Steady As She Goes — Episode 5 | A Picture Paints a Thousand Ships

In this episode of Steady As She Goes, we explore maritime history through art, memory, and place.Our main feature, “A Picture Paints a Thousand Ships,” sees Sean joined by Brian Cleare, maritime artist and historian, to discuss how paintings, sketches, and visual records help preserve the stories of ships, harbours, and working life at sea — often capturing details lost to written history.We also go On Watch with Michael Cusack in New Ross and Waterford, bringing local maritime perspectives from two historic river ports. The episode is rounded out with news from around the coast and a maritime word of the week.