Crest Of The Wave | The RYA Northern Ireland Podcast

In this episode, Peter Gilmore catches up with Garry Crothers (Chairman of Foyle Sailability Centre) and Ken Curry (Secretary of Foyle Sailability Centre and RYA Northern Ireland's Regional Sailability Coordinator). With their work, they help give people of all abilities the opportunity to get out on the water to try sailing or boating for the first time.

Ken and Garry have also sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and Garry has completed the trip on his own despite only having one arm!

You can find more out about Sailability here: https://www.rya.org.uk/gbni/ryani/go-boating/sailability

Bill O'Hara is one of Northern Ireland's most decorated sailors, competing in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics in the Finn class. He now works for the Irish and Danish sailing team and will be attending the Paris 2024 Olympics as a rules advisor.

To find out more about performance sailing in Northern Ireland, check out the RYA Northern Ireland website: https://www.rya.org.uk/gbni/ryani/performance

CEO of The Tall Ships Youth Trust, Alastair Floyd, comes on Crest Of The Wave. He was able to give fascinating insights into the benefits that sailing and boating can have to the lives of young people across the UK. This year the trust is looking for individuals to join them on a voluntary basis to assist on boats competing in The Rolex Fastnet Race 2025. Find out more about the Tall Ships Youth Trust on their website: https://www.tallships.org/

3X Olympian and ILCA 6 World Champion comes on the Crest Of The Wave podcast. We discuss everything from career highs and lows, to her coaching experiences at the RYA Northern Ireland female focussed camp

Tom Coulter, the ILCA 6 Irish National Champion, sits down to chat with Peter Gilmore. Tom developed through the RYA Northern Ireland pathway system and he is now one of the most promising sailors in the country.

To find out more information about how you could follow in Tom's footsteps, check out the RYA Northern Ireland website: https://www.rya.org.uk/gbni/ryani

On this episode of Crest Of The Wave, Peter Gilmore sits down to chat with Irish team racing champion Emily Hill. Discussing this type of sailing in detail, they explain why RYA Northern Ireland has launched a team racing programme.

To sign up to the RYA Northern Ireland team racing programme, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/session-4-team-racing-open-training-byc-registration-768977802307?aff=oddtdtcreator

Jennifer Bryce and Lara Sunday met at an RYA Northern Ireland Women On Water event in 2019. Following this event, they decided to sail in the GP14 World Championships and have fallen in love with the sport of sailing.

You can sign up for the next RYA Northern Ireland Women On Water festival here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-on-water-festival-2024-royal-north-of-ireland-yacht-club-tickets-851402747537?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Chris Lindsay is one of Northern Ireland's most high profile sailing judges and umpires. Not only was he selected for the Paris and Tokyo Olympics, but he regularly umpires Sail GP events. To follow in Chris's footsteps and develop your skills and knowledge, take an RYA national umpire or judge course: https://www.rya.org.uk/eventlisting/ajsxi2-national-judge-course https://www.rya.org.uk/eventlisting/sgh7t-national-umpire-course

Sheela Lewis is one of Ireland's most experienced race officials. Dedicating large amounts of her time as a volunteer, she has learnt what it takes to run a wide range of sailing competitions- from Club Racing to National Championships, Sailability Events to The ILCA Youth Europeans coming to Ballyholme Yacht Club this summer.

In this episode, Peter Gilmore sits down to chat with Marty Ansfield. After leaving the military following heart failure, he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder but found Sailability as his solace. He is now the Chief Instructor at Lough Erne Yacht Club where he continues to inspire those around him, despite living on 24 hour oxygen with Pulmonary Fibrosis.

If you have found any of the discussion about mental health difficult to listen to, please check out the following link for some helpful resources: For Adults (rya.org.uk)