Ilen commences voyage to track Atlantic salmon routes

Ireland’s oldest sailing trading ketch sets sail for Greenland tomorrow as part of a project marking the migratory route of the wild Atlantic salmon.

The 1,200 nautical mile voyage by the 17m Ilen from the Shannon estuary up the west Greenland coast marks another milestone for the refurbished craft, built more than 90 years ago by global circumnavigator Conor O’Brien.