Seascapes reports from VOR Galway

3rd June 2009

This Friday (June 5) Tom MacSweeney and the Seascapes team report live from Galway and the Volvo Ocean Race stopover. It's a special hour-long show which will also be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the first Seascapes transmission in June 1989 - congratuations, Seascapes!

There's lots more going on RTE Radio One at 10.02pm on Friday...

The future of the Volvo Race, and what will Galway gain from the event? Also maritime innovations developed by Galway firms for the Volvo Race; what Padraig The Bear has to do with the world’s ocean racing yachts; will there be another Irish entry in the Volvo Race?; and a race view from the islands.

Also, the sailors of Connemara produce the first Irish language sailing dictionary - you heard it here first!

Seascapes, presented by RTE's Marine Correspondent Tom MacSweeney and produced by Marcus Connaughton, is broadcast at 10.30pm each Friday night and repeated at 5.02am on Monday mornings on RTE Radio 1. The programme is also available as a podcast and is broadcast twice a week on the digital station, RTE Choice, on Wednesday mornings at 7.30am and Saturday lunchtimes at 12.30pm.

24-hour recording line 1850 715 170, Email: [email protected]
Maritime Desk 021 480 5828

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