Sea Stories

RNLI - Personal Life Lessons and Remembering the Ultimate Cost: In this programme we pay a visit to an Open Day at the Dún Laoghaire RNLI and we feature Mark McGibney, one of the youngest RNLI coxswains. Mark recounts some of the 'shouts' from the less serious to the one that has most deeply affected him and caused him to pause and think about his own life. We also hear from Stephen Wynn, Dún Laoghaire's RNLI Operations Manager about the greatest loss of life to a lifeboat crew which occurred on Christmas Eve back in 1895 when 15 brave lifeboat men perished in stormy seas as they attempted to rescue the crew from a stricken vessel, just off Dún Laoghaire.

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It's the start of the season and we take an afternoon trip aboard the St Bridget with vessel owner Eugene Garrity and skipper Eddie Keane. Eugene discusses the many challenges to setting up and running a successful business involving the sea. We cruise down the Liffey under a raised East Link Bridge - a project that first brought Eugene to Dublin during its construction and where he once drove a tugboat. We head out the mouth of the Liffey, and into Dublin Bay and finally south to our destination, Dun Laoghaire Harbour - enjoying the all spectacular views along the way. We meet with Cork couple Niall and Michelle onboard to celebrate Niall's birthday.

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Teamwork - Crossing the Atlantic by Sail: A crew of Irish sailors and a Welsh skipper set sail from the Canany Islands to Cape Verde to cross the Atlantic Ocean by taking part in the ARC- the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers. This is the story of that journey.

The Seven Year Adventure: Dublin couple Emer Brady and John Heron set out on voyage aboard their cursing yacht Pala. It was planned to take three months. They circumnavigated the globe and more! After seven years at sea, they returned home to find Ireland had changed and the Celtic Tiger was at large. What was their motivation behind the voyage? What does it take? And how had they changed after seven years away?

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Building Confidence, Learnings for Life: Captain Frank Traynor and presenter John learnt to sail together -that was over 40 years ago! On this leisurely cruise, Frank talks passionately about the importance of early sail training and confidence building exercises aboard The Asgard. It was such one spark that ignited Frank's love of boats and the sea. The programme discusses the team spirit one encounters at sea and how time moves to a more natural rhythm when you’re out on the high seas.

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Delivery by the Stars: David Jerrard is Ireland's foremost teacher of sailing and navigation courses. He's also a master boat builder and yacht instructor. David joined us for a cruise on a glorious sunny day and told us how he first got into boats, about using a sextant and how Hurricane Charlie arrived - just one day after he launched his boat; a project which had taken David twelve years to complete.

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Welcome to a brand new radio documentary series, Sea Stories - Lives touched by the Sea coming on East Coast FM and here on SoundCloud. In this full-length promo, John Murphy the presenter of Sea Stories will highlight some clips from programmes and will discuss his own experience and background. This series is for everyone - for those who take to the sea or those who have never been on a boat! Our 13-part series will air in 2014 and 2015 on County Wicklow's East Coast FM and all the programmes will be available online here, at our website https://seastories.ie Twitter and on Facebook. You can download our shows on Tunein radio and from iTunes and other online platforms. We hope you enjoy our programmes and that you gain some fresh insight into the people whose lives were touched by the sea. Sea Stories is produced by Pat Hannon and is a 21st-Century production. You're very welcome aboard! This is the series promo for Sea Stories - Lives Touched by the Sea.

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