“Holy Grounder” - Beneteau 36.7
"Holy Grounder" is a Beneteau First 36.7. Beneteau are the largest and most reputable boat builders in the world and the "First" range is the premium "cruiser racing" range. "Holy Grounder " was built in the Beneteau yard in St. Gilles Croix de Vie on the shores of the Bay of Biscay in 2002. She sailed in Dublin for 4 years. She was purchased by SailCork in May 2008 and her main sailing grounds have been the wonderful coast of Cork. Her name comes from the nickname Cobh is the "Holy Ground" - hence from Cobh being a "Holy Grounder" The "Holy Ground" has been made world famous by the sea shanty the "Holy Ground"
Holy Grounder has sailed on the East, South and West coasts of Ireland as well as the UK including the Isles of Scilly. She is full ready for the winter as she now has a central heating system installed! Do have a look at her performing on the SailCork Youtube Channel 

Everything becomes possible on this 36’, a privilege and a great pleasure!









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Why did the Costa Concordia sink?
The town of Cobh has been a port of call for ocean liners for over 150 years - now about 60 liners visit Cork Harbour each year- we all love the liners! Everybody in the maritime community was shocked last Friday night with the news of the grounding of the massive Italian cruise liner the Costa Concordia. I spent the weekend trawling the web to try to find out what really happened - this blog is the tragic story of the last voyage of the Costa Concordia on Friday the 13th of January 2012.
