Harbour Master runs it smoothly

WHILE others have been burning the midnight oil throughout the Tall Ships event, one man in particular won’t rest easy until the last of 86 vessel has disappeared from the horizon late on Saturday evening, sometime around 2pm.

He’s Waterford port’s long-serving Harbour Master, Captain Phillip Cowman.

Since the idea of hosting the Tall Ships in Waterford was first mooted by Transport Minister Martin Cullen in 1999, he’s been planning and preparing for the event.