Former Round the World race skipper and professional sailor Joe English has died, aged 58.

After enjoying a wonderful IFDS Worlds 2013 regatta in Kinsale, we would like to thank the people who contributed a great deal to make Kiwi Gold Sailing very welcome.

Millions of euro are expected to be spent by visitors who will arrive in Cork in July to watch what is regarded as one of the world’s premier sailing events.

IT was poignant start to the Titanic centenary year.

HOPEFULLY it isn’t ominous – but the dining room lightshade hanging over the table at yacht designer Rob Doyle’s design-savvy home is a design called Titanic. On the plus side, the sleek, long light has been in place for quite a few years, unlike that fateful ship.

IRELAND’S most famous yacht designer has told how he is still haunted by his memories of narrowly cheating death in the 1979 Fastnet disaster.

The world’s biggest single-masted yacht – costing more than £30m (€44.9m) – set out on its maiden voyage today.

The world’s biggest single-masted yacht – costing more than £30m (€44m) – has delayed sailing on its maiden voyage, it emerged today.

THE world’s biggest single-masted yacht — costing more than €45 million and designed by Kinsale-based designer Ron Holland – was unveiled yesterday.