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Episode Notes
Seascapes tonight meets superfast windsurfer Oisin Van Gelderen, who holds the Irish speed record for windsurfing, at nearly 50 Knots.
OIsin has just returned from another attempt to break his own record at an event in Namibia. He tells us about himself, his boards and the extraordinary event in the town of Luderitz.
For more information on Oisin: https://www.ir777.ie/
Norman Freeman has the story of how a Frenchman conducted an experiment to drift across the Atlantic on a dinghy and survived by just living off the sea.
And a new Study into Ireland's Ocean Economy has found that the sector shrunk due to Covid.
More information from the Marine Instituet's website: https://oar.marine.ie/handle/10793/1807