, cometh the hour, cometh the final race of Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Spring Chicken 2010 - Race 6. Starting the final race in 7th place and on 65 points for the series, the crew of Miss Scarlett - IRL 4763 (Jeanneau Sun Fast 40.3) headed for the start line outside Dun Laoghaire Harbour in

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Lorient, Brittany on the northwest coast of France will host the Volvo Ocean Race in the summer of 2012. It will be at the end of a 700 nautical mile leg from Lisbon. Lorient will be the penultimate stopover in the race.Groupama, skippered by Franck Cammas, who is currently taking on the Jules Verne Trophy, has Lorient as its home base and will be France’s entry in the next two Volvo Ocean

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 Out in front, Finnegan's Wake - IRL 2008 (Copyright 2010 Sailpix Ireland) Increased blood circulation was certainly in evidence on Sunday 28th February in Dublin Bay when DBSC's keenly contested Spring Chicken Race 5 went ahead as scheduled. The lengthened course this week seems to have played into the hands of the bigger boats in the 4th start. For the second week in a row Line Honours

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Lisbon has been chosen as the first European port for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. It will be the finish of the transatlantic leg of the race during the summer of 2012. The second European port will be announced on Wednesday 03 March. The entire route will be revealed by the end of the month.What odds now on a return visit of the Volvo Ocean Race to Galway in 2012?

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