Sea Kayak Around Ireland - 1500km Epic Journey - Full Documentary
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Winner of Best Sea Kayaking Film - Reel Paddling Film Festival 2017
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Sea Kayak Around Ireland is 45 minute documentary the tells the story of 2 Irish Sea Kayakers who take on their dream journey of circumnavigating their country.
2015 will go down, for myself (Jon Hynes) and my paddling partner, Sean Cahill as being one of our most memorable years. We both have enjoyed a lifetime of adventures from a very young age. This has been one of our most satisfying adventures yet.
We really hope you enjoy our documentary “Sea Kayak Around Ireland”. It’s been a dream of our to paddle around our own country for many years. In fact we were inspired by many of our kayaking friends who have taken on the journey in the past. Over the year both Sean and I have kayaked all over the world, we’ve had great victories over nature and the elements both on the sea and on the river. Sometimes we fared less well against those elements, however we always maintained a grounded sense and a willingness to learn. With these experiences behind us we embarked upon our dream trip around Ireland in June & July 2015.
Not only did the weather and elements test us but our trip was a celebration of life, fitness, adventure and most of all, Irish people. Every day we met people, who were so kind to us, we are forever grateful to each and everyone of you. Hopefully this film in some small way reflects how much that kindness means to us. Ireland truly is, one of the world’s most special places to come and sea kayak.
Both Sean and I would to thank the following people and companies.
Cian Walsh of Marine User Experience (www.mux.ie) for all his hard work, dedication and unending energy to help us bring our story to life in this documentary. We really appreciate every ounce of energy you gave. Much respect.
Thanks to Nick Bendon of www.chmarine.com , he came on board our trip plans from a very early stage and supported us with product and publicity.
Yak Kayaking equipment kindly supplied us with some really fantastic kit. The Greenburg Buoyancy Aid and Glacier Jacket felt like battle armour when we faced the most challenging of Atlantic sea condtions. www.crewsaver.com/yak
Craghoppers clothing and Gavin Fox were also very kind to us taking care of all our shore based clothing. Thank you. www.craghoppers.com
Gavan Murphy of www.globalstar.com kindly supplied us with a Spot Tracker Gen 3 device that was superb in allowing people to monitor and track our progress. Thank you.
Thanks to the following.
Declan Counihan of West Midland Optical & Julbo eyewear.
Reed Chillcheater www.chillcheater.com
Graham Stanley www.stanleystickers.com
The Speckled Door pub & restaurant Old Head of Kinsale.
Oisin McGrath who filmed us with his drone in Co. Clare, a special thanks! iflytechnology.com
Big shout out to Pearse and Jason of www.bigsurfshop.com , THE best online surf shop in Ireland!
Music
Annette Buckley Beneath the Big Blue Sea, thank you so much for this beautiful track. Can't wait to take you sea kayaking in Summer 2016.
Moby
SSDX
The Hynes Family, thanks for all your belief in me over the years.
A special thanks to my Father, Tony Hynes and my Mother, Hillary Good who gave me the opportunities as a young boy to go kayaking and brought me to the most special place every summer, Roaring Water bay, West Cork. Those childhood experiences have forged a lifetime love of being out on the water.
A special thanks to the Cahill family for all their support of Sean and his journey around Ireland.
A special thanks to all the volunteers and staff at Coast & Cliff Rescue stations and RNLI stations all around Ireland who let us camp, shower, refresh along the way. Keep up the great work at sea.
We’d also like to acknowledge and thank the lads who work 24:7 at the Marine Radio Centre’s at Valentia Island, Malin Head and Dublin. Thanks for watching over us and the weather updates every day. We really do appreciate your great work.
A final note, to our wives, your belief in us and un-ending support means so much. Without you, we could not have done this! Thank you.
Sea Kayaking Around Ireland is something that can be enjoyed by everyone. Check out www.seakayakaroundireland.com for details of all the people who have taken on the challenge.
