On this edition - What it’s like to lead a lifeboat crew on a rescue mission. Eleanor Hooker, Helm of Lough Derg RNLI describes the pressures on lifeboat crews.

And, why Ireland should have a whale stranding response system, which wouldn’t cost a lot of money. The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group says this would help to explain why strandings happen.

On this edition - how the government closed small boatyards around the country: Adrian O'Connell tells us how he survived and now plans to build yachts based on the famous Galway hookers at Kilrush in County Clare.

And, the men-of-war who are invading the Irish coastline.

On this edition - what is the future to be for the country’s 16 voluntary community search-and-rescue boats that often face the toughest job when a tragedy occurs? We’ll be looking at the apparent exclusion of these boats from the new national search-and-rescue plan.

There's positive news about water safety, and we hear the strange story of the smooth hammerhead shark which caused huge media attention when reported to have been seen for the first time on the Irish coastline, but actually seems never to have been in Irish waters.

On this edition, what is it like to be looking out for icebergs while racing on a yacht in the toughest ocean in the world? An Irish woman who has done it tells us.

And we report that, after a gap of over twenty years the Cabinet has decided to again set up a Committee embracing all Departments to develop a Government policy for the offshore islands.

On this edition - the relatives of those who were killed in the worst maritime disaster in Irish history – the Betelegeuse oil tanker explosion at Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay – take legal action against the State.

And, off the coast of West Cork, we hear about the research into the feeding grounds of top marine predators.

On this edition - the story of a most unusual boat, Free State C1, a fishing boat from the start of the history of the Irish Free State. And we hear how the Irish maritime economy is doing better than the general economy.

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