Wooden Boat wrap-up

I keep bumping into folk wanting posters or t-shirts from the Wooden Boat - there are plenty of loyal customers in the vicinity, who have something from each year of the festival.

I was lucky enough to sail on both days (thanks, Sheelagh). There were challenges on both Saturday and Sunday: much wind, and no wind, respectively. On the Much Wind day, a rope snapped while I was tacking, which added to the drama (and the bruisedness) of the day. Despite the intense sailing, our crew all managed to jump up by the mast and Wiggle It, Just a Little Bit...

Sunday morning was all about the No Wind: the Lobster Pot Challenge (how excited was I!!) had to be restricted to rowers only; by the Parade of Sail in the afternoon, we were just willing the Mary Ann to heeeeave her way past the pier :-)



The Carbery boats were a highlight of this year's festival: everyone gets a batch of timber & basic tools, and they have one day to build a boat. They were all launched on Sunday, and raced until each sank one by one (some with a little help). Fabulous tradition.



And, for those deprived folk out there who don't have access to the Cork County section of the Examiner, sure weren't we were even in da papers!!

The front page of the County section was given over to the Kerry Slug, so you can understand the stiff competition we faced...