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OPEN DAY &
CHARITYFASHIONSHOW
17th April 2010
10am - 4pm
FORESAILFORESAILNews sheetNews sheet
Special points
of interest:
Social Media
Elan regatta
Endeavour
Irish Boat Jumble
Cross Channel Boats
Wildlife haven
Triumphant at Twenty-five
Detail on Sail NI
Issue 3
At Sail NI our staff have at least 30 combined years in the
brokerage industry.
Reasons to buy through Sail NI
Indemnified Broker
Qualified through ‘ABYA’ (Association of Brokers and Yacht Agents)
Use an industry approved contract
Client’s Account
After Sales Care
Power, Yachting and Commercial / Work Boat Divisions
Our company policy is to inspect as many of our Brokerage boats as possible
CONTENTSCONTENTSCONTENTSSail NI Boat Sales and Services
Articles and features
3. The Marina Carrickfergus
4. 2010 to date
5. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube
6. The Elans are coming
7. Readers request for Help
8. Open day and Fashion Show
9. Belfast Lough Sailability -Summery of 2009
10. Clothing companies supporting the Fashion Show‘Dash’ Carrickfergus
11. ‘Bambini’ - Couture for kids
12. ‘Aqua Shak’ Marina Store
13. Irish Boat Jumble and Cross Channel Boats
14. Wildlife Haven
16. Rare Cruising Opportunity
17. Carrickfergus Marina Triumphant at twenty five
18. Boat Show or Not
19. Wanted!
20. Detail on Sail NI Boat Sales and Services
Carrickfergus has long been a haven for seafaring pursuits. Carrickfergus Marina, a home from home for all sailors, and holder of the prestigious 5 Gold Anchor and European Blue Flag status boasts excellent amenities for berthing, setting sail and relaxing all year round.
There's always a warm welcome from the staff at Carrickfergus Marina and the exclusive amenities provided in the Marina building will make your stay all the more enjoyable. No detail is overlooked in the exclusive berthholder facilities, including immaculately presented showers, and
personal laundry service, and a bespoke marine services area. The area around the Marina is a hub of activity, with a modern complex that offers restaurants, childrens' play facility, hotel, multi screen cinema, convenient superstore and a vibrant sailing club. There are also inviting bar/restaurant facilities overlooking the marina and harbour - the ideal way to laze away a long summer evening or enjoy a hot drink on a winter's night.
The customer service team, located at the marina local information point, will also be delighted to provide information about other activities and places of interest in the town and beyond. Over the years, Carrickfergus Marina has gained a world-wide reputation for the excellence of its on-shore facilities and for its friendly, knowledgeable staff.
Stay overnight in 2010 and make full use of all the facilities and your second night will be complimentary. We look forward to welcoming you!
A publication by
Sail NI Boat Sales and Services
Carrickfergus Marina
3 Quayside
Carrickfergus
Co. Antrim
BT38 8BJ
T: +44 (0)28 9335 1141
M: +44 (0)75 0066 1907
M: +44 (0)75 0066 1908
W: www.sailni.co.uk
The Marina Carrickfergus - Haven for Seafaring pursuits and home to ‘Sail NI Boat Sales and Services’.
FORESAIL
SAIL NI readers
benefit from a second
night complimentary
stay when booking a
visitors berth in 2010
For more details
Contact:
Carrickfergus Marina
3 Quayside
Carrickfergus
Co. Antrim
BT38 8BJ
T: +44 (0)28 9336 6666
W: www.carrickfergus.org
Offer subject to terms and conditions
The image above is of her
sailing out of Carrickfergus
Marina and passing the Castle.
Sail NI staff have also been
on a steep learning curve as we
embrace the internet craze of
Social Networking! More detail
on page 5.
We hope to see you at our
Open Day on the 17th April
2010 refer to pages 8-12
2010 To date
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2010 has been a very interest-
ing year to date, so far we
have attended our first non
leisure boat show ‘The Irish
Skipper Expo’ in Galway and
have seen a huge improvement
in the overall marine market.
