A day out at sea in Sligo with the Civil Defence

Yesterday I was out in Sligo with the Civil Defence. The Sligo Triathlon Club had a sea swim race on and we were out as safety boat for the swimmers. We decided to go down to Sligo a good bit before the race and take the boat for a spin first.

It was a nice enough day, not too cold, hardly any wind and just slightly overcast. Not a bad day to be out at sea. We had a small crew of 3 and launched the boat in Rosses Point.

Looking back at Rosses Point from the water.

We left Rosses Point and went out to sea past Oyster Island and Coney Island. Even though I'm not living too far away I had never been out on the boat here before. Our usual territory is the River Shannon. I was amazed that within a few minutes we saw 2 lighthouses and a very tall and camp looking fella standing in the water (with a seagull on his head) pointing at Rosses Point.