Closed Captions (CC):
in the Carmel broadcast Center we have

TJ O'Brien from Cass grace in plautine

teacher is going to sail around Ireland

hi TJ hello Seamus I do I find so you'll

want to raise money for two cancer

charities I do it Sam I mean as you know

yourself you've heard all the the

stories in your career but um life is

kind of a chain of advance good and bad

and I had a bad experience myself there

like in 2006 with my partner and wife of

18 years was diagnosed with cancer and

died a year later I'm now married again

what a child kind of life goes on but

you still can't forget these things and

I wanted to do something for the people

to help me join those those dark and

scary days Macmillan Cancer dude they

were really good and helpful towards me

so you've got yourself a sailboat

I bought a sailboat I teach you how

about there last August I don't know if

is the greatest thing I've ever done but

he God loves a Trier they say and have

you much experience in sailing it I was

understanding linked to England a couple

of times yeah that particular boat no I

haven't sailed this particular boat but

um I've done all the theory but now I

need to put it into practice I've bought

the books of watch the videos I've spoke

to people on the internet I've I've been

out a couple of times last year with a

friend of mine up and locked Derek he's

got a boat up there he showed me the

basics okay but but what I mean have you

gonna have anyone with you

no-one's brave enough yet to come with

me but I'm true a website I set up like

I've been contacting people all the way

around the coast and they've been

offering help and advice which is a lot

better if you've got local knowledge so

I've got people in Donegal they're gonna

come on and help me get in and out of

the port and take me around to the next

port I've got people in Dublin gonna

take me down to Wicklow I've got people

in your load from I'm heading out from

y'all under 28 may well weather

permitting and and all of this and I

go on westwards around the west coast

are you going around the East Coast for

us

I'm gonna go west y'all Karkand and up

the west coast

yeah there's a I met a person last year

that donors Darren Robb he was a big

inspiration God God loves he's not with

us anymore and he was cancer took him as

well but who sees dying wish to sail

around Ireland and I'm kind of following

in his footsteps and he kinda inspired

me to you know get up and do this while

I can you know and how big is this boat

it's it's not the biggest of boats it's

a 24 foot trident it was built in 1972

but um back then they built him a lot

stronger would take her fiber fiberglass

and that and to be honest I've gone

through every not involved in the boat

since I bought it

I do mechanics like so I've rebuilt the

engine I bought all new rigging do you

only think I'm not a hundred percent

sure of is the sails at the moment cuz

I've never actually raised the sails

under boat that could be pretty tricky

it could in at the deep end I say sure

we'll see in I mean there's there's a

few people coming down to see me off and

to help me I was actually in contact

with y'all sailing club today and

they've offered help to launch the boat

and to advise me on the first few days

of the journey if it comes to us Seamus

I won't leave on the 28th but I'll start

the adventure on the 28th yeah if what

you do is you will study the weather

forecast will you have radio and all

that I'm on board yes I bought all new

VHF radios for it in life vests and I've

got Internet on the boat and it'll I've

got a live hookup to my Facebook and

YouTube page because I've got people who

kind of subscribe to the page and I'll

be doing hopefully every evening I'll be

doing an update of what I've done that

day and it's it's not a race around

I mean if you'll never raise the sale

would you be able to make it around with

the engine you would I've got two

engines they have to be honest with you

I've got the inboard engine a single

cylinder day

which is you don't use sales get in and

out of Port anyway because you haven't

got enough control the sales would be

only when I'm gonna be about a mile to a

half mile off the coast and if I'm brave

enough I'll put them up but it's it's

trial and error but I've also got a

spare engine outboard that you know if

if it all goes bad I can use that no you

used to walking sticks following a road

crash that you were involved in in 2008

yes I

it's a bit of an ironic story I used

race bikes in Europe and in America and

won a few championships and set a few

records and that and then after my

partner died in 2007 I moved back to

Ireland and my sister Lara she's gonna

kill me for this

bought a little one to five and me being

big brother Todd I take it out for a

spin as you do as you do he'll miss all

the gear on but unfortunately I ended up

in Waterford hospital that night with

two pro collegues and six months in

traction and and now I'm waiting for new

knees and things like that which is

another reason I want to do this so I

want to prove to myself I can still get

out and do stuff I mean there's there's

no chance of me doing a marathon or

written like that to raise money or

drive a motorbike down to the South of

France or it's a bit of a marathon how

long do you think it'll take you I know

you said it's not a race but how long

would you judging on past experiences of

other people how long would you expect

it to take you well there was a

Frenchman that said to new round are and

record their two to three weeks ago he

done it in 40 hours believe it or not

like I won't be doing it that it would

take me that long to get around into

Baron never mind around Ireland yeah but

Darren Rob who done it last year he done

it in in four weeks and he he stopped in

a lot of ports but I'm planning to stop

in a few more to be honest because it's

the subscribers I've got on YouTube to

sail cancer page is really good there's

a lot of Americans and Europeans and

Germans they're all excited about seeing

the coastline of our and why the glandt

ik ways they call it and and I want to

take videos and I'll have a permanent

camera on the mast recording the whole

thing so I'm not in a row

and want to meet people and I want to

spread the word and raise the money and

do the best I can for the two charities

do you get seasick teacher I have been

known to get seasick yes yeah I suffered

from it very badly when I was younger

but I mean more you research something

right I don't think there is any sailor

that's been born that hasn't been

seasick from what I've read so it's it's

a it's an honor challenge and I love a

challenge you know and well a certainly

a hell of a challenge some people would

think you're foolhardy others would

think you're a very brave man

we will watch your progress with

interest and the best of luck to you

teacher thank you very much

you