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Friday 19th March - This Friday night on Seascapes
the Inland Waterways with Colin Becker in his monthly report; WISTA - Mairead Ni Cheoinin and Helen Noble explain the work of the Womens International Shipping and Trading Association to promote and foster opportunities for women working in the maritime industry.
Geraldine Foley on life after "Mithril" ; Hannah Jenner joins
Clipper Round the World Race as skipper aboard Cork.
Seascapes Friday 12th March 2010
Peter Williams and Mike Jones, both from Cork, reached Port St. Charles, Barbados this week having completed a 3,500 mile row across the Atlantic Ocean. The duo, as part of an international crew of 6, set out from Agadir, Morocco on 12th January.
The row took 57 days, 20 hours. The voyage, which started from the Port de Plaisance Marina in Agadir was an an attempt to row the Atlantic from East to West on the traditional trade wind route. The voyage was the first to use Agadir as a start port for an ocean row and was only the second ever ocean rowing voyage to start from a Moroccan port. We are continuing to follow the progress of solo rower from Limerick – Sean McGowan who we heard from last week, you can track his progress on www.atlantic09.com
This week we celebrate the fact that this country as an island nation is set to stage in 2012 the final stopover in the next Volvo Ocean Race hosted by the city of the tribes and city of the vibes Galway ,43 year old , Norwegian - Knut Frostad is Chief Executive Officer of the Volvo Ocean Race a former competitor in the race and an accomplished sailor he was in Dublin on Wednesday for the signing of the VOR contract ………he spoke to Seascapes about the choice of Galway as the race finish city we also heard on Seascapes from John Killeen Chairman of Lets Do It Galway.
The next Volvo Ocean Race will start in the Spanish port of Alicante in the autumn of 2011 .
• Irish boatbuilder Killian Bushe was part of the NCB crew. Bushe built the winning boat in the last three Volvo Ocean Races (illbruck 2001-02, ABN AMRO ONE 2005-06, Ericsson 4 2008-09) • 32 athletes from Ireland have taken part in the race • The 2011-12 race will be the 11th edition of the event • The design of the boat is regulated and the boat is built for speed • The first 31,250 nautical-mile race first took place over 37 years ago (as the Whitbread Round the World Race 1973-74), testing the crews against some of the most ferocious elements that man can encounter.
John McCarthy is the Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Energy the company recently signed an agreement with Dresser Rand a world leader , Ocean Energy are engaged in developing a system which will harness the Waves that form our shoreline…..John McCarthy spoke to Seascapes about the company and its activities.
Auctioneer Dominic Daly was recently retained by the Criminal Assets Bureau to auction the Yacht Lucky Day he told SEASCAPES About the vessel and is also due to Auction on behalf of the Admiralty Marshal the mvLinda which was At the centre of controversy when its Ukrainian crew were abandoned in the port of Dundalk , this was brought to the authorities attention by Ken Fleming of the ITF who said that the ship was "effectively abandoned" in Dundalk after being inspected by Port State Control, which identified eight breaches of safety regulations. "The crew carried out essential repairs to the engine but Forestry Shipping of Latvia refused to pay bills to local creditors and cancelled the captain’s mobile phone account.".
Sean O Farrell , Coxswain of Courtmacsherry Lifeboat contacted Seascapes about their St Patricks Day parade with parades taking place all over the country Courtmacsherry have a parade on land and on the water, there will be a unique Sea Parade led by Courtmacsherry lifeboat it will start at 4.00 pm. Approx 9 boats. Trawlers angling boats etc. The Land parade begins at 4.30 pm led by Boston Police Pipe Band and including Butter Exchange band,RDF,RNLI, and about 25 floats Free parking at both sides of the village and free shuttle bus to and from the car parks to the village. Irelands only land and sea parade. Next weekend on Saturday there is a Rescue services awareness day, information units from the RNLI, Coastguard,Navy,Gardai and West Cork Rapid Response will be on the pier in Courtmacsherry from 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm. The Boston Police Pipe Band will give recitals during the afternoon.
Hugh Bruton Irish General Manager of Brittany Ferries spoke to Seascapes this week as the company begin their sailing Season from Cork to Roscoff next weekend aboard the Pont Aven (pictured) on their 33rd year of direct sailings from Ireland to France. More details from www.brittanyferries.com
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