Derry~Londonderry~Doire was second across the line in the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms

Only ten minutes separated Derry~Londonderry~Doire from GREAT Britain at the finish line in a high speed battle across 3,400 nautical miles from Brazil to South Africa in the second leg of the 14-race global series that forms the 40,000 nM Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. This leg across the South Atlantic Ocean is the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms and conditions didn’t disappoint, pushing the fleet on in a fast and furious crossing with some record speeds in excess of 30 knots, with the front runners averaging a credible 10 knots across the entire 14 day dash from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town.

Skippers and crew members taking part in the Round Ireland Sailability event are busy getting their boats ready for their passage. On June 26, three yachts will leave Greencastle with owners and crew heading east to circumnavigate Ireland to raise awareness of sailing for persons with disabilities. They will be joined by another yacht at Carlingford. The skippers and their crew members are full steam ahead with their preparations.

The Lighthouse Voyage

Netherlands to Belfast

The stunning Class A vessel, Eendracht is seeking trainees for an 11 day voyage from Scheveningen (Netherlands) to Belfast 17-27 June.

 

•       €1,195 (around £850) – reduced from €1,295

•       €647.50 (around £460) for 15 to 25 year olds

 

Price covers meals, coffee, tea and fruit. Price does not include transport costs to Netherlands.

 

If you know anyone who is interested in booking this sailing adventure, go to www.eendracht.nl/…/trips/150617/zeezeilen-vuurtorenreis-2015

Lough Swilly Yacht Club will host the next stage of Foyle Sailability’s volunteer training on Wednesday, May 20. This is part of our on-going Volunteer training programme, which aims to provide our volunteers with the required skills and experience to help out with the events we host for people with disabilities to get on the water and enjoy sailing.

Yacht owners who are volunteers with Foyle Sailability have revealed their plans to round Ireland on an awareness raising campaign for Sailability Ireland, a national organization aimed at increasing opportunities for people with disabilities to engage in sailing and water-based activities.

Organisers of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race are returning to Derry-Londonderry later this week, searching for local crew members to join the city’s third team entry in the world’s longest, most unique ocean race.

British sailing legends, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and Sir Ben Ainslie announced a unique opportunity today for a young person to experience Mother Nature’s toughest conditions, as a competitor in the world’s longest ocean race.

Ballyholme Yacht Club woke up to champagne conditions on the first day of the F18 World Championship.

As the fleet took to the water however the wind began to drop and swing around, providing a challenge for the race committee. After a delay of 3 hours and a general recall, the race finally got underway with a black flag to keep the eager competitors away from the line.

Derry~Londonderry~Doire has won Race 14 from New York to Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland in the Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht Race.

The course was shortened with a time limit placed on the race of 1200 UTC Sunday 22 June after unusual weather patterns caused by a persistent high pressure system centred just west of Ireland threatened to hamper the progress of the fleet.

There aren’t too many people who can say they have sailed - indeed raced - a boat they have built themselves.

Ken Doherty is certainly an exception to the rule as he builds a type of boat that is unique to local waters in Lough Foyle – the Foyle Class Punt.

A member of Lough Foyle Yacht Club, Ken has had a lifelong interest in boat-building and sailing. A number of his hand-crafted sailing punts will be taking part in the Lough Foyle Yacht Club Punt Race during the LegenDerry Maritime Festival which is taking place in Derry~Londonderry from June 21~29.

Derry~Londonderry~Doire arrived in New York, the city that never sleeps in the early hours of this morning lit up by world famous city skyline. The Northern Irish team put on a competitive performance to claim fifth place in Race 13, the Grange Hotels Trophy, just one week ahead of the highly anticipated Race 14 to Derry-Londonderry.

Foyle Sailability, a voluntary organisation aimed at providing people with disabilities an opportunity to learn how to sail and access water based activities, is inviting expressions of interest from people with disabilities and their representative groups who wish to take part in their two-day regatta in Derry on 18th & 19th June.

Preparations are well underway for the return of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race with one of the most exciting events planned for the year, a weeklong LegenDerry Maritime Festival from 21-29th June 2014.

The Northern Irish entry has finished its toughest leg yet of the 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, with rescued crew member Andrew Taylor going to hospital upon arrival following the man overboard incident in the Pacific last week.

The Olympic Sailing Center in Qingdao, China provided the perfect backdrop today as the Northern Irish entry competing in the Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht Race started Race 10 from Qingdao, China to San Francisco, USA .