{"id":107583,"date":"2025-08-19T08:19:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/?p=107583"},"modified":"2025-08-19T01:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:20:25","slug":"paddling-1500km-around-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/paddling-1500km-around-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddling 1,500km around Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rich Ensoll, 56, and Johan Hoving, 47, have just spent six weeks canoeing 1,500km around the whole coast of Ireland. The duo set off from Cork in their handcrafted canoe on July 1 and started clockwise. Paddling up to 16 hours a day<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, they pulled back into the same marina 46 days later, on August 15.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8-cj8Bp4GEk?si=p4vR1UDBdkJuN6Rw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Both are seasoned outdoor people. Ensoll is a senior lecturer in Outdoor Studies, and Hoving is the founder of River Deep Mountain High. They wanted to take on a project that was more than just an athletic feat. They wanted something that would allow them to \u201cslow down, embrace the unknown, and reconnect with nature.\u201d However, that does not mean it wasn&#8217;t physically hard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ancient curragh designs inspired their skin-on-frame canoe. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Traditional Irish boats were flexible and lightweight<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">so<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> they could<\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">be easily carried<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Speaking to <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Afloat,<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the boat&#8217;s builder, John Wilkinson, said the design \u201cechoes the curragh, once a vital link between coastal communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Though not meant for long ocean voyages, their canoe saw them safely round the coast and only needed one minor repair as they reached the northernmost point of the journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_107585\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107585\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107585\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I0000NZ2cKRCn9aU-e1755548867461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-107585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Johan Hoving and Rich Ensoll<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For the entire time, the canoeists had a land safety team that drove around the coastline, giving logistical support. One of the difficulties of using a more traditional vessel is the sleeping arrangements. Many undertaking lengthy ocean paddles have boats with enclosed sleeping compartments. They had no such thing. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Though<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> they <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">took<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the occasional nap in their trusty canoe, sleeping overnight in the boat would not have been the safest <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">of options<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Instead, they camped and stayed in villages and marinas along the way, often finding themselves the glad recipients of Irish hospitality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Unusual medical issue<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ensoll also dealt with an unusual medical issue during the whole trip. 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