Michael O Shea just completed his first Moth Worlds after sailing the boat for a year and came 4th in the Silver fleet (Just missing out on qualifying for the gold). Congratulations Mike – pictured in action………
Hello and welcome aboard Seascapes , on this edition of the programme we have our monthly report from the Inland Waterways and Colin Becker ; Norman Freeman on the Massage technique of an Armenian doctor at sea ; , first to the Tall Ships Races which visit the Port of Waterford this Summer, all households and businesses in the county this week received postcards to alert people overseas to the event, For the first time this country will have no official state entry In the Tall Ships Race, however Gerry Brennan who is in our Belfast Studios has a plan with a 100ft Schooner – the Johanna Lucretia participating in the race…………..you can find out more about the Yohanna Lucretia And trainee places aboard on the Seascapes webpage or by emailing Johanna.lucretia@hotmail.com
THE TALL SHIPS RACES are presented by Szczecin and organised by Sail Training International. Further information on Waterford’s hosting of The Tall Ships Races is available at www.waterfordtallshipsrace.ie or by calling 051-849640.
52 cruise liners visited the Port of Cork during 2010 bringing over 100,000 passengers and crew to the region. According to research carried out by UK consultants GP Wild, the average in-transit spend per passenger, while visiting an Irish port is €73. A significant contribution towards the local economy.
Ferry passenger numbers though the port also increased mainly due to the welcomed re-commencement of the ferry service linking Cork with Swansea. The weekly ferry service from Cork to Roscoff with Brittany Ferries also had a successful year.
The Annual fundraising lunch for the RNLI “Sailing By the Lee” takes place on Friday 28th of this month in the Maryborough Hotel in Cork at 12 midday with special guest speaker , the world renowned photographer Rick Tomlinson - there are some tickets still available and you should contact Kinsale RNLI Fundraising Hon Sec –Susie Elliott her email is susie.elliott@cantillons.com .
The efforts of Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and others to bring the scandal of discarded fish and ethical fishing practices to peoples attention has now topped over the half million signatories on www.fishfight.net , how might we learn from it , you can hear more on next weeks Seascapes ……have you a view let us know on seascapes@rte.ie .
This Saturday at 3pm, the Dingle Wildlife and Seal Sanctuary in conjunction with the Irish Seal Sanctuary, will be releasing Mike-Angelo on Beal Ban beach, Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry. At the other end of the country in Rosbeg, Co Donegal, Pepper will be released back to the wild at 2.30pm on Sunday.
The Volvo Ocean Race has announced its new youth sailing initiative, the Volvo Ocean Race Academy. This Academy marks the continuation of the Volvo Ocean Race’s commitment to youth sailing worldwide.
The project contains three activities to involve the children of each of the host ports. Firstly, the race will take over 14,000 children worldwide out on the water to “Try Sailing”. For the experienced young sailors of these countries, there will be the Academy Team Racing Series. Finally, there will be an educational programme to allow the host port schools to become involved in the race and sailing as a sport.
The Try Sailing experience will take children from the local schools and communities out sailing in each host port, in supplied 5.6m Ludics training dinghies. They will be shown some basic sailing skills and learn about the Volvo Ocean Race. The race is also working on individual sailing projects with the local sailing associations and clubs to help leave a legacy in each of the ports, which will facilitate even more young people trying out sailing.
The competitive pinnacle of the project will be the Academy Team Racing Series, which will be held in Optimists dinghies in each of the Host Ports. The two-day regatta will be run in the Race Village harbours, and the race organisation is working with the Optimist Class to organise these regattas.