Documentary Enquiries to hello@mux.ie
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Sea Kayaking is a spiritual experience
Still a great watch! Thanks!
Very nicely done...great Video..
Thumbs up from this Kiwi kayaker!
Incredible watch. Truly inspirational. Congrats gents.
Wow folks, we're blown away by the amount of views, so glad people are enjoying our work. A big thank you to you all! Jon, Sean & Cian.
@alhuseinen
8 жыл бұрын
+seakayakaroundireland I am inspired by the spirit and the motivation you guys had... I am a new kayaker and I think i found my inspiration within your trip.
@mariusengelsen7194
3 жыл бұрын
This was great to watch. Actually I have seen it many times by now :) But I am wondering, are you using drysuits or jacket + pants on this trip? :)
@coastsofireland
3 жыл бұрын
@@mariusengelsen7194 Hi Marius. I believe it was jacket and pants on the trip as you can see here kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2Vn2q-zocLJgdY.html . I know after the trip that they felt a drysuit might have helped in some of the wetter conditions.
@mariusengelsen7194
3 жыл бұрын
@@coastsofireland thanks! :) Seems like you are right. I was thinking that a semi dry cag would be more comfortable since you can «air out» from the neck. But when in tough conditions and cold water a drysuit feels a lot safer :)
@coastsofireland
3 жыл бұрын
@@mariusengelsen7194 You are right Marius. With Ireland's seasons, we can get a very wet morning and a very sunny afternoon so maybe it would be better to bring both for wardrobe options :)
One of the best long-form kayaking videos on KZread. Cheers lads!
Excellent! Years ago I read "On Celtic Tides" by Chris Duff and followed his trip on google earth. I was searching for that book title again when I came across this grand voyage. Thanks for producing it. My wife & I watched with joy from the high desert in Arizona. My wife worked on a cruise ship. When they got to Ireland, she decided not to leave the ship because she wanted to put her foot on Irish soil with me by her side...so we'll see you some day. Best wishes!
I'm a Kayak fishing guy Man, And I would of loved that trip WELL DONE BOYS .. FROM HERE IN CANADA EH.. WELL DONE!!!!
Thank you for showing that there really is a beautiful and kind world out there. Congratulations!
Brilliant! Thanks for bringing us along.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful, soul story.
Thank you so much for showing us your struggle ... and happiness ... on the sea around Ireland.... what a wonderful challenge..
I totally enjoyed this. What a Beautiful adventure.
I absolutely loved watching this. You chaps are AMAZING. Total respect lads.
What an Epic journey!!! Congrats!!!
The Connor McGreggor of sea kayaking! Awesome video. The sad lyrics to the song in the first half nearly killed me.
An amazing effort and lovely to see people support each other.
That was epic 💪🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼
Great film ! Really captures what a challenge it is and the rewards for achieving it :) Having circumnavigated myself in 2014 I really think your advice at the end and enthusiasm for others to "give it a go" is uplifting and your dead right its the people and human kindness which make the adventure so fulfilling .......Congratulations and well done.... Paul Alexander (a fellow kayaker )
Well done Guys ,superb video hats off to 2 mighty paddlers.Had me so engrossed ,stunning honesty and no hint of macho men. Awesome buladh bos
Thanks for sharing your wonderful challenging adventure. The story so beautifully and passionately told, an inspiration, filmed so well. I forgot I was watching something wonderful....I felt I was experiencing it
Wow Amazing to stumble across this award winning vid 43 years after we actually did this trip. Yes. I was part of the Bede College ,Durham trio that also went round in 1978. But we were broke students of Outdoor Ed so did not publicise it much. Did do the Maelstrom/Lofoten Islands in Norway the next year . And graduated at a time when Maggi Thatcher was closing all the centres to save money . Sam Cooke and Pete Davies from the Norkapp Expedition were friends and an inspiration. And I eventually I did get THE job running an OE dept/centre but it was for a big international school. And did subsequently SAIL round the world on a 40ft catamaran. But thats another story . Gopro had not been invented . ha ha. .
