Norwegian Sail Trainer 'Prolific' Arrives in Dublin Bay for Irish Sea Expeditions

24th February 2013

#prolific – A Norwegian Tall Ship built in 2005 to pay homage to the old cutters that fished herring along the Norwegian coast and in Skagerrak in the 1800s has arrived in Dublin Bay for sail training expeditions in the Irish Sea. Regular visitor to the Irish east coast 'Prolific' arrived in to Dun Laoghaire harbour this morning just as the DBSC racing fleet were departing for its Spring Chicken Race.

The British Registered Prolific is 26 metres long and six and a half metres wide, with a total sail area of 527 m2. She has 26 berths and for this voyage is crewed by a mix of crew and trainees from Hiimsmoen, Norway.

in 2011 the Prolific won the Blue Flag prize at The Tall Ships Races in Waterford city.

Low water levels gave the crew a challenge getting locking out of Liverpool but they were soon we heading towards Peel in the Isle of Man and Dublin bay.

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