Ireland’s first-ever wheelchair-accessible V20 powerboat

Pictured after cutting the Ribbon, at the Cork Education and Training Board’s Kinsale Outdoor Education Centre launch of Ireland’s first-ever wheelchair-accessible V20 powerboat are, Aidan O’Sullivan, Aghada, David Carter, Kinsale RNLI, Jon Hynes, Director of Kinsale Outdoor Education Centre, Cllr Des Cahill Deputising for the Lord Mayor, Denis Leamy, CE Cork ETB, Cllr Christopher O’Sullivan, Mayor of Cork County, Kate Feeney, Cork Sports Partnership, Michael O’Sullivan Kinsale RNLI and Marco Sabatini Corleone, Clonakilty, at Kinsale, Co. Cork.
Picture: Jim Coughlan.
The new boat, a Coulam Wheelyboat V20, provided by The Wheelyboat Trust, is specially designed for disabled users. The powerboat will allow children and adults who visit Kinsale to powerboat for the very first time – offering them a brand new and inclusive experience. Although there are nine Wheelyboats already across Ireland, this is the first and only V20 model, making it one of a kind.

Picture: Jim Coughlan.

Denis Leamy, CE Cork ETB, Cllr Des Cahill Deputising for the Lord Mayor, Jon Hynes, Director of Kinsale Outdoor Education Centre, Cllr Christopher O’Sullivan, Mayor of Cork County and Kate Feeney, Cork Sports Partnership, at Kinsale, Co. Cork.
Picture: Jim Coughlan.