Plain sailing for boat builder thanks to global contracts

A small Cork-based boat-building company is enjoying major international success having recently won contracts to supply pilot and rescue vessels to a number of countries worldwide.

Safehaven Marine, which was founded in 1998 by its managing director Frank Kowalski, has also just built a new pilot boat for the Port of Cork which will be officially named Fáilte next week.

The company, which employs 25 people at two plants in Little Island and Youghal, will reach a milestone shortly when its 100th vessel is completed.