We have taken a professional
photographer out on an owners
Impression 434 and not only
was this a great day out on a
sunny February (perk of the
job) but we also have some
brilliant images
According to the photographer
his favourite image is the one
where all the hardworking
crew are hidden by the main
sail and the only person visible
is the Sail NI delivery skipper,
Round the world sailor and co-
author of Best selling ‘Letters
to the boatyard’ Bob Harper.
A big thank you to Mr & Mrs
Mitchell for letting us borrow
the ‘White Pearl’ .
We are always thinking of the
best ways to make it easier to
provide information to a world-
wide marketplace which in turn
helps advertise owners boats
for sale and our new boat
ranges Elan sail, power and
Feeling yacht lifting keels.
One of the things Sail NI
wanted to do was enable
If you not a fan of twitter you can join us on facebook the link to our page is belowhttp://www.facebook.com/sailni.boatsales
With YouTube we can post videos which provide an overall view of a vessel helping direct people to our website and in turn our brokerage boats.http://www.youtube.com/user/SailniBoatSales
people to find out very easily
when new listings came onto
our books.
So we signed up to Twitter
this helps us connect with new
people but also allows people to
follow us and very easily get
notified when a new listing
pops up.http://twitter.com/SailNIBoatSales
SAIL NI BOAT SALES AND SEVICES
OPEN DAY & CHARITY FASHION SHOW
DATE: 17th April 2010
Time: 10am - 4pmLocation: Carrickfergus Waterfront
SAILNI - Embracing Social Media Sites
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For more information or to register your interest please email: [email protected]
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The elans are coming
Elan Regatta Carrickfergus
2010
Whilst clearing out my late father's house a few years back I came across an unusual item of sailing in-terest. It was a photograph of the Americas Cup legend Endeavour and signed by the crew, including the then Captain, Ned Heard.
Printed by a company called Beken & Sons and dated October 1937, the photo-graph aroused my curiosity as to how it managed to end up in the attic of an old cottage in Donaghadee.
I had never seen the photo-graph before in all my time and had most definitely never heard it mentioned by anyone in the family.
So I decided to try and find out as much as I could about this famous yacht and whether there was any local connection to my family. The internet is a wonderful thing and was able to provide me with loads of information on the Endeavour, the Americas Cup etc etc, but nothing of any local interest was forthcoming. An extended family member also pro-vided a little interesting snippet of information con-cerning my late maternal grandfather ‘Robert Walker’ who I know was a
'man of the sea' having served in the Merchant Navy and then plying his trade as a fisherman in the period just after the second World War. This information suggested that the Endeavour may have come into Belfast at some point for repairs and that my grandfather may have helped pilot the yacht in and received
the signed photograph as a souvenir of this occasion.
Therefore I was wondering if anyone can remember if the Endeavour did indeed visit Belfast at any time around 1937 or indeed if anyone else has any theories or insight into this unique photograph.
PLEASE CONTACT: [email protected] if you think you can help our reader
Readers Request for help
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Tel:
+44(0)28 93351141
Email:
Web:
www.sailni.co.uk
The Open Day will be running on the Sat 17th April at the Carrickfergus Waterfront, on the Sun 18th we will have a stand at the Irish Boat jumble which is being held at the Car-rickfergus Sailing Club.
Over the two days Sail NI will have a range of Used Boats ‘On the Water’ and ‘On the hard standing’. There will be a large display of information on our new boat ranges - Elan Per-formance, Elan cruising yachts, Elan power range and Feeling Lifting Keel Yachts.
Sail NI have a wide selection of used Commercial vessels / workboats, yachts and power-boats for sale from all over Ireland, the UK, Europe and further afield.
Nevertheless we are hoping to increase the number of boats that are on display over the duration of this event and are keen to take on any new list-ings. There is no fee (apart from our standard commission terms) if your boat is listed through our brokerage.
One of the advantages of this weekend is that it runs along-side ‘The Irish Boat Jumble’which is a very popular event and well attended.
