Canoeing Across the Irish Sea

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Canoeing Across the Irish Sea

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Location

Newcastle

Year

1964

Date

Production 05/10/1964

Length

04min 12sec

Audio

mute, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Keith Britton has crossed the Irish Sea in an outrigger canoe and Maurice Smyth asks him about the adventure, the route and how he kept safe. Keith admits to having slept a lot of the time which seems to suggest he was quite lucky to stay on course. Losing a rudder didn’t help and it’s a little worrying he had no light, just a torch. He had made the canoe himself. 

An outrigger canoe is based on Polynesian boat design. The ‘outrigger’ is a support float attached to the main body of the canoe, which may also have sails as this one did. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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