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
18 January 2012
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.
