Our East Coast Skiffs are traditional wooden rowing boats from the East coast of Ireland. 25' long pulling 4 oars. Originally used to bring harbour pilots to ships entering port, now raced by clubs and used by Sea Scout groups for seamanship training.
Photo by leogeorgedevitt@gmail.com
Grace, presumably named for Grace O'Malley. Grace ran an ocean going shipping business trading wine, beef and wool with Spain.
Incidentally, I dropped in on Rockfleet during the week. They didn't have the table set!
Funded by: 2023 - Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP)
Used for accompanying small craft inshore facilitating instructions and safety afloat.
BIM Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) 2018
Funded by .... Local Youth Club Equipment Scheme (LYCES) 2017
Community Activities Funding CAF Scheme (Fingal CoCo)
The sit on Kayaks are a great starting point for our beavers and cubs to get on the water.
BIM Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) 2018
Youth Club Equipment/Minor Works Grant Scheme 2023
Moving on from the sit on kayaks, our Sea Kayaks enable our Scouts to get onto the water and develop their skills. Maximising the opportunities of getting out on the water around the east coast of Dublin.