Westport Coast Guard http://www.westportcoastguard.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:43:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Westport CG assist broken down vessel http://www.westportcoastguard.com/2010/06/07/callout/ http://www.westportcoastguard.com/2010/06/07/callout/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:37:12 +0000 admin http://www.westportcoastguard.com/?p=42 Westport Coast Guard were tasked today (Monday at 16:29) by Malin Head Coast Guard Radio to assist a vessel that had broken down in Clew Bay Westport. The Westport Coast Guard D Class was used to tow the vessel safely into Westport Harbor. All occupants are safe and sound

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Mary is crewing the first leg which is Westport to the Azore Island in the Altantic (about 1,600km)

Northabout is better known it’s maiden sail in the Arctic Summer of 2001, where a team of leading Irish sailors and explorers retraced the famous Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

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