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#NEWCruiseBerths - Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, acting on behalf of the Dún Laoghaire Cruise Stakeholder Group, are to appoint a Multi-disciplinary Consultancy Team for the provision of cruiseship facilities.

The proposed facilities are to attract cruisehips to make a port of call in this developing market which forms as a key element of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Masterplan.

As reported yesterday, the new chairperson of Dun laoghaire Harbour Company board, Eithne Scott Lennon, has been an active member of the board since 1994 and played a significant role in the development of the Masterplan.

The Multi-disciplinary Consultancy Team is to provide professional services in order to carry out all planning and preliminary engineering design for the required new berth and supporting facilities.

In addition consultants are required to prepare the planning application and accompanying EIS, and to manage the planning consenting process through to completion.

For further information regarding the Cruise Berth Project Brief (download the PDF) or visit www.etenders.gov.ie

 

About the ILCA/Laser Dinghy

The ILCA, formerly known as the Laser, is the most produced boat in the world, with 220,000 units built since 1971.

It's easy to see why the single-handed dinghy has won the title of the most widely distributed boat of all time.

The Laser is a one-design dinghy, the hulls being identical but three rigs that can be used according to the size and weight of the sailor.

The class is international, with sailors from 120 countries. The boat has also been an Olympic class since 1996, being both the men's and women's singlehanded dinghy.

Three rigs are recognised by the International Laser Class Association (ILCA):

  • ILCA 4: sail of 4.70m2
  • ILCA 6: sail of 5.76 m2
  • ILCA 7: sail of 7.06 m2