Sailing Boats
470 European Championships 2009
Croatian sailors Šime Fantela and Igor Marenić won the men’s 470 class at the European championships at Traunsee Lake, Upper Austria on Sunday 14th of June.
Fantela and Marenić are members of Sv. Krševan Club (Zadar, Croatia) and are the first Croatian gold-medal winners in an Olympic class in more than 30 years.
A [...]
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Northabout
Another Irish sailing boat that has many stories to tell was in Galway during the Volvo Ocean Race. Northabout is a 49 foot long modern aluminium sailing boat, built to a French design by the team under the direction of boat builder Jarlath Cunnane back in 2001.
Northabout took the expedition of leading Irish sailors and [...]
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A peaceful sandy lagoon on the Island of Mljet
The Island of Mljet in Croatia is well known for its National Park, a beautiful display of nature that rejuvenates the body and mid with peaceful pine forests, scenic coastline and magnificent sea lakes.
To take it even a step further, set sail to the very south-eastern point [...]
Volvo Ocean Race 2008/2009 in Galway
An unforgettable weekend of in-port racing, celebrating the great Volvo Ocean Race adventure and above all, the ever-present connection between the man and the sea.
It was a great place to meet old friends and make some new, enjoy the thrill of watching the powerful Volvo Open 70 in action, explore [...]
Volvo Ocean Race in Galway
Volvo Ocean Race brought record breaking crowds to Galway
As the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 continues and the Volvo Open 70 fleet has left the Irish waters, the echo is still strong and vibrates within many of those who visited Galway over last couple of weeks.
Only during the first week of Volvo Ocean Race stop-over over [...]
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