One of Crosshaven's local trawlermen and RNLI volunteer crewman Michael Meade is one of a number of trawlermen around Ireland who will be filmed as part of a TV documentary series to be called 'Skippers'. Independent television company Open Eye TV will follow the lives of various skippers, their crews, and the problems they face trying to make a living from the sea.
Their second visit to Crosshaven saw them highlighting Michael Meade's other involvement with the sea: his role as a Volunteer Crewman on the Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat. The crew filmed the station, a launch and an exercise where Michael went overboard and was recovered. A second rib, povided by South Coast Marine, acted as a camara platform for the film crew.
You can expect to see the series on RTÉ either in December 2009 or early in 2010.
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