Find out how we can help you sell your boat Or locate the boat of your dreams
Open Day &Charity Fashion show
Saturday 17th April
On the Saturday ‘Belfast Lough Sailability’ will be providing a dem-onstration on the water in the morning and Sail NI is organising a complimentary Fashion Show held in the conference
centre in the afternoon. Sail NI are in the process of sourcing a much needed ‘Open Work Boat’ for this group and ‘BLS’ will be running a charity raffle throughout the day to start the process of raising funds for this particular vessel.
Programme of events - Open day and Charity Fashion Show
Sunday 17th April
On Sunday we will also have a stand in the ‘Irish Boat Jumble’ which is held in our neighbour's ‘Carrickfergus Sailing Clubs’ car park less than a minute's walk away from our event.
PROGRAMME – SAT 17TH
Sailing display on the Sat Morning by Belfast Lough Sailability
Charity Fashion Show in the Carrickfergus Marina / Waterfront
All proceeds from Charity Raffle in aid of Belfast Lough Sailability.
SUN 18th
Sail NI will Have a stand at the Irish Boat Jumble
17th Sat April 2010
Show open 10am – 4pm
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Great Raffle Prizes
be on the water in one boat or another.We also had visits by groups including Heart and Stroke Association, a local Deaf /Blind group and also young peo-ple from the Youth Council for NI. I know I have missed a few groups for which I apolo-gise and I hope you all get in touch again this year.
For 2010 we look forward to another full calendar, we are planning an Information Day for our regular volunteers. We also hope to run a number of pre-season theory training sessions in the Carrickfergus Marina Building, these are open to everyone who wishes to participate.
A pre-season Dinner is being held at Carrickfergus Sailing Club on the 27th March.
I
look forward to seeing you all again soon because I have a feeling that 2010 is going to be even bigger that the last couple of years.
BLS Chairman Steve Frecknall
Belfast Lough Sailability - Summery of 2009 by Chairman
Access dinghy at Tall Ships
Find out how we can help you sell your boat
SQUIB
Sailability Fleet - Squib, Skud & Access
What a fabulous year we had in 2009, the year started fairly quietly last April but soon we were rushed off our feet by events.
Our first weekend visit by sailors from Scotland and the Isle of Man happened, this has now been adopted as the Sail-ability Celtic Rally and hope-fully will become an annual event.
We also changed our sailing group meets from Sunday mornings to our current Wednesday evening sessions. This has proved extremely successful and as a result we were able to recruit quite a few new helpers with sailing experienceIn June our first daytime group came from Mitchell House School in Holywood, this was a return visit follow-ing the success of 2008 and in
August the second group to visit were young people from The Lighthouse Trust summer scheme, again another positive event and we hope they come to visit again this year.Then the Tall Ships visited Belfast; we were invited by Belfast City Maritime Commit-tee to play our part in this spectacular event. The support we received from people who had not previously been involved with BLS was phenomenal. I can’t thank and praise them enough.As a result of the Tall Ships event we were contacted by a number of groups and organi-sations that work with young people with learning difficul-ties and Autism.
On one evening we had over 50 people arrive to try sailing/boating for the first time. Even so we still managed to get everyone who wanted to
enjoyable sailing opportunities to people with a disability.
Accepted as a charity by the Inland Revenue
Based at Carrickfergus Waterfront BLS has specially adapted boats and equipment. The charity provides safe and
Established Charity—Belfast Lough Sailability
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Keep in touch with , If you would like to be kept up to date with all that’s going on at Dash cloth-ing, please sign up to the Dash email newsletter http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=306133872643
Welcome to The brand offers a classic yet modern collection for all occa-sions. Providing head to toe, practical & versatile clothing, using quality fabrics in exclu-sive colours. With sizes from 10-20, the fit is flattering and forgiving, and fabrics are soft, easy care and comfortable.
We are confident that you will find the unique ranges, easy to co-ordinate & can build an indi-vidual wardrobe that suits all your needs.
