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WELCOME HOME THE DRAGON AT THE VOLVO DUN LAOGHAIRE REGATTA8th July, 2009
Sunday 12 July 2009 Dun Laoghaire’s west pier will be on standby to welcome home Ireland’s entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, Green Dragon which completed 37,000 nm around the world over the last 9 months. Green Dragon one of four boats in the race to complete all legs in the ‘Everest of sailing’ visited ports including Alicante, Capetown, Kochi, Singapore, Qingdao, Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Galway, Maarstrand, Stockholm and finishing in St Petersburg at the end of June.
THANK YOU GALWAY6th June, 2009
It was an emotional goodbye for the Green Dragon team as they waved goodbye to the thousands of well wishers who lined the docks in Galway. “I can only say thank you from all of us for such a wonderful two weeks,” commented an emotional Ian Walker on the dock. Galway Girl belted out from the speakers and the crowd sang along as they home team untied the lines and headed out of the dock gates. Conditions on the water built and soon a string 20 knot breeze filled the bay.
PREPARING TO LEAVE5th June, 2009
The Galway stopover is coming to an end, it has been a phenomenal two weeks with record crowds making it one of the most successful stopover ports in the history of the race. For the home team Green Dragon it will be hard to leave the city that has welcomed them with open arms, “It has been a fantastic stopover, I think it has exceeded everyone’s expectations. We always thought it would be good for us because obviously home crowd and bringing the project back to Galway. But I think everyone has been over whelmed, all the teams have come to us and said it has been the biggest crowds they have seen before in the race, as well as great weather and just the reception from the local people has been phenomenal,” commented Ian Moore this morning.
GREEN DRAGON ANNOUNCE CREW CHANGES FOR LEG 84th June, 2009
For Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race Green Dragon will have two crew changes as part of their on going crew rotation. Chinese media crew member Guo Chuan will step down for the next leg from Galway to Marstrand. Guo has been with the team since their initial training in Ireland last summer, and has sailed on every leg of the race so far. Stepping onboard to carry out the media role will be Green Dragon cameraman Hunag Jian.
GREEN DRAGON STAYS WARM THANKS TO FASTNET OUT FITS4th June, 2009
The Green Dragon team have travelled over 25,000 miles since leaving Galway last year. They have battled some of the most challenging oceans in the world and seen temperatures plummet to below freezing. Keeping warm and dry onboard can be a challenge in itself but thanks to the help of local Irish west coast based Fastnet Out Fits, the team have had an extra weapon onboard in the fight to stay warm.
Interview with Damian Foxall - pre Leg 10
Interview with Damian Foxall - pre Leg 10
INTERVIEW SKIPPER IAN WALKER - IN PORT RACE STOCKHOLM
INTERVIEW SKIPPER IAN WALKER - IN PORT RACE STOCKHOLM
