Skipper recalls the final moments of stricken tall ship
But Dutch skipper Pieter de Kam, 63, said he never feared for a moment about losing a crew member.
As the 95-year-old vessel was forced on to the rocks and began to sink around noon on Wednesday, just east of Kinsale harbour, Mr de Kam said: “I told my trainees this is not a problem for you — only the Astrid. I’m feeling that it’s sinking and that is not nice.”