Enjoy the experience, Creating a casual comfortable look for all age groups and sizes
Clothing companies supporting the ‘Charity Fashion Show’
Cuddy Carrickfergus22-24 Market Place,
Carrickfergus. Co. Antrim +44(0)2893 355220
www.dashfashion.co.uk
All photographs show our ‘Dash ladies’ modelling some of the items of clothing that will be on show at the Sail NI Used Boat Show on the Sat 17th April
Charity Raffle 1st Prize
�50 worth of gift vouchers for
Dash Fashion
We are thrilled to offer the dash collection direct to your door.
Sit back & enjoy shopping from the comfort of your own home. www.dashfashion.co.uk
Vouchers for 20% off Dash / Eastex available at the Sail NI Open day & Fashion Show -Vouchers valid in the Dash store located at Carrickfergus
Show starts at 1pm in the Marina Conference room.
Thank you to Dash for provid-ing a great 1st Prize for our charity raffle a �50 gift voucher for Dash Fashion
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Anyone interested in finding out more about participating in or volunteering for Belfast Lough Sailability, should contact,
Mrs R.Meadow, Hon Sec. Belfast Lough Sailability, Carrickfergus Waterfront, The Marina, 3 Rodgers Quay, Carrickfergus BT38 8BJ email - [email protected]
How can I find out more about Belfast Lough Sailability…?
A selection of items from the ranges to the right will be modeled at the show
voucher for Dash Fashion
We are pleased to offer an ever increasing range of Chil-dren's clothing, prams, nursery equipment and gifts for all occasions.
We offer a range of services including Baby Club, Baby Wish List as well as full delivery and setup of your nursery equipment.
Whether you are an expectant Mother, Grandparent to be, or maybe you are browsing for a gift, Bambini is your one stop Children's shop. Come visit us in-store to view our fabulous ranges and our experienced staff are on hand to help you with all your needs.
Web: www.bambini.co.uk or
Bambini
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2nd Raffle Prize £20 worth of gift vouchers
from bambini
Aqua Shak will also offer a great
raffle price
Belfast Lough Sailability - What’s your colour choice?
Sailability volunteers showing off the Cherry Red, Chestnut & Royal blue T-shirts at The Tall Ships
Great Ready for the New Easter Season!
Great Easter Offers online at www.aquashak.com or email: [email protected]
Or call into our showroom at Carrickfergus.
There will be also a range of the Belfast Lough Sailability ‘Colourful T-shirts’ in show ladies or gents styles, all available with the Belfast Lough Sailability logo! Pick your favourite colour or match with your favourite boat. Our squib range is embroidered with our classic
tan and gold logo. We have bold colours which relate to our six access dinghy's. Lemon haze, cherry red, royal blue, kiwi, Azalea or Orchid.
To complement our Scud 18 we have contemporary Charcoal grey and black.
Aqua Shak - Marine Store
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Sail NI would like to thank the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum for allowing the reproduction of images from their Photographic archive for our News Sheet. There is a huge collection of images available from the www.titanicinbelfast.com website. And they are not just of boats! Click on the Museum collections and it takes you straight through to the Photographic Archive
‘Cross Channel Boats, Belfast’ a view of the boats alongside Donegall Quay ref: WAG3190 “Photograph; ULSTER FOLK & TRANSPORT MUSEUM: (National Museums Northern Ireland).
Cross Channel Boats, Belfast
Viewing boats on brokerage with Sail NI has never been easier, there are some great ferry routes into Larne and Belfast and we also offer a complimentary airport / ferry terminal collection service if you arrange to view a boat through us
Complimentary collection service
If you are coming to our Open Day why not make a weekend of it and attend the ‘Irish Boat Jumble’ on Sunday the 18th April 2010.
Contact Sail NI for a list of local accommodation and details about the special offers available.
