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    Launched!

    Now we are taking her to the water on the rollers.











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    Having only been to sea in a 560 foot long black tube and a 600 foot long gray floating bathtub, I'm amazed that anyone would actually go to sea in that.

    Is there any protection from the weather? How many men and how long of a trip did these boats go on?

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    Some speculate to North America. The sea was just highway to these Celtic people. Our vessel would have been one of the larger ones with a length of 39 feet. We were a crew of 13 sailing. The curragh rode on top of the water not through it. The hull would flex as we rode over a wave. You could easily puncture the hull with a pen knife. We had to always walk on a wooden cross beams and not step on the hull.

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    The good folks at Southend had postponed their St. Columba services for us. Now we were many miles away. Donald arranged for a bus to meet us on the mainland. We took the ferry over to it.

    I’m taking an exemption to show photos of the curragh to show this one as there are kilts in it. Yes there is. They are under the capes.



    That evening we slept in the church’s fellowship hall. As we slept the storm hit. Sometime in the night, Robin received word that a fisherman had found our curragh on the rocks. The the strong wind lhad broken the line . The fisherman took her to the soft sands of the beach.

    We feared our voyage may be over.

    Fortunately the repairs were minor. A few broken ribs repaired by our crewman, John Martin who was a joiner (carpenter) by trade and the islander who we bunked in at our arrival at Gigha. The tears were resewn.











    We are underway headed for Crinan.

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    Crinan

    Under sail to Crinan. Here is our skipper, Robin Ruddock. Robin is a renown mariner in Ireland. We never doubted his abilities. The Colmcille’s flag is a expanded version of the Bantry Boat that is on a Celtic Cross in Bantry. The carving shows Celtic monks in a curragh.



    Upon arrival we tied up to this wharf away from the town.


    Later we would move to the lock and tie up for our time here.

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    Mael Coluim,

    Could you tell us a bit more about the flag? Being an vexillogist, I love flags and the history behind them.

    Regards,

    Todd

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