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24th June 2021

Ocean Swimmer Nuala Moore on Swimming the Bering Straits

“Like a real live James Bond movie.. another absolutely insane adventure” is how the ocean and cold water swimmer Nuala Moore describes it.

She’s talking about the relay which she and Donegal swimmer Anne Marie Ward participated in to swim the Bering Straits between Russia and the US over six days, supervised by the Russian military, in 2013.

The two Irish women were among a team of 27 swimmers from 12 countries to complete the 9 km transit in four-metre waves, 80 knot northerly winds and waters of two to three degrees Celsius with “fog dropping and boats getting lost and swimmers disconnected”.

Nuala with certificate and Catherine Buckland and Chris Booker on Cape Horn Nuala (left) with certificate and Catherine Buckland and Chris Booker on Cape Horn

The Bering Strait is regarding as one of the most unforgiving of seas and is the setting for the Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” series.

“We didn’t do a headcount but I think everyone came back...I knew Annmarie was beside me and that’s good enough,” Moore tells Wavelengths in part two of her podcast. The first part of the podcast is here

She also talks about her world record swim off Cape Horn, her work on water safety with primary schools, and with the Ocean Triple R (Remote Recovery Rescue) Emergency Care project, involving medics, nurses, swimmers and event organisers.

She also has advice on those “incredibly beautiful but quite treacherous” jellyfish.

Listen to Wavelengths below

Afloat.ie · Sea Swimmer Nuala Moore (Part Two)

Published in Wavelength Podcast

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Irish Sailing

The Irish Sailing Association, also known as Irish Sailing, is the national governing body for sailing, powerboating and windsurfing in Ireland.

Founded in 1945 as the Irish Dinghy Racing Association, it became the Irish Yachting Association in 1964 and the Irish Sailing Association in 1992.

Irish Sailing is a Member National Authority (MNA) of World Sailing and a member of the Olympic Federation of Ireland.

The Association is governed by a volunteer board, elected by the member clubs. Policy Groups provide the link with members and stakeholders while advising the Board on specialist areas. There is a professional administration and performance staff, based at the headquarters in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Core functions include the regulation of sailing education, administering racing and selection of Irish sailors for international competition. It is the body recognised by the Olympic Federation of Ireland for nominating Irish qualified sailors to be considered for selection to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games. Irish sailors have medalled twice at the Olympics – David Wilkins and Jamie Wikinson at the 1980 games, and Annalise Murphy at the 2016 games.

The Association, through its network of clubs and centres, offers curriculum-based training in the various sailing, windsurfing and powerboating disciplines. Irish Sailing qualifications are recognised by Irish and European Authorities. Most prominent of these are the Yachtmaster and the International Certificate of Competency.

It runs the annual All-Ireland Championships (formerly the Helmsman’s Championship) for senior and junior sailors.

The Association has been led by leading lights in the sailing and business communities. These include Douglas Heard, Clayton Love Junior, John Burke and Robert Dix.

Close to 100 sailors have represented Ireland at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Membership of Irish Sailing is either by direct application or through membership of an affiliated organisation. The annual membership fee ranges from €75 for families, down to €20 for Seniors and Juniors.