Welcome to Seol.Voyage

The word Seol, is the Irish word for sail, pronounced Showl. As that is what we are about to embark upon, a sailing voyage.

After a lifetime spent living on the edge - so to speak - in both business and exploration, it is time to put some thought into offsetting all that carbon! Using Jamie Young's experience of at least 100,000 miles at sea, this voyage is to be a proof of concept of carbon neutral sail trading. A growing phenomenon in various forms. Ireland as an island nation has the opportunity to join this expanding search of alternatives to hydrocarbons. 

Historically, Ireland had much martime traffic along its western seaboard, from viking raiders, our famous pirate queen Grainne Mhaol, Armadas, etc. Even developing our own style of sailing boat known as the Galway Hooker, we have been a seafaring island for generations, it is time to resurect this tradition of sailing.

We are setting out to sail to the Azores, an island archipelago 2,200 kilometers away from Killary Harbour in the mid Atlantic, to buy organic tea and other goods  and to explore other potential opportunities. We will then sail back with this cargo to trade. We aim to build on this exploratory voyage to establish further opportunities, as we all seek a net zero future. Once we have established some links in the Azores, more voyages will take place, not only to these islands but to other EU destinations. Other plans are afoot....