I am especially interested in the stories of any of the three names highlighted below. But any information would be welcome.
Captain: Edward Power – who came from Tramore in Co Waterford.
Crewman: John Barry; who came from Quaker Road, Cork city. He was married to Margaret McCarthy.
Crewman: Carl Freidrich Sacht who was lost and who originally came from Heliogoland, in Denmark. He was also known as Charles Saacht.
Chief Officer: Aldred;
Second officer: Collivett;
Chief Engineer: Yorston;
the second Engineer: Martin / Donnelly
and the sailors W. Kerrett; James. Fitzgerald; J. W. Jones; Collins; Enright; Dutton; Namara; Falvey; Blair; W. Rand and one passenger: J. Toppin
and two stowaways: Mitchell and J. Connors.
Brian Carlin's short film of Jump Juice powered by North Sails has been nominated for 2 categories, best amateur and most liked by the audience for the 5th annual screening of the Wee Adventure Film Festival, on the 30th of March in Vicar St, Dublin. Brian's film which was shot onboard Jump Juice powered by North Sails during the O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors Autumn Regatta at the Royal Cork Yacht Club is now the second sailing short film to be selected during the 5 year history of the film festival, a previous entry was Paul O'Riain's short film entered in 2010, documenting Paul's entry in the La Solitaire Du Figaro in 2007.
Brian's video can be seen here: http://vimeo.com/31573780 
In Ventry in October of 2009 Seascapes was present for the unveiling of a memorial and the planting of an olive tree to mark the 70th Anniversary of the rescue of the crew and the torpedoing of the first Greek Cargo ship in the war from Oinousses Islands - The Diamantis by Werner Lott and his crew aboard U 35 - we learnt this week from Mayor Angelakos of the Oinousses Islands of the death of John D Pateras grandson of the Captain of the Diamantis who was at the gathering in Ventry - we also mark the passing on Inishbofin of Paddy O Halloran he was the last Skipper to ferry people and goods under sail, and later motor to and from Boffin.
MACKEREL FISHERY
Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine expressed his extreme disappointment at the breakdown of talks in Iceland on the management of the mackerel stock in which Ireland has a major interest.
The meeting between the Coastal States from the European Union, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands was the fifth convening of this forum since late Autumn 2011 to agree sharing and management arrangements for the €1 billion annual mackerel fishery.
The Minister said “It is extremely regrettable that after five rounds of consultations on arrangements for 2012, and four years of irresponsible fishing by Iceland and the Faroe Islands, that neither Iceland nor the Faroe Islands showed any flexibility or real intent to compromise. Mackerel is Ireland’s single most important fishery and Irish coastal communities have been traditionally dependant on this fishery for many decades. Iceland has no traditional dependence on this stock.”
Over the course of the five rounds, the EU and Norway tabled three different proposals culminating in an offer of 7% for Iceland and 8% for the Faroe Islands with significant access to fish some of this quota in EU and Norwegian waters. This offer involves increases from the current share of 0.3% for Iceland and 3.5% for the Faroe Islands.
The Minister commented “the Mackerel stock, which had been managed in a sustainable manner for many years by the EU and Norway, is now at risk of collapse as a direct result of the actions of Iceland and the Faroes. The actions of Iceland and the Faroe Island of pursuing an unrestrained mackerel fishery since 2008 with total disregard for responsible management and the scientific advice for the stock may result, if not challenged, in the collapse of the stock which will destroy the livelihoods of fishing communities dependant on this fishery in Ireland in both the fishing fleet and the many fish processing plants in Ireland.”
He went on to say that “I fully accept that recent changes in the distribution of the stock justifies a modest upward revision of the sharing arrangements, but demands of 15% by Iceland and the Faroes are completely unjustifiable. Their proposal at these negotiations, to set shares for 2012 based on last year’s fishing activity, would reward both Iceland and the Faroes for their uncontrolled and irresponsible fishing in 2011. This demonstrates clearly their lack of serious intent to find a fair and equitable resolution for the management of the stock.”
He added that “It is important to note that Iceland has only entered this fishery since 2008 and are now taking over 23% of the scientifically recommended fishing limit, while the Faroes have increased their catching levels six fold in two years. This is compared to Ireland, the second largest EU Member State in this fishery, whose share of the recommended TAC is around 10.5%. We have fished this stock for over 40 years and our Exclusive Fisheries Zone is where the vast majority of the mackerel spawning takes place. It is completely unacceptable to me that a candidate country for EU accession would behave in this manner gravely endangering jobs and livelihoods in a neighboring EU Member State while knowingly fishing in such an irresponsible way.”
The Minister concluded by saying “I believe that the irresponsible actions of Iceland and the Faroes must not be allowed to continue. I will be working with other Ministers and Commissioner Damanaki to move quickly to find effective means to persuade Iceland and the Faroes to fundamentally re-examine their position in this matter. In that regard, I am fully supportive of the EU Commission’s proposal to apply sanctions to countries that engage in irresponsible fishing practices and I will be working for the early adoption of these measures which are currently under discussion in Council and the European Parliament.”
“Each angler will take it in turns to fish either side of the border, with the overall places decided on weight, rather than points,” said organiser Kevin Locke. He added “This will be the richest match fishing event in the world, and with all the prize money from the four days, plus practice opens before the main event which amounts to over £70,000, this is the most lucrative match ever,”
The Annual Irish Specimen Fish Committee Awards are being held in Red Cow Morans Hotel on next Saturday afternoon 3rd March –the ISF committee is an independent voluntary body , representative of angling interests whose prinicipal function is to verify , record and publicise the capture of specimen fish caught on rod and line by Anglers here both in fresh water and marine waters. On the cover of the report is a fine shot of Chris Blewitt with an October Plaice from Allihies in West Cork. The report features many young anglers and Seascapes congratulates all those being awarded certificates and medals for their catches. Many children are introduced to fishing by their fathers or grandfathers and they never forget their first fish caught and released …..
