First man to greet the Atlantic heroes, Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth when they stepped ashore at Kilronan, on the Aran Islands, on 3rd September, 1966, after their 92 day voyage of 3,000 miles, was Father Joseph McNamara, the parish priest, who is honorary secretary of the Galway life-boat Right: 'Now tell me', Father McNamara seems to be asking of Captain Ridgway, 'just what was it like to be out there for 92 days?'.