When you have a great idea for a medical device how do you start to make the highly accurate parts required, especially if you are not a time-served machinist? Raphael ‘Ray’ Blowick likes exactly that sort of challenge, and at the same time loves a storm, which is just as well. His smartly refurbished office and workshop sits atop the rock-strewn seaward slopes overlooking the Bay of Galway, Ireland, which is where the North Atlantic delivers some of its best, unhindered for 3000 miles. “We have some great storms here,” he laughs.