Excellent work. Top video. Lovely scenic adventure. Bravo.
6 years old today and still attracting lots of views and positive feedback. Thank you all.
A great achievement since Ireland's coast is probably as windy and as wavy and challenging as any.
@seakayakaroundireland
Жыл бұрын
Thank you and seems like a long time ago now. 😀
@ALFarrell-kv6ok
Жыл бұрын
@@seakayakaroundireland Still relevant for great inspiration and lessons☝
ireland looks so beautiful....my ancestors lleft that beautiful country. i want to go there before i pass.
@Cosmicsurfpro
3 жыл бұрын
Do it!!!
Great film guys. Truly inspiring.
What a great watch , thanks for sharing such a wonderful looking trip
Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic well done
A well organised expedition, congrats gentlemen!
an amazing and inspiring docu to watch.
That was an AMAZING feat!!!! Anyone that would tempt that deserves praise.....Awesome video!!!! I'm glad you both made it even with all the setbacks. Again, WOW!!!!
Best kayak film I have seen so far. very inspi
Most sea kayak videos are boring. This one is, not to mention the sporting side, so impressive and inspiring.
the emerald isle is such a wonder of beauty .
Really enjoyable watch! Well done.
Congratulations, guys! Amazing!!
That was beautiful to watch and inspirational thank you for sharing it.
excellent stuff, thankyou jon and sean
WOW, I love it, thank you for sharing your adventure
What a great inspiring movie! Well done guys.
A very proud moment. What a story to tell your kids ;)) Well done lads! ATB.
What a wonderful inspiring film. It brought back so many memories of a trip down the west coast of Ireland on a motorbike....sadly not a kayak....the scenery but more importantly the lovely people. Thank you.
Class documentary lads. Truly inspirational. Thanks.
well done Lads.. Great Movie ,, Great Trip , Im the sea kayaker too and i know that feeling when U R out on the sea ,, I paddled around Clifs Of Moher last summer and it was great experience for me ,,, again WELL DONE ..
Thanks for sharing this. Ireland really has an amazing coastline! (thumbs up)
Well done lads, epic and inspiring adventure!!!
Absolutely gorgeous! Bravo on a great adventure and wonderful documentary.
I've watched this countless times, just a wonderful capturing of an amazing adventure. Thank you all three.
Incredible. You did an awesome job filming and telling this story. Congrats on your great achievement.
Been meaning to watch this for ages Jon, sorry it took me so long. Well done to both of you and great documentary of the trip. Inspiring stuff!
A great documentary of your expedition, beautiful and rugged Irland, mateship, courage and perseverance.. an inspiration to us all. Thanks.
2nd time I have been drawn to this awesome video. I loved the ending notes. A real inspiration.
So keen to watch this in full very soon. Well done lads.
What an amazing achievement! Well done guys. : )
This is simply crazy! Safe journey. From Korea
Very Inspiring! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. Cheers from Canada.
Today we reached 40,000 views! Thanks to everyone for the continued viewing and support! Hope your all enjoying great kayaking adventures this year!! Jon
@rakadoni8403
2 жыл бұрын
Now at 219,000 :)
Really enjoyed that. Memories and motivation in equal measure. Great work.
Brilliant, inspirational and I want to watch it again now! All credit to you, in every way and for every aspect of the film and trip.
Brilliant adventure around our beautiful country, well done to you both, and of course the Dublin accent was first class; thanks for this trip.
Most excellent video, and what an incredible experience you must have had. Thanks for sharing.
That guy at 4:41 throwing the throw bag could do with a bit of instruction! LOL! Joking aside, I love this documentary. Its filmed really well and i'm sure it has/will serve as a source of inspiration for many a paddler. Well done guys.
Great documentay, watched it several times! I did the entire Spanish east coast (also on KZread) and am very inspired by you. It has been a while that I saw it, will see it once more! Maybe we´ll meet on the water some day, somewhere. Cheers!
uplifting and inspiring yet all done with modesty and respect for the mighty Atlantic. well done guys!
