Seascapes

Francis Kelly reports on the All Ireland coastal Rowing championships in Dingle. Mike McCartney visits one of the country's most unexplored islands, Rathlin Island & Hugh Oram looks at the many marina's now operating all around our coast.

Fergal on board traditional boats in Poolbeg Yacht Club Dublin 'The Old Gaffers Assoc'. Lorna Siggins on a documentary about Greenland & the wider Arctic region. AGreenlandStory.com

Remembering the 1979 Fastnet's Race tragedy that claimed 19 yachtsmen. Our regular contributor Hugh Oram on nautical terminology & three women talk about life on our offshore islands.

Fergal visits Cuallaun Sailing Club based in east Clare between Tulla & Kilkishen to see their new state of the art clubhouse & spoke to commodore, Jim O'Sullivan. Sea Shanty Groups from home & abroad, Noel Sweeney with The Molgoggers at the recent Sea Festival in Cork.

Lorna Siggins on board one of the country's state owned ocean research vessels The Celtic Voyager & Poolbeg's Yacht Club commodore Joe Bowden talks about his life at sea plus our regular contributor Hugh Oram on Howth.

Fergal visits Clogherhead RNLI to see the newest resident The Michael O'Brien Shannon class lifeboat. Plus a preview of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta which offers four days of open-sea racing by Irish and international teams from July 11th to 14th.

Tonight on the programme, we're onboard one of Ireland's biggest ferries as it sails to Dublin, we're sailing around Donegal and we have the latest on Rockall.

Most of us have been onboard some car ferry, from small vessels to some of the biggest in Europe. Eager to get to our next stop, we rarely think of the people below deck or what life is like inside the engine room of today. On a crossing from Holyhead to Dublin, Radio 1's Michael Lawless got an exclusive tour of Stenaline's Stena Adventer, where he meet their 2nd Engineer Russel Haswell below deck in the control room. (2019)

Seascapes comes from Kinsale where the French solo Figaro Race has made a stopover. The race is one of the biggest sailing events in Europe & a a huge fixture on the French sporting calendar. Fergal Keane speaks to some of the sailors & organizers, including Irish solo sailor Joan Mulloy.

Seascapes visits Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival in West Cork to hear from owners & lovers of traditionial boats. Curragh rower Martin O'Donoghue - Leo McDermott talks about his boat the Sile A Dó - Kate Baker from Cormwall speaks about her family's life on board their traditional boat The Lively - Liam Hegarty tells us about the latest project in his yard, the rebuilding of The Saoirse & Boatbuilder Rui Ferreira on his boats & his boatyard in Ballydehob.