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#CAT FOR SALE- Killybegs based Sinbad Marine Services have put up for sale the 12m SMS Coastal Cat, a 2010 built specialized survey and workboat completed at the local yard of Mooney Boats.

The 4-tonnes bollard pull vessel has a 25m sq. deck working area where there is a load capacity of 2 tonnes per sq. m. She is powered by Twin Perkins Sabre M215C engines delivering 430bhp coupled to Twin Disc 5061 gearboxes.

As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Dublin Port Company's Voith Schneider tug Deilginis was acquired earlier this year by the Donegal integrated marine services company.

Among her new roles are 'Guard Vessel' duties and since her introduction after an upgrade, she has served in offshore waters at the Corrib Gas Field.

Published in Ports & Shipping

Tom Dolan, Solo Offshore Sailor

Even when County Meath solo sailor Tom Dolan had been down the numbers in the early stages of the four-stage 2,000 mile 2020 Figaro Race, Dolan and his boat were soon eating their way up through the fleet in any situation which demanded difficult tactical decisions.

His fifth overall at the finish – the highest-placed non-French sailor and winner of the Vivi Cup – had him right among the international elite in one of 2020's few major events.

The 33-year-old who has lived in Concarneau, Brittany since 2009 but grew up on a farm in rural County Meath came into the gruelling four-stage race aiming to get into the top half of the fleet and to underline his potential to Irish sailing administrators considering the selection process for the 2024 Olympic Mixed Double Offshore category which comes in for the Paris games.