@seakayakaroundireland
8 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Green Thank you Kevin!
Still my absolute favourite sea kayak movie!!! Good work Jon and Sean!!!
What a trip.... 👍 Thrilling and Truly inspiring.. Many thanks for making this video..
My respect for all of you, from Portland, Oregon.
You did a very good job with the editing! You never lost my focus or interest. Well done!
this was beautiful and inspiring.
Jon introduced me to kayaking and is a great teacher and person - what an adventure! I hope one day to get back in the boat and trying a trip like this!! Thanks for sharing!
Superb, epic journey! Well done all of you. High time I dusted off my sea kayak before I am just too old to paddle it again!
What a terrifically inspiring expedition and documentary. Thank you very much for making and sharing it!
Inspirational stuff lads, one hell of an adventure and a very enjoyable and honest account of your trip, I'm seriously jealous here.
Thank you so much for posting this video. You guys are such an inspiration. There's noting I can write her to really express the joy and enthusiasm this video, your courage, your adventure has instilled in my heart. THANK YOU GUYS!!!
Best kayak film I have seen so far. Absolutely inspiring and professional made. Cheers guys!!!☺☺
What an adventure for you's both it must feel great to have that memory. The home coming was every emotional just to watch. Thanks for sharing well done lads and big thumbs up from me..
Fantastic documentary thoroughly enjoyed that. Well done!
Thank you so much for posting this epic adventure. You are brave boys. I sailed a 17 foot open boat from Lands End to Lowestoft camping on the beach at night. Your trip brought back so many memories and feelings.
Absolutely amazing and truly inspiring. I’ve just taken up recreational kayaking well into my 30’s and this video, this determination towards accomplishment has made me even more excited about my new hobby. Thanks guys
Just watched this video again Jon and Sean and it really reminds me of what we are missing during this lockdown. Missing the sea so much and it seems like it will never end. Will get back to the Wild Atlantic Way as quickly as we are released from this incarceration. Thanks for the memories lads.
Beautiful video gents. A real ode to the coastline of Ireland. Congrats.
Really beautiful ! Thank you for sharing 😊
Well done Guys from Germany. Sorry, I can give only one thumb up. But here I can give you more 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Brilliant video guys. a big WELL DONE on completing the trip. I truly loved you summary at the end. it has inspired me to finish my trip around Ireland
i`m from the Belfast lough side of Northern Ireland and just have a sit on top but i will say you lads are an inspiration to us up here and it was a pleasure to watch a well planned trip Well done boys!
Congrats guys, it was indeed an inspiring adventure!
what a video, what a trip and adventure. well done for being so stocked on life
Fantastic, I take my hat off to you both. Congratulations and respect :)
Amazing and inspiring video. Thank you for sharing. Cheers from a Muldoon boy living in Canada ;)
GREAT TRIP, I REMEMBER SAME PICTURES TRAVELLING AROUND IRELAND YEAR 95, REGARDS FROM CHILE, SOUTHERN.
very inspirational! and enjoyed watching it! , very well done!
Wonderfull story, and beautifully told in this documentary. A marvelous accomplishment and something for you guys to be hugely proud of . . . . . . . as I'd imagine you are. Thanks, I enjoyed that.
What an achievement. Well done guys. Interesting to sea the Irish coast, hope to get to SW Ireland this summer for a road trip.
Loved this story and the decision making strategy at the end. Well done
Awesome video, I really enjoyed it. Well done to you guys for making such a trip!
Wonderful to paddle around your country, inspirational and courageous! Thanks for sharing. :)
Super inspiring story, guys. I appreciated the emotion, adventure and storyline. Bravo. Well-produced, beautiful, and thoughtful. I also thought it was astute for you to offer the 4 decision factors at the end along with a personal challenge for folks to get out there and pursue adventure. I hope to report back here someday that I have built my own sea kayak and paddled on the Oregon coast.
Excellent video. Really gave a feel of the ups and downs of such a long expedition.