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degree in Marine Engineering in the National Maritime College of Ireland and all of this because I had the incredible opportunity to sail on board the ' Spirit of Oysterhaven ' from Dun Laoghaire to Warren Point .
Sail Training Ireland offer the opportunity of a lifetime to young people to get involved in a Sail Training Voyage . It is an ideal Transition Year experience and also qualifies as part of a Gaisce Personal skill , Adventure Journey , or Residential Project . Please read on to hear of the life changing experience of one former trainee .
Sail training changed my life . It gave me purpose , direction , and a sense of clarity . In 2015 I was a young man working in a TK Maxx and utterly clueless about what I wanted to do with my life . By September of that same year I moved to Co Cork for the start of 1st year of a
Those days spent on board are etched on my mind to this instant . The cold spray of Dublin bay in my face as I made my first ever attempt to helm a vessel , my fingers feeling frozen against the metal helm as I tried to get a feel for the vessel it was beyond incredible and is a memory I will carry in my soul until the day I die . Every aspect of the voyage was challenging , exhilarating and interesting and as the week drew to it ' s inevitable close I made a choice , the same choice made by the untold thousands who like me have felt the calling of the seas . For the first time in my life I knew where I wanted to be and what I wanted to do and so I joined the merchant navy as an engineering officer cadet .
TY UPDATE MARCH 2017
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My involvement in sail training grew towards the close of my first year in NMCI and the summer of 2016 saw me serve as a volunteer watch leader on board the Spirit and as the aid to a woman named Mandy who was visually impaired on the brig ' Morgenster '. My experiences during this time of five weeks spent at sea were no less incredible than my first trip , however I found my ambition and enthusiasm being