In Friday’s Irish Times (23 April), RTÉ news broadcaster Bryan Dobson writes a length about his passion for sailing.
Inspired by his earliest experiences afloat — in a small boat his father-in-law sailed out of Bullock Harbour in Dalkey — and his own childhood growing up by the sea in Sandymount, Bryan really caught the bug in his mid-30s when he did his first Glenans training course.
“I discovered that it was a wonderful escape from things that clog up our daily lives,” he says. “I find as I get older physically and mentally it is all consuming and even now, I still get that sensation of when I step on a boat … It’s that sense of endless possibility.”
Even after some 25 years, he admits to still feeling a little seasick at times. But he hasn’t let that prevent him from enjoying the delights of sailing the English coast and even as far as the Baltic Sea.
But he’s more likely to be found closer to home, racing around Dublin Bay in a Ruffian 23 he co-owns with friends.
