Bow Waves

15/01/2022

🤫 we’ve a little secret …

We’ll be hosting a pop up music event tomorrow at lunchtime (1.30pm) at the Claddagh Basin with the wonderful folk group Rón.

Rón are a folk group of four based in Galway, comprising of two fiddles and two guitars with vocals. They perform both contemporary and old Irish folk songs with traditional Irish tunes. They first performed together as a musical group on one of the traditional Galway Ho**er Boats in Galway Bay. This inspired them to be called Rón, the Irish word for Seal.

This event is being funded through the Galway City Council Local Live Performance Scheme.

The event is being held in the open but we would ask anyone who pops by to please adhere to current Covid guidelines and stay safe.

30/12/2021

Electricity has started flowing from the Hornsea 2 wind farm, which will become the world's largest offshore wind farm when it is complete. Located off the

22/12/2021

Festive Galway Harbour. 🎄

“Winter celebration at Galway Docks.”

19/12/2021

07/12/2021

A number of weather warnings have taken effect across the country, as Storm Barra arrives, bringing gusts in excess of 130km/h. After making landfall this morning, Storm Barra has caused some flooding in the south and has already left at least 33,000 homes and businesses without power. The Fastnet l...

02/12/2021

This is so cool. ❤️

19/11/2021

Why not plan an escape? The ARC runs every year. Sail off to NeverNeverland

18/11/2021

On Monday 13th November 1876, a ho**er, the St Patrick that set out from the Claddagh to Slyne Head was carried out 150 miles out into the Atlantic by a tremendous storm 😮.

Four days later, three survivors were rescued by a passing Norwegian vessel and taken to America.

Want to hear more? We certainly do! ⚓

Join John Cunningham of the NUI History Department as he dives into history with the fascinating tale of "Shaughrauns”: Catastrophe and Rescue on the High Seas, 1876’.

Tonight: Thursday 18th, talk starting at 8:00pm.

Link to join this lecture via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85637814297?pwd=NnJ3SDk1QWxIUWFzbnN6TU5lcnc5UT09
Meeting ID: 856 3781 4297
Passcode: IFwsIMD0

16/11/2021

Great to see the introduction of the Americas Cup women's regatta.

The Protocol of the 37th America’s Cup was released today by the Defender, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record - Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd and their representative team INEOS Britannia, eight months to the day after Emirates Team New Zeala...

05/11/2021

The Ocean Race takes two steps back and one step forwards.

Auckland and China have been dropped as stopovers for the next edition of The Ocean Race. The course for the crewed race around the world has been updated and it includes an epic crossing of the Southern Ocean - the longest leg in the history of the Race

03/11/2021

Ireland's first woman to be a ship’s sea captain, Kate Tyrrell of Co. Wicklow became a captain in 1886, despite the law of the day that then did not recognize female shipowners.

02/11/2021

Go Yannick!!

There's a hefty 2,700-mile sprint ahead of him

02/11/2021

€10 a ticket from Rouge, Dominic street. Win a bear. All for a good cause.

21/09/2021

https://www.change.org/p/minister-catherine-martin-td-bring-the-america-s-cup-to-cork-please-sign-here-to-show-your-support/psf/promote_or_share?guest=existing&short_display_name=Finbarr&source_location=corgi

10/09/2021

print Galway Bay fm newsroom – An Australian based multinational has bought the rights to develop a major wind farm off the coast of Connemara. Macquaries’ Green Investment Group has acquired Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta, the developer of the Sceirde Rocks offshore wind farm. It’s estimated the ...

22/08/2021

17th September. It's just like Christmas. Do you think it would be good to have the 37th America's Cup in Ireland?

Where and when will the next America's Cup be and who will be competiting for it? Matt Sheahan considers the inside chat on when, where, who and how the 37th...

19/08/2021

The previous record of 2 hours 6 minutes and 47 seconds was set by Ryan

06/08/2021

05/08/2021

Education comes at a price

After rescuing a couple from the sea off Kalo Limenes, Crete, the Greek Coast Guard sent a bill for their services so they can be reimbursed.

21/07/2021

Why is it so warm & sunny?🤔

The jet stream has been displaced to the far north of Ireland, drawing in warm air & allowing high pressure to "get stuck" bringing us this settled and sunny weather.

Temperatures today could reach 30°C or higher in a few places 🌡📈

👇📸

10/07/2021

08/06/2021

I want to celebrate World Ocean Day with a picture of a wonderful Ocean Ambassador who teach me so much about the sea and life. A clear message from pandemic time is simple, let's stop chasing those inflated materialistic dreams, slow down and focus on what is most important- the present moment, time with our families and mainly reconnect with our mother  - beautiful Planet Earth which craving for more love and respect

17/05/2021

Eight bells. Legend. ❤️

We are sad to report that the former editor of Sailing Today, John Goode, has died after a short illness. The marine industry and the sailing world has lost a great champion. Countless sailors benefitted from John’s instruction afloat, while countless readers of Sailing Today benefitted from his truly brilliant articles on seamanship and pilotage. Many of us still use his ‘cockpit plotter’ which went out free with Sailing Today in his time as editor. The magazine’s success was driven, as was every project John became involved with, by his tremendous energy and personal commitment, allied to a genuine desire to help people become better sailors.
We will carry a tribute to John in the next issue of Sailing Today with Yachts & Yachting. Tonight our thoughts are with John’s family, and we raise a glass, or two, to one of sailing’s greatest campaigners and characters. Cheers John.

14/05/2021

La Surveillante was part of the French fleet that came to aid Irish rebels - new images reveal her final resting place

14/05/2021

16/04/2021

Peter Cunningham’s MOD70 PowerPlay, skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield, has officially set the Fastnet Original Course Record ratified by The World Sailing Speed Record Council, authorised by World…

15/04/2021

You are only limited by your own imagination.
80+ knots.Why not?

It's been nearly a decade since Sailrocket became the world's fastest sailboat. Now two teams are hoping to set a new record with their radical designs

23/03/2021

Second hand boat for sale. Might be good for the summer?

With her wave-piercing hull and bulletproof windshield, “Enmer” takes on the roughest waters and still works as a stylish, comfy cruiser.

19/03/2021

Hot on the heels of the 7-3 victory of Emirates Team New Zealand over Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team came the announcement of the Challenger of Record (CoR) for the 37th America’s Cup. To the surpri…

19/03/2021

Galway Bay Sailing Club with Cuman Seoltoireacht Kilronan bid to host the week