Or email the organizer -Email: [email protected]
Web: www.boatjumbleassociation.co.uk
Irish Boat Jumble Sponsored by P&O Irish Sea
Page 13Issue 3
Common Seals on the River Bann
inland and still attracting cargo ships of up to 2000 tones and 4 metre draft.
Substantial public jetties have been established along the river following major invest-ment by Waterways Ireland, local councils and private op-erators opening up the river to boating on an unprecedented scale. Recent improvements by Waterways Ireland have in-cluded new navigational signage and dredging on the non-tidal part of the river.
Wildlife Haven - The Bann
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The Bann is the longest river in Northern Ireland. It begins life in the Mournes and unusu-ally flows north for almost its entire length, passing through Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the British Isles, and Lough Beg before entering the Atlan-tic on the north coast of Ire-land. Five other major rivers flow into Lough Neagh but the Bann is the only one flowing from the lough. On its 85 mile journey to the sea the river passes through, or close to, the towns of Banbridge, Porta-down, Toome, Portglenone, Kil-rea and Coleraine and through
some wonderful and varied scenery ranging from open farmland to amenity forests and tidal estuary. Navigational improvements completed in Victorian times still connect Lough Neagh to the sea by means of 5 sets of locks which allow seagoing boats, with a draft of 1 metre, to pass along a stretch of 60 kilometres and up the 12 metre difference in lough and sea levels into Lough Neagh. At Coleraine on the es-tuary a dredged and well-marked channel lead to a commercial port in the heart of the town some 8 kilometres
None of the recent changes on the river have had the slight-est impact on the abundant wildlife that lives on, in and along the river and it remains a fantastic and diverse wildlife corridor running almost the entire length of Northern Ire-land.
In the tidal estuary otters, seals, porpoise and foxes can be seen daily. The skies and mudflats are full of all types of wading birds throughout winter and summer. Swans, many varieties of ducks, geese and gulls, oystercatchers, dunlin, herons, cormorants, merganser and curlew are all common and buzzards and avocet have been sighted increasingly frequently. Below the surface salmon, trout, eels and flounder are the native species tempting the anglers. Upstream and away from the salty tidal estuary the wildlife differs somewhat with kingfishers, dippers, moorhen
and coot being added to the bird varieties and perch, bream and pike to the aquatic species. Along the banks are specimen trees and rare plants in a historic landscape.
The wildlife shares the river with canoeists, oarsmen, fishermen, water-skiers and pleasure boats but the river remains unbelievably tranquil and totally uncrowded for most of its journey to the sea.
Only two commercial pleasure craft currently operate on the Bann.
They are River Bann Cruises “The Lady Sandel”, named after a 13th century Norman family who controlled the area, which operates from Coleraine to the estuary and towards Kilrea and Con Law’s “Maid of Antrim” which operates on Lough Neagh and towards Portglenone.
Silver eels
Common Tern
‘Shazam’
Magic word used
to summon the
Superheros
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Derived from
S-Solomon (Wisdom)
H - Hercules (Strength)
A - Atlas (Stamina)
Z - Zeus (Power)
A - Achilles (Courage)
M - Mercury (Speed
‘Shazam’ - Meaning
Wildlife Haven - Continued
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Situated on the magnificent River Bann, in the heart of Northern Ireland’s premier tourism area of the Causeway Coast, the busy town of Cole-raine is ideally located for the operation of a river based tourist facility. Just such a tailor-made opportunity has now arisen with the popular River Bann Cruises business, includ-ing their 60 seater cruise vessel “The Lady Sandel”, being offered for sale as a going concern. As the sole commercial operator on this 25 mile stretch of water the current operation was established in 2006 and has to date carried over 18,000 passengers on its seasonal operation.
Unrestricted public access to an unspoiled tidal estuary and navigable inland river has been facilitated by the construction of many new jetties along the riverside by Waterways Ireland, Coleraine Borough
Council and private enterprise over the last decade.
Wonderfully varied wildlife, stunning scenic beauty, Victorian engineering achieve-ments and centuries of unique history are best appreciated on a relaxing cruise along the river from a highly visible Council owned jetty just a short walk away from the centre of Coleraine.
