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Irish Examiner
01-05-2025
- Irish Examiner
Breakfast on the deck where not much can outdo the view from €675k Crosshaven home
FIVE years spent in Greenwich, Connecticut, a favoured New Yorkers summer escape with a 32-mile coastline, left a lasting impression on the couple that bought Waterville on Crosshaven's Point Road. 'We lived on the coast in Greenwich and we loved it and you could say that's what drew us here,' says the owner of superbly positioned, radiantly bright Waterville, a property you'd think could hold its own among the homes that dip down to Long Island Sound. As a couple very aware of life's stages, the decision to buy in Crosshaven 19 years ago was part of a retirement plan. 'When my husband retired, he wanted to move by the sea and I have to say the move lived up to our expectations,' says the woman of the house. She's blown away by the wildlife. 'I think the thing I like most about this house is the wildlife, which I hadn't expected when we came here. We've seen pods of dolphins and seals, we can hear Oyster Catchers feeding in the morning when the tide is out and we see curlews and sandpipers and herons. It's fantastic.' Giving the wildlife a run for its money in the category of most enjoyable aspect is the ebb and flow of the ever-changing seascape. All the moving parts of Cork's inner harbour are visible from Waterville: the yachts that head to sea from the safety of the marina at nearby Royal Crosshaven Yacht Club (RCYC); the giant Rotar blades of a wind turbine powering pharma in Ringaskiddy; the Cork/Roscoff ferry on its 14-hour trip to Brittany. Aerial view of inner harbour Picture: Denis Scannell Not everything in the habour is a moveable feast. The dense green treetop canopy of 35ha Currabinny Woods, on a hill above the harbour, is a fixture of the Waterville vista. Currabinny Woods is directly across the harbour You can drink it all in from the generous timber deck at ground floor level where dining out is an art form, or from the first floor balcony accessible from the study (best home office in Cork?) or from any of the habour-facing rooms in this spacious, 155 sq m property. You can step straight from the home office onto the balcony The crowning glory is the sunroom, wide as the property itself, and deep enough to comfortably accommodate a lounge at one end and dining at the other, with French doors to the deck at the midpoint. Doors lead from the sunroom to the deck De luxe sunroom Overhead, made safe by a glass balustrade, is the first floor balcony. First floor balcony 'The sunroom is terrific because you can enjoy the view whatever the weather. If guests are coming, you don't have to worry about sunshine. They can dine in the sunroom and it's just as nice to look out,' the owner says. Dining indoors with sea view They have a sun nook to the rear of the house, but it doesn't get as much use, because it doesn't have the views. The same goes for the substantial rear garden. Overlooking the rear is the kitchen, which has a sitting room section. Kitchen/living room A sitting room across the hallway is open to the sun room. The main bathroom underwent an impressive upgrade 18 months ago. Despite an obvious love for her home, within a short stroll of Crosshaven village and just a half hour drive from Cork city, the owner is sanguine about selling up. 'We've always moved our lives in stages,' she says. Karl O'Reilly and Michael O'Donovan of Savills are handling the sale and reckon the pretty coastal home will have a broad appeal, from those looking to relocate to the coast, to families trading up, to 'anyone with a boat, into sailing, who can just drop their bags and go'. The agents, who expect domestic and international interest, are guiding Waterville at €675,000. There's been significant price creep recently on Point Road as big names in aviation, pharma and construction bed down. Two Point Road properties sold in 2022 for c€1m. VERDICT: Multiple points of interest at this classy Point Road home.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Viral Oyster Catchers logo on hold, awaiting MiLB approval
When they were first introduced, alternate logos for minor-league baseball teams were primarily just meant to be fun. The game changed in 2015, when the Fresno Grizzlies temporarily became the Fresno Tacos and sold a ridiculous amount of merchandise. Two years later, minor-league teams brought out Spanish-language alternate logos for 'Copa de Diversion.' By then, every MiLB team knew alternative identities were a critical revenue stream. In fact, it was so much of a business, a handful of designers from Brandiose, the firm that was making most of the alternative logos, branched off and started The Clink Room, a crowd-sourced business that allowed designers to make fake minor-league logos and sell them on New Era fitted hats. Last week, the Chesapeake Baysox debuted their 2025 alternate identity: the Oyster Catchers. One of the logos featured a picture of an oyster with a baseball as a pearl. Some saw an oyster. Others saw something unexpected. We see an opportunity to turn viral laughs into positive impact. In celebration of Women's History Month, 10% of all Oyster Catchers merch sales will support @IamCervivor. #GoBaysox #MerchForGood — Chesapeake Baysox (@BaysoxOfficial) March 22, 2025 When it hit social media last week, hysteria ensued. Did they not realize the logo looked exactly like a part of the female anatomy? 'It's hard to believe, but after reviewing the logo both internally and externally, none of us saw what the internet saw,' said Ellen Walsh, chief marketing officer for Attain Sports, which owns the team. 'Once you see it, you can't unsee it.' Walsh said the lesson learned will be to use bigger focus groups to try to catch these things. The logo was originally put on the back-burner, but believing fans would still like the gear, the team made an interesting shift. The Baysox want to go forward with the Oyster Catchers logo and donate 10 percent of the proceeds to Cervivor, an early-detection test for cervical cancer. Sources told cllct the decision is not solely Attain Sports' choice to make. The logo must be further vetted by the powers at Minor League Baseball. And that's what is happening now. In the meantime, the demand for the merch isn't subsiding. Unlicensed hats and T-shirts already have been posted on eBay. Darren Rovell is the founder of cllct and one of the country's leading reporters on the collectibles market. He previously worked for ESPN, CNBC and The Action Network.
