Holidays in Ireland
The South Coast of Ireland is the ideal place for a holiday. The SailCork base at East Ferry Marina in Cobh is less than 30 minutes from Cork Airport and Cork Ferryport.
The historic seaport of Cobh is a great base for a holiday with East Ferry Marina less than 10 mins away in its rural backwater.
East Ferry Marina is just 20 mins drive from Cork City which offers a lot as a base for the holidaymaker.
East Cork with it's beaches, historic towns and rural setting is all within 30 mins of East Ferry Marina.
The best holiday we offer is one with several locations - aboard "Holy Grounder" Join one of our cruiser courses and travel the South Coast of Ireland. For a Stay and Sail/Powerboat package in conjunction with the luxurious and great value Watersedge Hotel, check out www.corkluxuryhotels.com/ires/bookingengine.php
Eddie English Blog
28 February 2010
Underwater cable Aghada to Cuskinny
One Thursday evening at the very start of February a group of seafarers decended on my local, “The Roaring Donkey”, in Cobh and lashed into copious quantities of gin and tonic. As the conversations began to flow it transpired that they were the crew of the Norwegian vessel, “Elektron”, docked at Cork Dockyard in Rushbrooke. Not just any ordinary ship but a specialist vessel for cable laying – she was here to lay the cable from Aghada Power Station to Cuskinny on the Great Island in Cork Harbour.