Adjacent to the disabled friendly access jetty is a public car park, with dedicated parking spaces, and a toilet block within a landscaped public riverside park.
The current operator, who established the business and was instrumental in lobbying for many of the facilities now in place, wishes to retire and is
willing to pass on his unrivalled knowledge of the river to prospective purchas-ers. The vessel currently in use
has been improved and meticulously maintained to exacting MCA standards by the owner, a former shipmaster, since it was located and purchased in England and transported to Northern Ireland by him.
The vessel’s Class V passenger certificate for
60 passengers and 2 crew for Category C waters has just been renewed.
Refer to Sail NI website form more details!
Web: www.sailni.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
Harp of Erne
‘The Lady Sandel’ - Interior
Harp of Erne—Interior
Rare Cruising Opportunity Arises - The Lady Sandel
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Other Waterbus available‘Harp of Erne’ Bounty Buccaneer 60’ Passenger Vessel with new 2005 Sabre Perkins with water jet drive.
Carrickfergus Marina - Triumphant at Twenty-five!
As it celebrates its 25th
anniversary in 2010, the newly refurbished Carrickfergus Marina has recently won more prestigious accolades for its high quality facilities and service provision. Despite having received awards on an annual basis since opening, the fact that the criteria for each award becomes more demanding year on year and that there is increased competition for the awards, these are important awards highlighting Carrickfergus Borough Council’s commitment to ensure the highest quality service provision at the Marina, as in all its facilities.
5 Gold Anchor Award
Carrickfergus Marina was also recently judged by the Yacht Harbour Association as successfully meeting the standard set for the prestigious, 5 Gold Anchor Award, the highest standard achievable.
The Gold Anchor Award scheme operates on an international level, with marinas in both Europe and America competing for Gold Anchor accreditation. This endorsement identifies Carrickfergus Marina as an officially recognised ‘world class’ facility and ranks Carrickfergus Marina on an equal footing with many of the leading marinas throughout the world.
The judging criteria included not only infrastructure, investment and facilities but also quality of customer care, contribution to the community, hosting and organising major international events and youth training, all in a safe and healthy environment.
It is with great pride that Carrickfergus Marina Staff accepted this highly prestigious award and they look forward to not only maintaining its award-winning services but also to welcoming you ashore especially in this very special 25th year.
Nuala DalczDevelopment Manager
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Sail NI Boat Sales and Services - ‘Our focus is excellence’
In the UK we are currently hearing a lot of discussion on the merits of boat shows and where and when they should be held. The Earls Court London boat show is still being talked about although it was not held in December 2009.
The Southampton show in September 2009 and the London Excel show in January 2010 both ended with very poor sales results. Many excuses abound, the economy, the weather, the location, the cost of exhibiting, transport, etc etc. The bottom line is that the extreme lack of sales in the last period has had a severe detrimental effect on investment in boat shows.
We are hearing of another major show in May 2011 in Liverpool. It is difficult to see, in the current climate, how this could be viable.
The situation in Ireland is even worse with the only Irish Boat show, the 2010 Dublin show being cancelled through lack of enthusiasm.
May be its time to think of a different format, a new image, or a new approach.
The organisers of the London Excel and the Southampton Boat shows are holding a series of seminars to help them formulate a programme for their shows in the future.
They are considering dates, venues and have announced the inclusion of the “Outdoor Show” within the London Excel Boat show for next year. They are obviously trying to increase the appeal to a wider audience and get back the attendance numbers of the past. (This could also be the result of the increasing size of the Excel centre and how to fill it)
How about a boat show in the North of Ireland, say alternate years with the Dublin show? We have excellent facilities in the North, a large boating population and with the new road links to the South of the country easy access.
We would be interested in your comments
1 How many major UK shows per year.
2 A show in the North of Ireland in alternate years to Dublin
3 Best time of the year to hold a show.
Please let us have your comments on [email protected]
and we will forward them to the relevant organisers.
