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Seascapes Friday 22nd October 2010

Hello and welcome aboard Seascapes …on this weeks programme

Powerboating this weekend in Co Clare ; photographer and adventurer Corrado Filipponi on how he was inspired to take a Kayak down the Mississippi , first to our Seascapes archive and We reach back in time to this extract from the 15^th of September 2008 … we also hear from Captain Tom McCarthy , a towering figure in sail training and Tall Ships , David O Brien is Editor of Afloat magazine , David spoke to Seascapes about the recent release of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board report .........

ASGARD II meant a very great deal to people not alone on this island but around the globe………….

this statement was received from the Department of Defence who had overall responsibility for the vessel……..

"The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has published their Report of the investigation into the loss of the sail training vessel “Asgard II”.

The vessel which sank in the Bay of Biscay on 11 September 2008 while en route to La Rochelle, France was carrying 5 crew and 20 trainees.

All on board were evacuated safely from the vessel and transferred to the ships life rafts where they were brought to the island of Bel Ille by the French coastguard.

Minister or Defence, Mr. Tony Killeen commented that while the findings into the cause of the sinking are inconclusive it recognises that the vessel was equipped and maintained in excess of the statutory requirements and that higher safety standards were in place on the ship which were above those required by legislation. The Minister also noted that the report acknowledges the leadership shown by the ship’s Master, Colm Newport and he commended his and the crew’s handling of the emergency situation."

Copies of the Report are available on the MCIB website at www.mcib.ie.

Corrado Filipponi is a photographer and adventurer living in Switzerland , he was in Ireland a few years ago when a certain book prompted him to follow the course of one of the world’s greatest rivers by kayak, pictured above on the Mississippi .You can see more of Corrado Filipponi’s watery adventures on his website which is www.dia.ch.

Irish Water Safety is reminding boaters, sailors surfers, divers and anglers that there is a full moon on Saturday so they need to be aware of spring tides for the weekend coupled with an uncertain weather forecast.

Walkers should remain alert and stay well away from the edge of ordinarily familiar waterside pathways due to the risk of stranding as a result of the high tides.

Remember your lifeline in an emergency is 999 and 112 therefore carry a mobile phone and ask for the Marine Rescue.If you discover missing or found Ringbuoys then log on to www.ringbuoys.ie to report them, remember, "a stolen ringbuoy is a stolen life".

Ferry passenger numbers through ports in the Republic of Ireland rose by 16% in the first 6 months of 2010, compared to the same period in 2009, to 1,436,207 passengers. The number of cars carried in this period also increased, by

13% compared to a 4% drop for H1 2009, this is according to latest analysis published by the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO).

The European Powerboat Championships are happening on Lough Derg, Killaloe, Co. Clare, assisted by Shannon Development in association with Waterways Ireland this October bank holiday weekend. The event is being hosted by the Buccaneer Powerboat Club and will involve the staging of the UIM P750 Class Powerboat race at the University of Limerick Activity Centre at Two Mile Gate Killaloe.
The racing boats involved in the three day event will be ZapCats and Thundercats which are light weight but very fast and highly manoeuvrable craft.
Twenty-five teams from across Europe including Germany, England, Sweden as well as crews from all parts of Ireland including a local Killaloe Crew - the current 2010 Irish Series Champions - will be taking part in the event.

Congratulations to the crew of the new Kilmore Quay lifeboat “Killarney “ featured on Seascapes last week which had its 1^st call out earlier this week .

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