Hello and welcome aboard this week’s edition of your maritime programme Seascapes, this week we hear from Gery Flynn, Features Editor of Inshore Ireland magazine about the latest edition ; before we preview the Cork Harbour Festival next Friday we hear from Eimear Fitzgerald about Ocean to City – An Ras Mor which goes ahead next weekend ; Hugh Oram on the shipbuilding tradition in Waterford and Whyte’s ...........This weekend the Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival is in full swing where you can see a replica of the James Caird bound for Dingle about which we’ll hear more shortly and we have copies of Harding McGregor Dunnett’s book “The Story of the James Caird “ courtesy of The Collins Press .... the United States Coastguard Cutter Eagle pays a visit to Dublin’s Sir John Rogerson Quay – not to be missed and we have details of a Sail Training Ireland / Seascapes competition for a voyage aboard one of their vessels this Summer and how you can take part by nominating an individual between 18 to 30 years of age......first on Seascapes to the 2nd year of the Marine Industry Awards hosted by the National Maritime College of Ireland which will be held at the end of next month as part of Sea Fest , so we met up with Kevin O Driscoll here on Seascapes to hear about the Awards
Those Marine Awards take place in Galway on 30th June.....
Next here on Seascapes to our Galway Studios where the Features Editor of Inshore Ireland magazine has all the detail on their Spring issue....
The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, America’s Tall Ship, arrived in Dublin, on Thursday, Eagle will moor up at Sir Rogerson’s Quay Wall.......... Barque Eagle will be open for free public tours on the following dates and times:
• Saturday, May 28th: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• Sunday, May 29th: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• Monday, May 30th: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
At 90 meters (295ft) in length, Eagle is the largest tall ship flying the stars and stripes and the only active square-rigger in United States government service. Constructed in 1936 by the Blohm and Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, , and originally commissioned as Horst Wessell by the German Navy,
Eagle was a war reparation for the United States following World War II. Eagle is a three-masted barque with more than 6797 square meters (22,300 sqFt) of sail and 9.7 kilometers of rigging. Eagle has served as a classroom at sea to future Coast Guard officers since 1946, offering an at-sea leadership and professional development experience as part of the Coast Guard Academy curriculum.
The last time Barque Eagle visited here was to the port of Waterford in 2011 a month prior to The Tall Ships visit........ After departing Dublin, Eagle will set her course for London,
For a continuous stream of information about Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, including port cities, tour schedules, current events and cadet and active duty crewmember photographs, follow the “U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle” Facebook page. All U.S. Coast Guard imagery is public domain and can be shared widely.
Next here on Seascapes to Eimear Fitzgerald of Meitheal Mara with the details of next weekend’s Ocean to City – An Ras Mor...
Later this year on Seascapes , your maritime programme we’ll be bringing news of a major development to create awareness of the work done by Sail Training Ireland whom we’ve featured regularly on the programme since their foundation and indeed covered their annual awards ceremony at the beginning of the year. Sail Training Ireland is the National Sail Training Organisation of Ireland and a Charity with Youth Development at its core. Their aim is to make Sail Training voyages on Tall Ships and Sailing Vessels accessible for the young people of Ireland.
Sail Training Ireland is a member of Sail Training International and represents Ireland on the International Council and Board of Trustees of Sail Training International. As it happens in the coming weeks this year’s programme of opportunities for Sail Trainees takes off in earnest with the chance for those interested to go aboard the various vessels being used by Sail Training Ireland including “The Maybe” ; “The Spirit of Oysterhaven” and latest addition “The Brian Boru” .
To coincide with the imminent visit of the “Morgenster “ which we were last aboard at Drogheda’s Maritime Festival last Summer we have a special announcement to make here on Seascapes.
In my role as Goodwill Ambassador for Sail Training Ireland sporting my snazziest bow tie .........Seascapes and Sail Training Ireland are offering the opportunity to one lucky individual between the age of 18 to 30 to a complimentary bursary voyage on board one of Sail Training Ireland’s vessels this season . What we want you to do is write to us and in no more than 400 words tell us about an individual that you would care to nominate for this bursary and why ...you can send your correspondence by letter to Sail Training Ireland Bursary, Seascapes , RTE Radio 1, Fr Mathew Street, Cork or by email to [email protected] .
The closing date for entries for this Seascapes / Sail Training Ireland Bursary is Friday 24th June and we’ll be announcing the winner on Seascapes on Friday 1st July . The judging panel will be drawn from the Seascapes team and the board of Sail Training Ireland ....so send those letters and emails now...we’ll have all the details on the Seascapes webpage.......www.rte.ie/radio1/seascapes you can also visit the Sail Training Ireland website which is www.sailtrainingireland.com
Those details on those Sail Training opportunities ....can be found on the Seascapes webpage but do hurry as there are only a few berths available ......
Hugh Oram on the historic port of Waterford anmd the Whytes ........you can read more about the great Clippers in Daniel J Nolan’s fine book on the topic.....
Kevin Kenny of Athy Heritage Centre has been in touch with a link to details of the James Caird installation The website for the JamesCaird100 is www.JamesCaird100.org.
, at the end of last year we spoke to Brendan O Brien , gransdson of Tom Crean about the vessel....
Brendan O Brien talking to Seascapes about the James Caird , to win those copies of Harding McGregor Dunnett’s book just name the whaling station that a hundred years ago last weekend as Eugen Furlong reminded us was indentified by Crean and Shackleton by the seal factory whistle.....
“Next week here on Seascapes we talk to Eimear Fitzgerald about the Cork Harbour Festival ; we’ll have music from The Molgoggers ; Joe MagRiollaig brings us news of a Bord Iascaigh Mhara initiative “Fishing for Litter” ....we hear about the Rebel Plunge ; more on that bursary courtesy of Seascapes and Sail Training Ireland ..............all that and much here on Seascapes , until next Friday night , tight lines and fair sailing. “