Boat Show or Not?
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Wanted - Your articles, stories and pictures
Thanks to our readers who sent in articles, photos and boat names.
We are looking forward to receiving more for our next issue!
Please email your articles or pictures to [email protected] and if possible we will publish them
Disclaimer Whilst care is taken to ensure that the Sail NI Boat Sales and Services website is as up-to-date and accurate as possible, no responsibility can be taken by Sail NI for any errors or omissions contained herein. Furthermore, responsi-bility for any loss, damage or distress resulting from adherence to any advice, suggestions or recommendations made avail-able through this Foresail New Sheet or through the Sail NI itself, howsoever caused, is equally disclaimed by Sail NI Boat Sales and Services.The opinions expressed in Foresail News Sheet do not necessarily reflect those of the editor, publishers or their agents
Liberty Catering - Chef Phil McCleery: We offer fresh Bar Food and an extensive Restaurant Menu
at very competitive prices.
Our Menu’s varied and is changed every 2-3 weeks and specials are available and change week to week.
We are also available to cater for Private functions anytime of the week,
Menu available on request.
Menu available from Carrickfergus Sailing club or Email [email protected]
and a copy will be forwarded to you.
Liberty CateringFor all bookings or other enquires please contact Phil McCleery on
07816665920 or after 5pm Jacqui on 07761599760
‘Breakaway’ living up to her name voyaging across the Pacific
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Since our inception in November 2008 we have strived to uphold our motto
‘Our Focus is Excellence’.
In this modern age so many Brokerage companies are internet based and there is no denying that this is a huge platform to
promote boats of all shapes and sizes.
We also embrace this media by advertising with the main Power, Yachting & Commercial / Workboat internet companies in Europe as well as our own website www.sailni.co.uk.
However we have always felt that colossal as the ‘World Wide Web’ is, there is more to brokerage than relying purely on the internet.
For this reason we have an office and showroom based in the prestigious 5 Gold Anchor and European Blue Flag status Carrickfergus Marina Complex.
Alongside these excellent facilities in Carrickfergus, Sail NI also works very closely with our Partner Broker ‘Sovereign Yacht Sales’ in the Cork area. This means all our brokerage boats are displayed at both the Carrickfergus and Kinsale, Cork brokerage offices. Providing Sail NI the great advantage of not just one office readily available for potential clients but two, covering All Ireland.
Sail NI Delivery Skipper
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Wide Web’ is, there is more to
Kirstie Harper and Russell Murphy, are qualified brokers at Sail NI Boat Sales and Services with many years experience in the industry.
Both are on hand in the office 6 days per week to deal with any enquiries.
Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5.30pm Sat - 10am - 4pm Other times available by appointment
Phone: +44(0)28 9335 1141Mob: +44(0)75 0066 1907/8
Sail NI Boat Sales and ServicesCarrickfergus MarinaCarrickfergus, Co. AntrimNorthern Ireland BT38 8BJ
Years of Experience
Preparing an Elan Impression 434 for Sea
Sail NI Boat Sales and Services
Russell Murphy covers our brokerage services for Strangford Lough
Complementing our Service
Shore side facilities catering for all needs are available at both Carrickfergus and Kinsale locations.
We can also source specialist marine services throughout Ireland. This meets our commitment to supporting small businesses.
Maximising our sales potential
Sail NI cover as many events as possible. In the last year we have displayed all our broker-age boats at 6 shows through-out Ireland.
Our online ‘Foresail’ News Sheet has been a huge success and this has taken us to the next level with E-Commerce in-creasing our global presence.
Sail NI Boat Sales and Services All Ireland Dealers for
Sail NI team at Dublin Boat Show 2009
Elan in conjunction with
We’re on the web
www.sailni.co.uk
Please call into our office Located on the 1st Floorof the Carrickfergus Marina
Our opening hours are Mon—Fri 9.30am - 5pmSat 10am - 4pmOther times available by appointmentWe look forward to welcoming you!
