2. Arthur - The Photo Gallery

2010-07-20 Arthur's Summer Odyssey - Part 2

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  • 'Lucky Sunday' at Aughinish with a Pilot Boat from Foynes in attendance. We both agreed that we would not want that big fellow chasing us all the way down to Kilrush....but that is precisely what happened!
  • Well, if Lucky Sunday was not enough to be worrying about we then saw a second large vessel coming up from Foynes. 'Nordtrave' was about to swap places with Lucky Sunday and guess where Lucky Sunday was heading?
  • We were approximately half-way between Aughinish and Tarbert when we noticed 'Lucky Sunday' hot on our tail. She was coming abreast of Foynes when we first noticed that she was coming our way. Initially we thought that we could out run her and get past Moneypoint before she would reach us. I put boot to the floor and after just 15 mins gave up and made contact with her on VHF and signalled my intention to exit the main channel to allow her to pass unhindered! Mary and I watched in awe as this huge vessel passed by with an absolute minimum of wake.
  • 'Lucky Sunday' passes "Arthur" at Tarbert.
  • And with 'Lucky Sunday' out of the way we only had the Killimer-Tarbert ferries to worry about!!!
  • Killimer-Tarbert ferries about to crossover...
  • Killimer-Tarbert ferries in mid-channel...
  • 'Lucky Sunday' leaves "Arthur" in her wake and joins the other tankers and large vessels planning their passage down the Shannon Estuary...
  • Mary checks the last stage of our passage to Kilrush on the Imray charts...
  • Kilrush ahoy! After a comfortable and hugely enjoyable trip that took six and a half hours we finally make the approach to Kilrush. We entered the marina during free-flow hours.
  • Kilrush Marina as seen from the main street in Kilrush.
  • Kilrush Marina...
  • And one of the first sights that we encountered was 'SV Breakaway' from Lough Derg!
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  • John Kinsella, SV Breakaway. It is always nice to put a face to a name. John is a fellow contributor to the IWAI Discussion Forum and we knew that he had ventured down to Kilrush ahead of us and we were glad to finally make contact in person!
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  • SV Breakaway returns to Kilrush Marina after a trip on the Shannon Estuary. And that's a plastic (or rubber) dolphin at the stern!
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  • Mary with John Kinsella and colleague and friend Clifford Nolan.
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