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![Waiting for wind](/media/k2/items/cache/08fdee26dc54c68dc985651dbe4d24b3_L.jpg)
SOUNDINGS – FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008 When the decent sea breezes which were expected in a sunny Cork Week didn’t materialise some years ago, we were given an explanation. The official word was that it was because there’d been so much rain…
![Old lady nursed back to life](/media/k2/items/cache/4efb64240e9cfdb1e56da0df8b7be203_L.jpg)
SEASCAPES – FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008 “Ships and boats are the nearest things to dreams that human hands have ever made.” I remember those words being spoken to me by an experienced old boat-builder many years ago and they came to mind…
![Green Team surfing downwind](/media/k2/items/cache/a103d049c4c1eaf075db970eacffee2e_L.jpg)
Fast sailors are the first to catch the waves downwind. Surfing gives them the edge and it is a useful metaphor to describe the performances of two Irish offshore teams, one in gestation and one with a 1,000-mile lead in…