Galway Outlines New Vision for Port & Says it Could be a Stage for Americas Cup
7th May 2021
Galway Harbour Development - (L-R) Conor O Dowd, CEO, Galway Harbour Company & Maurice O Gorman, Chairperson, Galway Harbour Company
The harbourmaster was commenting as the port outlined its vision for a new “urban quarter” with a dedicated cultural space, a “repurposed” inner basin and high rise waterfront residential development.
The “vision” unveiled by the port yesterday, involves development of some seven hectares (17 acres) of inner docklands for housing, commercial and recreational use.
The new vision for Galway Port sees high rise waterfront residential development
A substantial portion depends on Galway securing approval for its long-planned harbour extension.
Neil Payter has been professional sailor and commercial fisherman since 1985 then moved onto becoming a professional skipper and feels now ready for the Global Solo Challenge.
He holds a Yachtmaster Ocean certificate and has been an RYA Yachtmaster Offshore instructor for over 20 years. He has crossed the Atlantic 14 times, sailed from South of France to Namibia and back, and clocked over 160.000 miles at sea making him a very experienced sailor and seaman. He has also raced in the OSTAR and the Azores and Back Race single-handed and in the Round Britain and Ireland.
We have interviewed him in Lanzarote where he was enjoying beautiful weather and a view of the Atlantic Ocean.
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From car-crash viewings to wasted journeys of hundreds of miles, Wayne Palmer shares the steep learning curve of buying his first boat
Flying Jackal in the water at last, thought she had to be lifted to fix problems found on the first sail. Credit: Wayne Palmer
Buying my first boat taught me a hell of a lot about the industry and the sailing community.
Everyone said ‘Don’t do it’ but I am 16 months in and loving every minute, despite the COVID-19 restrictions scuppering any sailing plans.
After three years of a boat club membership I got fed up of fat, slow cruisers and at peek weekends they were unavailable anyway.