In the fourth stage of the Education Campaign, ship Vespucci and pupils of the first class of the Naval Academy have reached the port of Dublin.
The long voyage from Spain to Ireland saw the students confronting the first ocean weather adversities, and juggling the difficulties they put into practice the theories and advice acquired so far.
Arrived in port in the capital of the Republic of Ireland last August 9, ship Vespucci it has moored along the banks of the River Liffey, giving students the opportunity to immerse themselves in Irish culture and confront themselves with a different reality.
The Navy sailboat then set sail from Dublin on 13 August, setting sail to sail towards the North Sea. Skirting Scotland, the Hebrides and the Orkney Islands, the students tackled the navigation in a thick haze that constantly hovers over these seas, and then headed to the city of Oslo in Norway.
On August 15th, during coastal navigation near the Isle of Mull, ship Vespucci it passed near the Skerryvore lighthouse (from the Gaelic 'big rock') which with a height of 46 meters signals insidious groups of outcropping rocks; built in gray granite in the period 1838-1844 by Alan Stevenson, the lighthouse has played an important role in the safety of navigation for all sailors who sail these waters ever since.
The training activity of the students continued by sailing northwards, until the Orkney Islands were overcome and the next maximum latitude was reached in the vicinity of the parallel 60 °.
Navigation is completed between the archipelagos of Great Britain, ship Vespucci continues its course in the direction of the Norwegian fjords for the next stage of the Education Campaign in the port of Oslo, where the 22 will arrive next August.
